WAAROM KLOU BEHOUDENDE AFRIKANERS AAN NASIONALISME? WAT ÍS NASIONALISME? (Aflewering een)

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In ʼn tyd van uiterste verwarring en doelbewuste misleiding waar ons Afrikanervolk ons totale materiële sekuriteit verloor het en daar ook op ons geestelike waardes en sekerheid ʼn aanslag gemaak word, is dit noodsaaklik om indringend daarna te kyk om te verhoed dat ons algehele perspektief verloor en in die proses, ook ons wil tot weerstand teen dit wat ooglopend verkeerd is.

WAT IS NASIONALISME?

Vir ons wat geloof het in die bestemming van die Afrikanervolk in Afrika, is dit noodsaaklik dat ons te midde van onsekerhede, sal kyk na die grondslae van ons volksbestaan en die lewensbeskouing waaruit ons gegroei het. Dit bring dan onmiddellik Nasionalisme na die voorgrond omdat dit die  grondslag is waarop Suid Afrika deur die Afrikaner uitgebou is tot die sterkste staat in Afrika.

Omdat die aanslag op Nasionalisme hoofsaaklik vanuit die kerk as institusie gekom het met die uitsluitlike doel om veral die Afrikaner in besonder en in die algemeen die blanke met ʼn skuldgevoel te belaai, is dit belangrik om die perspektief op hierdie terrein, die terrein van die kerk, reg te trek.

Nasionalisme, anders as enige van die ander –ismes, soos Kommunisme en liberalisme, wat abstrakte ideologieë is wat die werklikheid misken en wil verander, gaan om die werklikheid soos die feit  van die volkeverskeidenheid. Sonder die erkenning van hierdie feit kan daar nie so iets soos nasionalisme wees nie.

In die boek “Die NG-Kerk en Apartheid”, skryf Johan Kinghorn bv.: “Die eerste tree op hierdie weg is om vir eens en vir altyd die ideologie van  volkere-verskeidenheid af te sweer.”  As volkere-verskeidenheid as ʼn ideologie beskou moes word, moet dit ʼn ideologie van die Skepper wees en kerklui dus teologiese besware het teen die verskynsel wat op skeppingswette rus.  Kinghorn en die NG-Kerk se aanval is dus nie net op Nasionalisme of apartheid nie, maar op die feitlike en sigbare verskynsel van die werklikheid van volkeverskeidenheid self!

Die kerk wat op bedenklike wyse ʼn realiteit tot ʼn abstraksie verhef en dan die abstraksie as ʼn sonde tipeer, het ʼn “change agent” geword en homself in diens gestel van die Nuwe Wêreld Orde, die Vrymesselary, die Kommunisme en elke ander obskure organisasie wat gelykheid, vryheid en broederskap deur gelykstelling probeer bewerk. Die skuldlas wat op hierdie wyse op gelowiges gelaai word, skeur hulle los van nasionalisme wat ʼn Bybelse beginsel is en maak hulle ontvanklik vir elke nuwe lering wat as godsdienstig voorgehou word en maak hulle blind vir die sigbare ellende wat dit meebring.

Dave Hunt, skryf oor ʼn soortgelyke interessante voorbeeld van die gebruik van die kerk om te mislei:

“...Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.1 Timothy:1:15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

At this time of year we are reminded repeatedly of Christ's birth. Yet in most reminders the purpose of His coming to earth is perverted or obscured. It would almost seem that Christ came into the world not "to save sinners" but to give retail sales a huge boost at the end of each year; and to give "Christians" a mirthful holiday season with ample excuse to overindulge in rich foods and strong drink. Honor to Christ becomes so confused with the festivities that even non-Christians can heartily join in the celebration.

Similar corruptions, unnoticed, are growing in popularity year-round. The very purpose of Christ's coming (and thus of Christianity as well) is being subtly redefined. In order to get the world to accept Christ, the church has manufactured a "Christ" acceptable to the world: a moral leader of high principles whom those who have clearly rejected the real Jesus Christ can follow in partnership with evangelicals committed to the same good causes, a "Christ" whom the followers of any religion and even atheists can embrace. And, tragically, the very methods which the world uses to boost the sale of its products are being adopted to promote Christ.

There are other more subtle ways by which Christ's mission "to save sinners" is being perverted. Consider the March for Jesus, which brings literally millions around the world into the streets to "celebrate Jesus." This massive display of loyalty to Christ is intended to show the world that Christians are a large and powerful segment of society that can't be suppressed but must be given their rights as much as demonstrating homosexuals. Marches let the politicians know that here is a large voting block to be appeased.

In The Star of 2000, Jay Gary (see TBCJune 1995 ) boasts that "the March for Jesus is becoming the world's biggest street party." 1 Is that really why Christ came, so that street parties could be held in His name. March For Jesus literature encourages everyone including Catholics and even Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims to join Christians in the Jesus celebration. How can those who embrace religions and philosophies that oppose Christ express appreciation for Him? Does this not produce pseudofollowers of Christ, as far from the truth as those in John 2, 6 and 8 and as much opposed to the gospel. Gandhi admired Jesus but remained a Hindu whose very admiration for his false "Christ" prevented him from knowing the real Jesus and why He came.

Christ promised to send the Holy Spirit to convince the world "of sin, and of righteousness and of judgment" to come (Jn:16:8And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:). That conviction must come through the preaching of the gospel, which demands "repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ" (Acts:20:21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.). Instead, a gospel is being preached today that lacks conviction of sin. No wonder that the moral standard among "Christians" varies little from that among the unsaved. "Christians" tend to have the same worldly ambitions, are attracted by the same sensual commercials, lust after the same possessions and enjoy the same entertainment. There is little example of true Christianity to convict the world.

Yes, they know we oppose abortion and pornography, but so do many non-Christians. In fact, evangelicals are joining forces with non-Christians such as Catholics, Mormons, Moonies and others in political and social action to uphold "traditional morals." When godly leaders such as J. I. Packer confuse Christ's call to proclaim the gospel with a call "to re-Christianize the North American milieu...[and] rebuild the ruins...[of] North American culture...," 2 we are in deep trouble! Christianity Today's Senior Editor Kenneth S. Kantzer calls upon evangelicals "to close ranks with our Catholic neighbors. And with Mormons, conservative Jews, and secularists who share our values...[for] the good of society...." 3 Had Christ joined the rabbis in such a coalition for moral improvement, think of the great ethical reformer He could have become and the immense good He could have accomplished, all without going to the Cross!

The truth is that Jesus did not come into the world to engage in political or social action nor to encourage others to do so in His name. He never said a word to anyone about the oppression of the Roman Empire, never rebuked Caesar or Herod for their corruption. A Messiah who would do so was looked for by the Jews and such a Christ is offered by evangelicals today as the rallying point for ecumenical unity, but that is not the Christ of the Bible nor is it the reason He came.