How can I know that I am resting in the righteousness and blood of Christ? Perhaps these questions will help.
1. Has the holiness of God slain you, shut your mouth and destroyed your own works and righteousness? Are your righteousnesses really filthy rags?
2. Death and judgement await. In what and whom do you find your hope of justification and acceptance? Where will you stand at God’s tribunal? Only Christ enables God to be just and justifier.
3. What is your attitude toward the word of God and the commandments of Christ? True believers love God’s law and delight to do his will.
4. When your conscience is bleeding and your heart is broken because of the guilt of your thoughts and words, the coldness of your heart, and too much concern for this world, where and to whom do you run for relief, for peace and help? Some run to a profession, to works, to a preacher, or to the altar to rededicate; but, the believer runs to Christ.
“When I look toward the majesty of God,
When I look to the judgement throne,
When I look at the sinfulness of my nature
And the innumerable evils that are my own,
“There is no one to whom I can go;
For words of peace and life are in Christ alone;
Blessed Lord, I find in thee all I need;
I find in thee full righteousness and blood to atone!”
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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