ESV Text: Malachi 4:1-6

KJV Text:

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     1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

     4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.(KJV)

Hymn: TLH 382:
Lord, We Confess our Numerous Faults

— Organ Audio

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1. Lord, we confess our numerous faults; 
How great our guilt has been, 
How vain and foolish all our thoughts, 
And all our lives were sin. 
 
2. But, O my soul, forever praise, 
Forever love, His name 
Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways 
Of folly, sin, and shame. 
 
3. ‘Tis not by works of righteousness 
Which our own hands have done, 
But we are saved by God’s free grace 
Abounding through His Son. 
 
4. ‘Tis from the mercy of our God 
That all our hopes begin; 
‘Tis by the Water and the Blood 
Our souls are washed from sin. 
 
5. ‘Tis through the purchase of His death 
Who hung upon the tree 
The Spirit is sent down to breathe 
On such dry bones as we. 
 
6. Raised from the dead, we live anew; 
And justified by grace. 
We shall appear in glory, too, 
And see our Father’s face. 
 
 

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