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Things Which Become Sound Doctrine

Titus 2:1
Henry Mahan • September, 21 1994 • Audio
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Titus. Turn to the book of Titus. I'm going to do tonight what
I enjoy doing most. Take a chapter and preach verse
by verse, phrase by phrase, and see what the Lord is saying to
His people. The title of this message is,
Things Which Become Sound Doctrine. Things which become sound doctrine. Titus chapter 2, now let me say
a word or two before we begin. Paul had established a church
in Crete, C-R-E-T-E. He had established a church there
and he left this young man Titus, he left him there in Crete to
minister to the people. whom the Lord had saved. Paul
preached there, the Lord saved some people, raised up a church.
Paul left Titus there. Titus was an uncircumcised Greek who had great grace and great
gifts, great ability God had given him, and he was most specially
dear to the Apostle Paul. Paul mentioned this man time
after time after time in his epistles, talking about Titus. Look down at chapter 1, verse
5. This is what it tells us. He said, verse 4, he's writing
to Titus, my own son, after the common faith, grace, mercy, and
peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior
for this cause, left I thee in Crete, here's the cause, that
you should set in order the things that are wanting left undone. And you ordain elders in every
city as I appointed thee." Titus was left there. He left him there
to put the churches in order. and to see that they had pastors
and elders and leaders and sound doctrine and sound practice left
in there to teach the people. It was not only necessary that
the doctrine be pure, but also that their practice and conduct
and conversation be pure. be worthy of their calling as
sons of God. Now let's look at chapter 2.
And it says, but speak thou, Titus, you preach and teach and
speak the things which become sound doctrine. Now, not only
preach sound doctrine, but you preach the things that are becoming
the sound doctrine. And here's the reason why Paul
dealt with this matter, and left Titus to deal with it. Back in
verse 16 of chapter 1, he talks about some people, some people
who professed that they knew God. You see verse 16, these
folks, John Gill said they were some Jewish preachers and false
professors who professed that they knew God, but in works they
denied God. and being abominable and disobedient
and under every work reprobate, void of judgment. And then he
says in verse 1 of chapter 2, but you speak the things which
become sound doctrine. Now these people boasted that
they knew God, but Paul said by their works and by their words,
they showed that they do not know God. These fellows tried to mix grace
and works. And that revealed that they did
not know God in His redemptive work. When you try to mix grace
and works, it's evident you don't know God in His redemptive work
in Christ. These people were also unkind
and unloving and covetous. So this reveals that they did
not know God in His sanctifying work, And these people were totally
void of any spiritual works and godliness, and this revealed
that they did not know God in His regenerating work. They didn't
know Him in His redemptive work, they didn't know Him in His sanctifying
work, and they didn't know Him in His regenerating work. So
Paul says to Titus, you preach and teach sound doctrine. but
also teach the character and life and conduct which is becoming
to sound doctrine, which is becoming to those who believe the grace
of God and becoming to the grace which we preach. But speak thou
the things which are characteristic of sound doctrine, becoming to
sound doctrine. Paul deals with that frequently
in Ephesians 4.1. He says, I beseech you that you
walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you are called. Walk worthy of
the vocation wherewith you are called. Colossians 1.10, he says
this, that you walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being
fruitful in every good work. and increasing in the knowledge
of God. In 1 Thessalonians 2, verse 12,
he says this, that you walk worthy of God, who hath called you into
His kingdom and to His glory. And then turn to Titus 3, verse
8, and listen to the apostle here. Now, this is a faithful
saying, and these things I will that you affirm constantly. that
they which have believed in God might be careful, careful, zealous
to maintain good works. For these things are good and
profitable unto men. So you see, that's what this
chapter is all about. We preach sound doctrine. We
preach the sovereign grace of God. We preach His elective covenant
mercies. We preach His effectual atonement. We preach the call of His Spirit. But we preach those things that
are becoming to sound doctrine. Now, let's look at verse 2 through
15. Now, Paul singles out five groups
in these next 14 verses. When he tells Titus, whom he
left at Crete, to preach things that become attitude, conduct,
works, that become sound doctrine, that are becoming to people who
believe the grace of God. He talks about us older men. He has some things to say about
older men. And he has some things to say
about older women. And he has some things to say
about young women. And then he has some things to
say about young men. And then he has some things to
say about folks who work for a living. So that pretty well
takes in everybody here, doesn't it? Old men, young men, older
women, younger women, and folks that work for a living. Alright,
verse 2. Now you tell the older men, You
tell them, the aged men, to be sober. Now you're going to find
this word sober three times in the next five or six verses,
and each time it means something different. It means something
different. And it's no problem, as I've
said to you many times, if you'll get one of these Greek strong
concordances, Greek and Hebrew, you can look it up. And this
word here, you can put it in your margin there, that the aged
men be cautious and discreet. Sober, cautious and discreet.
Watchful over their conduct. And watchful over their conversation. And watchful over their faithfulness
in doctrine and spirit because they're examples to the younger
people. Be on your toes. You older fellows,
be cautious and be watchful over your conduct and over your conversation,
over your faithfulness in doctrine and spirit. Be watchful, all
right? The second word, and be grave.
Us older fellows, be grave. What does grave mean? Serious. Serious about spiritual matters.
Serious about eternal matters. Now, foolishness and frivolity. And unstableness is unbecoming
to anyone who professes Christ, but especially it's unbecoming
to an older man. Especially. I don't know whether
I can find it or not, but over here in Ezekiel, not Ezekiel,
but Ecclesiastes. In Ecclesiastes, there's a verse
I marked. Yeah, Ecclesiastes. It's chapter 10, Ecclesiastes 10. Now, he's talking
to us older men. He tells us to be cautious and
careful about our conduct and walk and our faithfulness because
these young fellows are watching, listening. And then he tells
us to be serious. Don't make jokes about the things
of God. Take seriously spiritual matters
and eternal matters. Ecclesiastes 10, verse 1. Ecclesiastes 10, verse 1. Dead
flies cause the ointment of the apothecary, the drugstore, to
send forth a stinking smell, savor. In other words, when you've
got to prepare an ointment or medicine for somebody, you've
got dead flies in it. It's no good. So, that's a little
foolishness. Him that is in reputation for
wisdom and honor. What are older men in reputation
for? Wisdom and honor. So when you try to mix foolishness
with wisdom and honor, it's like mixing dead flies with an ointment.
It ruins it. And when we are up in years,
and we are leaders in the kingdom of God, and we carry on a bunch
of foolishness all the time. We mess up our witness. That's
right. That's what he's telling you.
You be grave. All right, let's go on. I'll be here the rest of
the night. But these things are so good, and be sound, or be
temperate. Temperate in things that pertain
to the flesh. You know, John Gill said sometimes
when people get older, They become more concerned for this body
than they do for their soul. We pay more attention to it.
We spend more time thinking about it and more time discussing it
than our soul. Don't do that. Be temperate in
this matter of the flesh. I know it has to be taken care
of and it has to be fed and clothed and so forth, but our souls are
much more important. Then you older men, Be sound
in the faith. Wavering. Don't waver. Don't be filled with doubts.
If you got doubts, keep them private. Barnard used to tell
me this when I was a young preacher. He said, now preacher, listen
to me. Don't take your doubts into the pulpit. Have them privately
if you got them. But always go into the pulpit
with what you know. and what you believe and the
things of which you're convinced. Don't take your doubts into the
pulpit because you upset the people. And you older men, be
strong, steadfast, sound in the faith, unwavering, not doubting. Don't do it. So these young people
look at you and if you are unstable and fearful and full of doubts,
they say, is that what I got to look forward to, you know?
As we grow older, we need to grow deeper in the things of
Christ. That's right. Alright. In charity. In love. Be sound. Be sound in
faith and sound in love. Love for Christ. Love for His
people. Somebody said this, youth. Youth. And I'm not picking on young
people. I'm just saying, I'm picking up things I've read.
Youth falls in and out of love. Falls in and out of love. But
age ought to be established in love. We've grown older and Christ
has become more precious. And we've grown older and we
love people. And we don't respond so much
to misunderstandings and faults and infirmities. We kind of take
them in stride and love folks anyway because we realize how
weak we are and how full of infirmities we are. So we grow. Be established. Be sound in faith and sound in
love and watch it, sound in patience. Wait on the Lord. That's what
John read. Wait on the Lord. I say again, wait on the Lord.
I would have fainted if I hadn't believed to see the goodness
of the Lord in the land of the living. Impulsiveness is not
and ought not to be a characteristic of experience. Impulsiveness ought not to be
a characteristic of experience and maturity and gray hair. So okay, isn't that, that's instructive
isn't it? Older men, older men, be cautious,
discreet, be serious, be temperate in things pertaining to this
body, be sound in the faith, be sound in love, be sound in
patience. Alright? Then the aged women,
the older women, verse 3, likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh
holiness. Tell the older women, teach the
older women in the church to conduct themselves in a manner
becoming godly women, becoming holiness. And teach them not
to be false accusers. That's slander, that's gossip.
Don't sit around when we get older and talk about folks, you
know, and gossip. Don't do that. That's false accusations. And then tell them not to be
given too much wine. And tell the older women to be
teachers of good things. Not superstition, not tradition,
but good things from the Word of God. Teach good things. Now,
where are they going to teach them? Paul told the women to keep silence
in the church and not to usurp authority over men. Well, I'll
tell you, these older women, to conduct themselves in a manner
of becoming holiness and not gossipers and slanderers and
not given to much wine and be teachers, not of superstition
and old wives' fables and traditions, but teachers of good things.
Good things. Good things. And they teach the
children and the young women. Teach the children and young
women. Teach the children in the church, teach the young women
in their homes. What are they going to teach
them? All right, here's what they're going to teach them.
Good things, to be good wives, and good mothers, and godly women. That's what they're going to
teach them. They're going to teach them by example, and they're
going to teach them by instruction. All right, let's see what they're
going to teach them. And this is what the older women have
learned, this is what God has taught them, this is what they're
going to pass on to their daughters and granddaughters and to the
women of the church. Number one, that they teach the
young women to be sober. Now there's that word again.
But whereas Paul applied it to the older men to be cautious
and discreet, he applies it here to the young women, teach them,
To be wise. That's the word, wise. To be
wise. To be wise and prudent in matters
of the home. To be good managers. To be fretty. I brought a message on the television
several years ago. It got quite a bit of acclaim. I was preaching on the home. And
in the message somewhere I mention about men and women living outside
their means, I talked about Women having these charge cards and
charge accounts and all these places of business and spending
money and keeping their husband's nose to the grindstone trying
to pay their bills and pay their debts and stay out of trouble,
and it causes trouble in the home. Financial difficulties
cause problems between husband and wife. And I said, Paul tells
young women to be wise, to be thrifty, to be good managers.
Live within their means. Live with what the husband can
furnish, not above it. Beneath it they can. I got a
letter from a woman. Bless my heart. She said, today,
after I listened to your message, I took scissors and cut up every
charge card I had. Cut them up. She said it was
destroying our home. She said, I'm ashamed of myself.
I've kept my husband in trouble ever since we've been married,
but no more. I'm cutting up every one of them. I hope she persevered,
because I tell you, be wise, young women. Be good managers. And teach these young women to
be wise, to be good managers. Teach them to love their husbands.
You know, some older women are the cause of a lot of trouble
in homes, mothers-in-law, and even mothers and older women
by giving bad advice. If a young woman, young man is
having trouble in the home and that young lady comes to you
for advice, you tell her to stay with her husband and love her
husband and obey her husband. But a lot of women, older women
give bad advice about husbands, about men in general. They just
got a bad attitude about men in general. And men in general,
women in general are sinners, that's what they all are anyway,
you know. I'm saying, but they have a bad attitude, but the
godly woman, the good teacher of good things, will keep marriages
together. Do all within their power to
teach young women to love their husbands, to respect their husbands,
to obey their husbands, to help their husbands, to submit to
their husbands, And the next line says, "...and to love their
children." To love their children. They brought them into the world.
They've got an obligation to furnish them a home until they
grow up. I believe that. I don't care if they do have
one. But I'm not happy. You know, well, you'd be happy
in glory. That's right. But stay together.
You say, just for the sake of children, that's a good reason.
That's a good reason. That's about good reasons you
need to stay together. Love your children. Now watch
this. Somebody wrote this. This is good. Don't teach them
to love their children with a foolish, ungoverned affection. If you love your children with
a foolish, ungoverned affection, it makes idols of them and rebels
of them. That's right. It's just a gushy-mushy,
oh little sweet thing, do what you want to do, you know. After
a while, nobody wants them around. But love your children with a
tender love, with a heart love, with a love that brings them
into subjection. In the fear of God with a firm
discipline and instruction. That's really loving them. That's
really loving them. You're really loving a child
when you discipline that child. I really believe that. I believe
that's the person that really loves the child. Who raises it
in the fear of the Lord and the fear of his parents. I believe
that's the person that really loves the child. Solomon said
that. He said, if I don't discipline
my child and make my child mine and obey me and teach my child as he ought
to be taught instructions and discipline and correction, I
don't really love that child. But I don't like to scold my
children. Well, that's because you love yourself more than you
love them. I believe that's it. Oh, you know I don't mean to
provoke them to wrath. I don't mean to be... Hard? I
just mean to be firm. Start young. Start young. When they learn what no means,
it will be a lot easier in their 16 if they learn it when it is
3 or 4. If they learn what it means. And they will love you
for it. I was in the presence of a little
child a few months ago. I just wanted to get away from
that child. It was so unruly. and sassy and
uncontrollable and nobody would... I didn't want to be around it. And that's sad. So love, teach
them to love their husband, love their children. Now listen, to
be discreet, you know, somebody said this, women are not men.
And they're not to try to dress like men, and talk like men,
and swear like men, and cuss like men, and live like men,
and talk like men. Let them be ladies. How refreshing
it is to see a lady, feminine, gentle, lovely. Isn't that a blessing? Be a girl. That's one of the nicest things
God ever made. You know, I'm going to tell a
little story here. I've told it before half a dozen
times. You get old, you keep repeating
yourself. But anyway, anyway, Doris is teaching her class one
time about God's greatest gift to man, God's greatest gift to
man, Christ, God's greatest gift to man. When she got through
teaching the lesson, she asked the children, now, what's God's
greatest gift to man? And one of the little ladies,
who's full grown now, she's a member of this choir, always here. She
raised her hand. Doris said, what's God's greatest gift to
man? She said, woman. And I told her, Doris, I said,
she ain't too far off. But a woman. A woman. That's right. And I want them
to dress like women when they come here. I hate to be an old
fuddy-duddy. But that's what I is. Tim James
says, he is what he ain't, he ain't what he is. Teach them
to be discreet. Chase in words and action. Be a lady. Be a lady. There's so few out yonder in
the world. We've got wonderful ones here,
haven't we? Now watch this. Teach them to
be keepers at home. Now I'm going to say something
here I really believe way down here. Listen to me now. I got to listen to me now. The husband I know is the head
of the home. The husband's a provider of the
home. The husband's a spiritual leader.
You men, you take charge and do it lovingly and kindly. You're
head of that home. God's going to hold you responsible.
You're the provider. You're supposed to provide. You're
not supposed to be Mr. Mom. You're supposed to be Mr.
Provider. That's right. You're the provider
and you're the spiritual leader. But I'm telling you this, the
mother, the mother is the most important single factor and figure
in any home. Now you write that down. These
mothers, you're the most single, important figure and factor in
that home. Mama is. Mama is. The home's happiness, the home's
unity, the home's order depends largely on you. That's right. On Mama. That's right. It's always
been that way. Home is where the heart is and
home is where Mama is. Or ought to be. And that home's happiness and
unity and order depend largely on her love and her good management,
and her providing food, and her care, and her providing clothes,
her concern, and her patience. She's the patient one. She's
the glue that holds us together. She's the love. She's the pacifier. She's the one that eases the
broken heart. She's the one, if something happens,
they run to Mama, don't they? And they ought to. And she can't fulfill that important
place and be absent from that home. She can't do it. She's got to be there. Be there when they go to school,
be there when they come back. Be there. She can't be a gatherer
about. She's got to be there. Be there. I know what I'm talking about. I just don't believe you ought
to let other people raise your children. I do not. I know when our children used
to come in from school and open the door, first words out of
their mouth at three o'clock in the afternoon, what it was,
Mom! That's right. In most homes it's dead silence.
Mom ain't there. They find a note. Teach them to be keepers at home. Teach them to be good, to be
good, kind to their husbands, to their children, kind to their
friends and guests who pass through that home. I invite people to
come home with me, but I tell you who makes them comfortable
is Mama. I tell you who provides for the
table, Mama. I tell you who makes up the bed,
Mama. I tell you who makes their visit. Mexico one time, Scott Richardson
I did, and Betty wasn't there. She was called back to the States.
Walter was in charge. It didn't go too well. It didn't
go too well. Betty was gone. Gone. Be kind. Good. Good. To be obedient to
their husbands. as unto the Lord." Now listen,
that the Word of God be not blasphemed. Turn to Ephesians 5 a moment.
Us husbands are supposed to love them, and if they are loved properly,
they'll be obedient. Ephesians 5, verse 22. Ephesians
5, 22. Wives, submit yourselves to your
own husbands as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of
the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church, and He is
the Savior of the body. Therefore, as the church is subject
to Christ, let the wives be unto their own husbands in everything.
And husbands, love your wives. How much has Christ loved the
church and gave Himself for it? That's how much. Love them. I tell you, it's easy to be submissive
to someone who loves you. Now, young men, verse 6, likewise
exhort young men to be sober-minded. Now that word, there it is again,
but this time, here's what it means. It means discreet. I know that's what's got in the
margin, but it means to behave prudently. And take life and
faith seriously. In other words, young men in
the church, mature quickly. Because these young men are the
servants of God, like these young men here. Mature quickly. Mature
quickly. Take life and faith seriously. Take it seriously, quick as you
can. Be sober-minded, serious-minded. take life and faith seriously,
mature quickly. And then, in all things, showing
yourself a pattern, see, a pattern of good works. Now, I know it's
true that older men have the greater responsibility to set
the example, to set the pattern for faith and works, doctrine
and obedience. But, oh, what a blessing when
the young men take it so quickly, like our young men here do. Take it quickly. Take that responsibility. Take that burden upon yourself.
Be a pattern. Be an example of good works. Be an example. I love you for
what you do, and what you are, and how you behave, and how serious-minded
you are. You are sober-minded, serious-minded. I watch these young men discussing
the Scripture with one another, you know, encouraging one another.
Serious-minded. Dedicate. Pattern. In this congregation,
the young men, I would hold up all over this country as a pattern
of good works, a pattern of generosity, a pattern of love, and a pattern
of devotion. I just thank God for you. And
in doctrine, it does matter, in doctrine showing uncorruptness,
uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, What a blessing to find this
in young men. Strong in doctrine and strong
in work. Strong in doctrine, strong in
obedience. Strong in doctrine and strong
in love. Isn't that a great combination?
What a combination. A man that won't move as far
as the grace of God is concerned, but who's ready to move on behalf
of somebody else anytime. Kindly, gently, lovingly. Generously. Oh, what a pattern. What an example. Then what's
this? Sound speech that cannot be condemned. Oh, that we would
put a watch on our tongues. Oh, we're so careful. We're careful
in the pulpit. Let's be careful outside of it.
We're careful in church, in the sanctuary. Let's be careful outside.
Let's be careful how we talk. sound speech that cannot be condemned,
salted with grace, that he that is of the contrary party may
be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you." He's a godly
man in a godly conversation and a godly walk. I don't like his
doctrine, but I admire him. He's generous, he's kind, he's
loving, he's gracious. And then watch this now. Here's
an interesting thing here. Verse 9, just two verses here,
9 and 10. But here are five words of counsel to people who work
for other people. People who work for a living.
He calls them servants, and that's what we are when we work for
other people. We're servants. Exhort servants,
number one, to be obedient to their own masters. Obedient to
their masters. Employer. Be obedient. Be submissive. Whether he's a believer or unbeliever,
whether he's kind or unkind, it doesn't matter. We're hired
to do a job. So we do it with all our might.
Not as unto him so much as as unto the Lord. Let me show you
that in Ephesians 6 verse 5. Ephesians 6 verse 5. Servants,
look at this right here, Ephesians 6 verse 5. Servants, be obedient to them
that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling,
in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ. As unto Christ. Do your job as
if Christ were your boss. And then what's the next line?
This is, exhort servants, first, to be obedient to their masters,
and then secondly, to please them well in all things. See
that you give satisfaction. Take pride in workmanship. I
know sometimes you work for people who are hard to get along with
and hateful and you feel like just messing up. But don't mess
up. Have pride of workmanship. Do
it as unto the Lord. Do your job and do it well. Jeff
Thornberry was a great example in this, one of our first elders. Back years ago when we first
came over here to 13th Street, I spent a lot of time working
with Brother Jeff. He helped me build a home. I
helped him build a couple of homes, trying to learn to be
a carpenter. And he was a good teacher and he was a good companion.
I remember one time we were doing something in a building, a home,
and Jeff built something and he said, that's not good, I'm
going to tear that out and do it over. And one of the men standing
behind him said, oh, nobody's going to see it. He turned and
he said, I see it. I see it. And it's coming out
and it's going to be done right. That's commendable. The boss
will never see it. I see it. My boss sees it. I can do it over. And he did
it over. He tore it all out, spent all afternoon doing it
over. Nobody will see it. I see it. So please, please them
well in all things. And look at this next line. Not
answering again. What does that mean? Gain saying
it means talking back. It means contradicting. You know, I think it do every
man a little good to serve some time in the military. First thing
you learn when you go in the military is you don't talk back. You just don't talk back. And they impress that on you
pretty strongly, that an order is an order, and you don't talk
back. And that's the way it ought to
be. The boss is not always right. He's a human, but he is always
the boss. And it's just not showing good grace to stand and
jowl with a boss. That's what he said. Not jowling.
Contradicting and talking back. Just do it if it's wrong. He's the one who told you to
do it. He ordered it. Alright, verse 10. Not purloring. Right in your margin, stealing. That word purloring is stealing.
Don't steal. from the firm, either time or
money, or things of small value. You know, the value of a thing,
if you steal a million dollars, if you steal a dollar, it's all
the same. And not the same, but it wasn't worth anything. Yes,
it was too, or you wouldn't have took it. So don't steal time,
or don't steal money, or don't steal things you regard of small
value. Don't convert to your own use
anything that belongs to the company. without permission. That's what he said, not purloining.
All right, the next line says, "...but showing all good fidelity,
that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things."
What is fidelity? It's loyalty, reliability, faithfulness. And what you do here, this word,
that you may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior, it's saying
this, By your conduct and attitude out there in public, you make
the gospel you believe and the doctrine you preach to be more
attractive. Be more attractive. It's true.
There's no question about that. What we preach is true. But it
makes it more attractive and desirable if it comes from someone
who who's experienced it. And what it's done for me. You
know, when the Lord sent that man from the Gadarene's home,
He said, you go tell them what God's done for you. What God's
done for you. If it's done something for me,
he might be interested in it. Alright, verse 11. I'll move
quickly here and let you go. Verse 11 says, For the grace
of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all of us. He's
not talking about every human being because some people don't
know the grace of God, never heard it, never have seen it,
never have understood it. But it's appeared to us, hasn't
it? We know something about the grace
of God in Christ Jesus. And what did it teach us? What
did the grace of God that brings salvation, when God revealed
it to us, what did it teach us? It taught us, verse 12, to deny
ungodliness, idolatry, worldly lusts, and live soberly, seriously,
discreetly, righteously, and godly in this present world.
That's what the grace of God teaches us, doesn't it? Isn't
that what the grace of God taught you? What it teaches all men. Paraphrasing, if the grace of
God to us in Christ our Lord has been revealed to us, Teaching
us that we should deny ungodliness and idolatry and worldly lusts,
and we should live seriously, soberly, righteously, honestly,
godly in this present world. That's what our gospel teaches.
That's what our gospel teaches. Looking for that blessed hope.
What is that blessed hope? We're going to be like Him. He's
coming, and when we see Him, we're going to be like Him. and
the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior, Jesus
Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from
all iniquity and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, a
different people, a special people, zealous of good works, careful
to maintain good works. We're interested in magnifying
the grace of our Lord and serving others. We want to. It's just
something we want to do. We want to help. Now verse 15,
now these things teach. What I've been reading to you
is what Paul told Titus to teach. And exhort and rebuke with all
authority, now watch this, and let no man despise you
Henry Mahan
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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