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George Cutting (N/A – 1934) was a British preacher and evangelist whose ministry within the Plymouth Brethren movement focused on gospel proclamation and personal assurance of salvation across the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in England, likely in the mid-19th century, specific details about his early life, including his parents and upbringing, are not widely documented, though his writings suggest a conversion experience that propelled him into ministry. His education appears informal, centered on self-directed biblical study rather than formal theological training, typical of Brethren lay preachers. Cutting’s preaching career gained prominence through his itinerant evangelism and authorship of widely circulated tracts, most notably Safety, Certainty and Enjoyment (circa 1880s), which offered simple, scriptural answers to seekers and sold over a million copies in multiple languages. His sermons and writings, including The Last Revival and The Two Natures, emphasized the believer’s security in Christ and readiness for His return, delivered at Brethren assemblies and open-air meetings across England. Known for his brother Arthur, also a gospel preacher, George remained in fellowship with Brethren leader James Taylor Sr. until his death. Married status and family details remain unrecorded. He died at age unknown in 1934 in England, with his funeral noted among Brethren circles.
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George Cutting emphasizes the importance of seeking fellowship with God's people and turning to God and His Word for guidance, rather than man-made denominations. He shares a story of two Christians discussing the significance of following the Word of God over denominational labels, highlighting the unity found in gathering in Jesus' name. Cutting points out that the commandment to walk in love and obedience to God's Word has remained consistent since the beginning, emphasizing the need to adhere to the sacred principles of Scripture for guidance.
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Your Ground of Fellowship With Other Christians; Or, in Other Words, Your Church Position.
One of the first things, I believe, which the renewed heart craves for is fellowship with God’s people. He finds himself no longer at home in the world and naturally seeks “his own company.” But amidst all the names and divisions of disordered Christendom, a newborn soul may well enquire, ‘Where shall I turn to be right?” My answer is, “To God, and to the word of His grace” (Acts 20:32). Whoever is wrong, God and His word are right. Get that well grounded in your soul, and “cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils” (Isa. 2:22). A few years ago two Christians, hitherto strangers to each other, were travelling together in a passenger train when, after some conversation about the Lord and His interests, one of them leaned forward and said, “May I ask what denomination you belong to?” “Well, that is a common enough question,” replied the other, “but will you first say what you think is to guide me in my path as a Christian?” He agreed at once that it was the Word of God alone that could with certainty direct him. “Then, if you will allow me,” said his fellow-traveller, “I will answer your question by proposing another; viz., WHAT DENOMINATION DOES THE WORD OF GOD PUT ME INTO?” After some silent deliberation he said, ‘Why, none at all.” “Then I can’t belong to one at all,” replied the other. “For if I did (based on your own answer) I should clearly be in a position where the Word of God had not placed me.” “But,” replied the first speaker, “does not the Word of God exhort us not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together, and so much the more, as we see the day approaching?” (Heb. 10:25). “Yes, it does. But a Christian need not belong to a denomination to obey that word; for the Lord Jesus said, ‘Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” (Matt. 18:20). Now, dear reader, if you look at 2 John 6, you will find that he exhorts the elect lady, and those with her, thus: “And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.” Now John had seen the Lord in His wondrous life; had seen Him die upon the cross; was a witness of His resurrection; beheld Him taken up into heaven; and was present when on the day of Pentecost the Holy Ghost came down from an ascended Christ to baptize believers into one body, and thus form the Church. He had lived long enough to see evil come into the circle of the professing church; but what is the remedy? Is it, “Begin afresh with a new and purer sect of a more improved constitution?” Listen to his reply by the Holy Ghost: “This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it” (2 John 6). So that the Spirit of God makes it plain that He suffers no innovation of man’s to trespass upon the sacred principles of God’s Word for the guidance of His people, whatever their exercises may be, or whatever the date of their history. Now apply this principle today, and you must find yourself in one of two positions-either on God’s ground of gathering the disciples at the beginning, or on some ground that man, in his fancied wisdom of mistaken zeal, has set up since the beginning.
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George Cutting (N/A – 1934) was a British preacher and evangelist whose ministry within the Plymouth Brethren movement focused on gospel proclamation and personal assurance of salvation across the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in England, likely in the mid-19th century, specific details about his early life, including his parents and upbringing, are not widely documented, though his writings suggest a conversion experience that propelled him into ministry. His education appears informal, centered on self-directed biblical study rather than formal theological training, typical of Brethren lay preachers. Cutting’s preaching career gained prominence through his itinerant evangelism and authorship of widely circulated tracts, most notably Safety, Certainty and Enjoyment (circa 1880s), which offered simple, scriptural answers to seekers and sold over a million copies in multiple languages. His sermons and writings, including The Last Revival and The Two Natures, emphasized the believer’s security in Christ and readiness for His return, delivered at Brethren assemblies and open-air meetings across England. Known for his brother Arthur, also a gospel preacher, George remained in fellowship with Brethren leader James Taylor Sr. until his death. Married status and family details remain unrecorded. He died at age unknown in 1934 in England, with his funeral noted among Brethren circles.