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Go Therefore - Part 2
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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This sermon delves into the theme of doubt even in the presence of Jesus, exploring why some doubted despite witnessing His miracles and power. It reflects on how doubt can creep in even when faced with undeniable evidence of God's authority and ability. The message emphasizes the importance of fully trusting in Jesus' unlimited power and authority, even in situations that seem impossible or hopeless.
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When they got to that place, they saw him and they worshipped him. When they saw him, they worshipped him, yet some doubted. Why did some doubt about Jesus? The Jews don't just worship anybody and bow down before anyone, except God. With eleven, they bowed down before Jesus, they worshipped him, but some doubted. Why did they doubt? What did they doubt? Remember when they were in the boat and there was a terrible storm and they thought they were going to sink and then they saw the Lord Jesus approaching, walking on the water and stepped into the boat and he quietened the storm. And his disciples And there they bowed before him, they worshipped him, they said who is this that even the storm, the wind even obeys him and they worshipped him as God and said you are God. So even here, they weren't doubting whether it was really Jesus or not. They didn't think it was a ghost or some other spirit, they realised this is Jesus himself. But even while some were worshipping him, they were doubting. The question is why were they doubting? What was the doubt? So often when Jesus met up with people, he revealed what they were thinking, he knew what they were thinking. He sees your thoughts from afar and he saw their doubt. He saw them worshipping him but he also saw beyond that into their hearts and he saw the doubt. And that's when he then said all power has been given to me in heaven and on earth, all authority. That shows us what the doubt was all about. So when he appeared to them in all his glory, they were doubting whether all power has really been given to him. They were asking themselves, has all power really been given to him, are all things possible for him, is it really so? So when he appeared to them in all his glory, they were doubting whether all power has really been given to him, are all things possible for him, is it really so? As someone may say, my husband, he will never get converted, he'll never repent. Or my children, they'll never find the Lord. Or this illness or this situation, this one really is beyond the Lord, it will never happen.
Go Therefore - Part 2
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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.