What do you know about the righteousness of God? Not only his personal and essential righteousness, but the righteousness and holiness he requires of all who would see the Lord, and the righteousness he has purchased and provided for them? I can show you from the Scriptures the awful and awesome importance of the subject.
Jeremiah 23:5-6—The very name of our Redeemer is “the righteousness of God.”
Romans 1:16-17—The heart and essence of the gospel is to reveal the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:20-21—Our Lord’s being made sin and dying on the cross for us was in order that we might be made the righteousness of God in him
Romans 10:1-4—The Apostle pronounces all religious people unsaved who are ignorant of the righteousness of God and who are seeking to establish their own righteousness.
Matthew 5:20—Our Lord declares that a person will not enter into the kingdom of God unless he has a righteousness that exceeds any holiness produced by the best man on earth. This righteousness is the righteousness of God which is by the obedience, faithfulness, and death of the Lord Jesus Christ.
“Christ Jesus is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth.”
About Henry Mahan
Henry T. Mahan was born in Birmingham, Alabama in August 1926. He joined the United States Navy in 1944 and served as a signalman on an L.S.T. in the Pacific during World War II. In 1946, he married his wife Doris, and the Lord blessed them with four children.
At the age of 21, he entered the pastoral ministry and gained broad experience as a pastor, teacher, conference speaker, and evangelist. In 1950, through the preaching of evangelist Rolfe Barnard, God was pleased to establish Henry in sovereign free grace teaching. At that time, he was serving as an assistant pastor at Pollard Baptist Church (off of Blackburn ave.) in Ashland, Kentucky.
In 1955, Thirteenth Street Baptist Church was formed in Ashland, Kentucky, and Henry was called to be its pastor. He faithfully served that congregation for more than 50 years, continuing in the same message throughout his ministry. His preaching was centered on the Lord Jesus Christ and Him crucified, in full accord with the Scriptures. He consistently proclaimed God’s sovereign purpose in salvation and the glory of Christ in redeeming sinners through His blood and righteousness.
Henry T. Mahan also traveled widely, preaching in conferences and churches across the United States and beyond. His ministry was marked by a clear and unwavering emphasis on Christ, not the preacher, but the One preached. Those who heard him recognized that his sermons honored the Savior and exalted the name of the Lord Jesus Christ above all.
Henry T. Mahan served as pastor and teacher of Thirteenth Street Baptist Church in Ashland, Kentucky for over half a century. His life and ministry were devoted to proclaiming the sovereign grace of God and directing sinners to the finished work of Christ. He entered into the presence of the Lord in 2019, leaving behind a lasting testimony to the gospel he faithfully preached.
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