Malachi 4:5-6. Elijah came to turn the hearts of God’s people back to him. John the baptizer came in the likeness of Elijah and reminds us of why we should choose to follow Jesus. https://youtu.be/hhTA6zAXlzI

1. Turning Hearts
Malachi 4:5-6

3. Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said
to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives,
before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew
nor rain these years, except by my word.”
1 Kings 17:1

4. How long will you go limping between two
di
ff
erent opinions? If the LORD is God,
follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.”
1 Kings 18:21

5. And you call upon the name of your god, and I
will call upon the name of the LORD, and the
God who answers by
fi
re, he is God.”
And all the people answered, “It is well spoken.”
1 Kings 18:24

6. Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this
people may know that you, O LORD, are God,
and that you have turned their hearts back.
1 Kings 18:37

7. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the
great and awesome day of the LORD comes. And he
will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the
hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and
strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.
Malachi 4:5-6

8. He will encourage fathers and
their children to return to me
Malachi 4:6 (New English Translation)

9. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord
their God, and he will go before him in the spirit and
power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the
children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just,
to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.
Luke 1:16-17

10. “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 3:2

11. The next day he saw Jesus coming toward
him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God,
who takes away the sin of the world!”
John 1:29

12. And I have seen and have borne
witness that this is the Son of God.
John 1:34

13. You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am
not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.’
John 3:28

14. And behold, there appeared to them
Moses and Elijah, talking with him.
Matthew 17:3

15. “This is my beloved Son, with whom
I am well pleased; listen to him.”
Matthew 17:5

16. Lamb of God
Son of God
Christ
take away sin above all
true eternal life
LISTEN TO HIM

17. We implore you
on behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 5:20

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Turning Hearts
Malachi 4:5-6
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart
2023 September 10
www.1corinthians1614.com
Synopsis: Elijah came to turn the hearts of God’s people back to him. John the baptizer came in the
likeness of Elijah and reminds us of why we should choose to follow Jesus.
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
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