May 31, 2026
“Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.”
1 Cor. 12:3
To be accursed is to suffer the wrath of God without the hope of redemption. To even suggest that Christ’s death in any way was for anyone who ends up in hell, is to call Him accursed. It is impossible for anyone speaking by the Holy Spirit to utter such words. Anyone who says that there is a sense in which Christ died for all men, is not speaking by the Spirit of God. When Christ was made a curse for us it was with the full assurance that He would purchase (redeem) with His own blood all that the Father had given Him.
What is it to “say that Jesus is the Lord”? It is to believe what Peter believed when he said; Lord, save me. It is to believe what the thief on the cross believed, when he said; Lord, remember me. It is to believe what that Canaanite woman believed, when she said after the Lord called her a dog; Truth Lord, yet the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their master’s table. What do all these have in common? All of the hope of their salvation was completely dependent upon the mercy of their Master. They did not make Him Lord. They believed that He is the Lord. ~GE
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When I speak of a man growing in grace, I mean simply that his sense of sin is becoming deeper, his faith is becoming stronger, his hope is becoming brighter, his love is becoming more extensive, and his spiritual mindedness is becoming more marked. By affliction, God shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world, and makes us long for Heaven! ~J.C Ryle
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God is the author of all true happiness, He is the donor of all true happiness, He is the maintainer of all true happiness, and He is the center of all true happiness; and therefore, he that has Him for his God, and for his portion, is the only happy man in the world. ~Thomas Brooks
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They are the happiest Christians, who have the lowest thoughts of themselves; and in whose eyes, Jesus is most glorious and precious! ~John Newton
“The Word was God”
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1). It is impossible for anyone to read those words with honesty and misunderstand them. John here asserts that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Word, was, is, and ever shall be in nature, essence, and substance very God of very God, and that as the Father is God, so also the Son is God. Our Savior’s divinity could not be more positively stated. Christ the Word is not inferior to God the Father. The eternal and unchangeable Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost is all one.
“And the Word was God.” He was not made God, as he is made flesh. He was not constituted or appointed God or declared God by office and title. “The Word was God,” truly and properly God, in the highest sense of the word. Jesus Christ, our Savior, the Word, is Jehovah, our God, God with us, the mighty God, God over all, the great God, the living God, the true God and eternal life. All the perfections of divinity are his. All the fulness of the Godhead dwells in him. The works of his hands (Creation and Providence – Redemption and Forgiveness – Life and Death – Judgment and Mercy) are the works of him who is God. ~Don Fortner
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Free Agents but Not Free Wills
All men are FREE AGENTS with the power to choose, act, and decide according to their character and nature! But, to say that man has a FREE WILL is to say that he has the power to act contrary to his own nature. Our sinful natures have destroyed our will to do good and brought our wills into bondage and captivity to sin. Man’s will is bound to, and determined by, his sinful nature. He has a will, but it is NOT FREE. It is the servant of sin. Only God in Christ can give a man the will to obey Him. “Thy people shall be made willing the day of THY POWER” (Psalm 110:3).
~Henry T. Mahan
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I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord. Ps. 122:1-4.
CALL TO WORSHIP
As on the cross of Christ I thought, It seemed I heard one cry,
"Is all this nothing in your eyes, You who this day pass by?"
"Is not such suff'ring greater than, That which you've seen before?"
"And was there ever any man, Who grieved or suffered more?"
I looked again, and what I saw, I cannot fully tell;
It seemed within His very bones, There raged the fire of hell.
"What caused you grief?" I asked the man, What crimes could you have done.
"That God, Jehovah, struck you down, And left you all alone?"
His answer cut my heart like steel, And left me void of breath; "'Tis for your sins this pain I feel, For you I go to death!"
"Your soul, before my Father's throne, Could find no place to hide."
"This is the way God can be just, And you be justified."
Jehovah's mercies never fail, Each morning they are new;
Great is His faithfulness and love, Therefore, we're not consumed!
Jehovah God, in Christ the Son, Shall all my portion be,
My soul shall, therefore, wait for Him, And live eternally.
Tune: There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood, p. 222
NURSERY
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Birthdays
June 3 Clayton Emrick June 6 Gabriel Hardman
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GGC Vacation Bible School: June 11th – 12th.
9:30 to 11:45 am Age 3 to 12 years old
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Upcoming Bible Conferences
June 5-7 Oley Grace Church, Oley, PA
July 10-12 Canada Conference, Burgessville, Ontario