The Collierville Courier

Vol. 5, No. 22 June 3, 2018

Sunday: Wednesday: 9:30 AM - Bible Study 7:00 PM - Bible Study 10:30 AM - AM Worship 1:30 PM - PM Worship

Collierville Church of Christ 575 Shelton Road Collierville, TN 38017

Email: colliervillecoc@gmail.com Website: www.colliervillecoc.org

Phone: (901)-853-9827

Minister: Aaron Cozort

Cell: (901)-484-8753 Email:aaron@cozort.net

WELCOME!

Sermon Guide AM: Aaron Cozort: Notes: PM: Aaron Cozort: Notes:

And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. Micah 1:4

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE:

WORSHIP LEADERS AM Worship PM Worship Wednesday Night Song Leader: Joe Cason Joe Cason Song Leader: Murry Springer Opening Prayer: Terry Sanderson Joe Cason Devo: Aaron Cozort Closing Prayer: J. Shaffar Tommy O’Neal Closing Prayer: Don Robertson

Homebound/Assisted Living

Anita Denman Deloris Jones James Luna

Adell Walker Celeste Moore

Richard Gonzales Hearthside Residents

Brenda Bruce

Don Robertson Shirley Moslander

Rudell & Dorothy Wilson Sylvia Pass Jay Jones

J.C. Harrison Doug Mooring

Those Battling Cancer

Natalie Temple Wilford & Margaret Bonnell

Janell Grizzard Roger Davis

Dan Moslander Sean Kelley

Wayne Vaughan Allen Martindale

Sandy Trammel

Paul Fisher Joey Burks Lila Clark Leon Poor

Kathi Flanagan J. Shaffar

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SummaryoftheBookofRevelation–Chapter21(Part1)

"Write,forthesewordsaretrueandfaithful"

ALookBack:Satanisfinished,deathandhadesarefinished.Victoryisfinalandcomplete.

Hebrews2:14,"Inasmuchthenasthechildrenhavepartakenoffleshandblood,HeHimselflikewisesharedinthesame,thatthroughdeathHemightdestroyhimwhohadthepowerofdeath,thatis,thedevil."

1Corinthians15:26,"Thelastenemythatshallbedestroyedisdeath."

ThelanguageofJudgment.TheLanguageofBlessing.

Throughouthistory,thischapterhasbeenrehearsedasthepictureoftheeternalHeavensandtheeternalKingdomwhenthisuniverseisnomore.Incontrast,othershaveclaimeditastheliteralphysicalEarthbeingrenewedandturnedintoparadiseonearthassomeclaimGodintendedatCreation.Wecouldinterpretitoneoftheseways,butitwouldnotbeconsistentwiththeapocalypticnatureofthebook,andthehighlyapocalypticnatureofthemostrecentchapters.

AreadingoftheOldTestamentrevealsmanypropheticpronouncinguniversalactionsofjudgmentorauthoritywhenthephysical/literalrealitywaslessthanthat.Examplesinclude:

• Isaiah13:6-22aboutBabylon'sdestructionbytheMedes.• 2Peter2:5;3:6speakingoftheworldoftheungodlyperishinginthedaysofNoah.• Isaiah34:1-17speaksofEdomandallofthehostofHeavenbeingdissolved.• Nahum1:1-5speaksofNineveh’sjudgment.• Micah1:3-6speaksonJerusalem&Judah'sjudgment.• ZephaniahwritesconcerningtheworldofJudah(Zephaniah1:2-f).

InRevelation20:11,JohnseestheworldofRomecometoanend.TheChristian'sworldisreborninRevelation21becausetheirenemiesaredestroyed.

Thenatureofthesearticlesdoesnotprovideroomforacompleteexplanation.IrecommendafullreadingofJimMcGuiggan's,Revelation(onAmazon:https://amzn.to/2kDPpvm).

TheGodWhoMakesAllThingsNew

Johnhears,"ThenHewhosatonthethronesaid,"Behold,Imakeallthingsnew."AndHesaidtome,'Write,forthesewordsaretrueandfaithful.'"

ThemessagetotheChristianwhoisabouttogothroughthetrialsandtribulationsandwhenhedoeshewillneedhope.HecanhopeintheGodwhomakesallthingsnew.HecanhopeintheGodofanewheavenandanewearth.HecantrustintheGodofAbrahamwholookedfora"citymadewithouthands."

NextWeek:NewHeavensandNewEarth.

AaronCozort

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MEN’SBUSINESSMEETING&PT/SSwillmeettodayat2:30.

WORKPROGRAM:ColliervilleCaresmeetseveryMondayat7:00pm.

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GOSPELMEETING:BeechGroveCOC–Brownsville,TN–June10-13Seeflyeronbulletinboard.

SOUTHAVEN2018POWERLECTURESHIP–“TheDevil”–July22-26–Seeflyeronbulletinboard.

COLLIERVILLELADIESDAY,October27,2018withspeaker:JanisDearman,“MakingStraightA’sinGodliness”.

LADIESWEEKLYBIBLESTUDY:ClasseswillresumeJune21.

OURSICK:

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MISSIONARIES: Louis & Martha Rushmore - rushmore@gospelgazette.com/Charlie & Mary Dipalma- charmary1969@yahoo.com Melbourne, Australia