The news from Israel and the Gulf has “the preacher of prophecy” aroused again and predicting all sorts of things for our time. People are curious to know the return of our Lord. Will the temple be erected in Jerusalem? Will the rapture occur soon? Will all resort to one temple in a millennium? Will all nations speak one language? Questions are being asked about the future.
My friends, I cannot predict the future, and neither can they! But I know who holds the present and the future in his hands; and I am content to bow to him, worship him, and leave tomorrow to his will and wisdom. I know that Christ will come, and we shall, by his grace, reign with him. But let us be about our Lord’s business as if he were returning tomorrow, yet content to worship him and preach his gospel even if he is pleased to tarry another thousand years.
“Content with beholding his face,
My all to his pleasure resigned.
No changes of season or place
Will make any change in my mind!”
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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