MAL 4:5-6 Moral Fight Series
The Elijah Challenge
Elijah – Still Coming? John the Baptist: LUK 1:17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
Elijah – Still Coming? John the Baptist denied that he is the actual “Elijah”- JOH 1:21 They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No." “In the spirit and power of Elijah”
He appeared. Will appear again! Mat 11:14 And if you are willing to accept it, he (John the Baptist) is the Elijah who was to come. MAT 17:10-13 to restore things; to prepare the way for the Lord (Jesus – first coming); What is to come? To prepare the way of the Lord in our days? The Holy Church!
Elijah Challenge About the Lord’s Ultimatum Coming Great and Dreadful Day of the Lord! Coming of the Lord Himself to strike the Land with total Destruction The Present Day source of moral deterioration. He present Day need for moral restoration
Elijah Challenge About the Lord’s Restoration Plan To restore Family - Relationship To restore Fathering - Leadership To restore Following – Sonship About the Ministry of the Church Elijah As Type of the Church In the spirit and power of Elijah To prepare the way of the Lord
Elijah: Type of the Church! As God’s Voice – In times of ungodliness and backsliding As God’s Power – In face to face power encounter As God’s Trainer- To raise up the next generation prophets As God’s Reconciler – To bring together families into order As God’s Caught up Man – To meet the Lord in the air
The Church: In the Spirit and power of Elijah To Prepare the Way of the Lord To Restore “all things” - Family, Fatherhood, Followership! To turn hearts!