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Erlo Stegen

Erlo Hartwig Stegen (1935 - 2023). South African missionary and revivalist of German descent, born on Mbalane farm near Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, to Hermannsburg missionary descendants. Raised Lutheran, he left school after grade 10 to farm but felt called to ministry in 1952, evangelizing rural Zulus under apartheid. After 12 years of preaching with few lasting conversions, he experienced a transformative revival in 1966 at Maphumulo, marked by repentance and reported miracles. In 1970, he founded KwaSizabantu Mission (“place where people are helped”) in Kranskop, which grew into a self-sustaining hub with farms, a water bottling plant, and schools, serving thousands. Stegen authored Revival Among the Zulus and preached globally, establishing churches in Europe by 1980. Married with four daughters, he mentored Zulu leaders and collaborated with theologian Kurt Koch. His bold preaching drew 3 million visitors to KwaSizabantu over decades.
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Erlo Stegen emphasizes that humanity was created in God's image, but through Adam's disobedience, we fell from that image. He explains that Seth, born after Adam's fall, represents 'compensation' for this loss. Stegen warns that the consequences of sin affect not only individuals but also their families, urging men to take responsibility for their households. He highlights the redemptive power of Christ's blood, which can cleanse us from sin and restore our relationship with God. The sermon calls for repentance and a commitment to live a life that honors God, promising blessings for those who do.
Curse Broken by His Blood
"And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:" (Genesis 5:3). When God created everything, He created humans in His image. We were not created in the image of an ape as evolutionists claim, but in God's own image. Then man rebelled and disobeyed God and fell from God's image. Afterwards Adam also begat a son after his image, Seth. Seth was born after Adam fell. We need to read and take note of the details in the Bible. Seth means "compensation". So when Adam has fallen his son, Seth, was in his state. "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." (Galatians 6:7). On the day of Judgement God will start with the men, not with the wife or children. If your children go the wrong way, the problem lies with you, that's supposed to be the man in the house. "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:" (1 Peter 1:18-19). You might think that your problems are because you do not have enough money, silver and gold. But it is because you have not been redeemed by the precious Blood of Jesus. Mothers, what type of milk do you mothers give to your children, physically and spiritually? A certain baby would not stop crying after birth and they couldn't determine what was wrong, until one doctor blew cigarette smoke into the baby's face. Then he was content. His mother was a smoker and so the baby was already addicted to nicotine at birth! If you smoke or drink or do other evil things, it affects your children negatively. When things are wrong in your home remember the fundamental cause. Let us also look at the other side. Although God says that He will visit the sins of the fathers upon the children, He also says that He will bless those who love Him until the thousandth generation. Do you honour your father and mother. God says that He will bless you with long life if you honour your father and mother. If you haven't lived a life pleasing to God, repent from your evil ways and start to live for God. His Blood has the power to wash away the sins of the whole world, and He can wash away your sins too.
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Erlo Hartwig Stegen (1935 - 2023). South African missionary and revivalist of German descent, born on Mbalane farm near Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, to Hermannsburg missionary descendants. Raised Lutheran, he left school after grade 10 to farm but felt called to ministry in 1952, evangelizing rural Zulus under apartheid. After 12 years of preaching with few lasting conversions, he experienced a transformative revival in 1966 at Maphumulo, marked by repentance and reported miracles. In 1970, he founded KwaSizabantu Mission (“place where people are helped”) in Kranskop, which grew into a self-sustaining hub with farms, a water bottling plant, and schools, serving thousands. Stegen authored Revival Among the Zulus and preached globally, establishing churches in Europe by 1980. Married with four daughters, he mentored Zulu leaders and collaborated with theologian Kurt Koch. His bold preaching drew 3 million visitors to KwaSizabantu over decades.