The Spiritual heritage and destiny of of our country
In our continuing teaching series on the book of Acts, on Sunday night I shared on
Acts 6v1-7. What happened was that a ethnic tension threatened to derail the expansion of the early church. Once the problem was dealt with vs 7 says
"God's message was preached in ever-widening circles. The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were converted, too."
I believe the problem of racism has prevented the church from fulfilling its destiny in South Africa, but as we deal with it, we will be able to move forward in God's authority and blessing. One of the points I mentioned was that our country has a rich spiritual heritage, particularly from the Hugenots who were spiritual refugees. Here is some more information on the Hugenots which I found on
Joel News:
The Lord is currently leading intercessors from different countries to pray for the restoration of the Hugenot inheritance in France. In the 17th and 18th century, under Louis XIV, the Hugenot protestants in France experienced a strong revival, but faced severe persecution from the Catholic church. Many of them fled to neighbouring countries like Holland and Germany. Many were killed and the French soil was stained with innocent blood. Some say this caused a spiritual bondage in France that paved the way for the French Revolution, freemasonry, existentialism, humanism, rationalism and other anti-Christian movements. It is a fact that since the persecution of the Hugenots French protestant churches have been struggling. Only 1 percent of the French population is Christian. France has never seen a major move of God since the Hugenot revival. It is interesting to observe that God is leading intercessors back to the roots: the roots of sin in France, but also Gods original purpose with the nation. Intercessor Henning Schikora wrote a booklet on the Hugenots called 'The anointing of the Holy Spirit on France. Reflections on the prophetic movement in the Cevennes in the 17th and 18th centuries.' This revival in the South of France became known because the Lord anointed young children to prophesy over the cities and villages of France.
