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Henry Mahan

Grace Poured From Thy Lips

Psalm 45:2
Henry Mahan • October, 27 1993 • Audio
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What does the Bible say about grace coming from Jesus' lips?

The Bible describes that grace is poured from the lips of Jesus, signifying His role as our surety, prophet, and intercessor.

Psalm 45:2 states, 'Thou art fairer than the children of men, and grace is poured from thy lips.' This declaration emphasizes that Jesus, as our eternal surety, embodies grace in His words and His actions towards humanity. In Scripture, we see examples of His gracious words offering comfort, forgiveness, and hope. For instance, in Luke 4:22, people marveled at His gracious words, indicating His unique ability to provide spiritual nourishment and peace through His teachings, which further demonstrates the pouring out of grace from His lips.

Psalm 45:2, Luke 4:22

How do we know that Jesus is our grace-filled Savior?

We know Jesus is grace-filled because He acts as our surety, offering forgiveness and intercession for us.

Hebrews 7:25 elaborates on the role of Jesus as our intercessor, stating, 'He always lives to make intercession for them.' This encapsulates His active role in our salvation, ensuring that grace is continually available to us through His sacrifice and intercession. Throughout the Gospels, we see Jesus extend grace to the repentant, as seen in His interactions with sinners and the way He forgives those who wronged Him. His entire ministry exemplifies grace poured out from His lips, resonating with the truth of Romans 5:8, which teaches that God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Hebrews 7:25, Romans 5:8

Why is the concept of grace important for Christians?

Grace is vital for Christians because it signifies God's unmerited favor, central to our salvation and transformation.

In the Reformed tradition, grace is foundational to understanding our relationship with God. Ephesians 2:8-9 articulates that 'For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.' This verse emphasizes that our salvation is entirely a result of God's grace. Understanding grace shifts our focus from works to reliance on Christ’s finished work on the cross, allowing us to live in light of our new identity as children of God. The transformative power of grace leads us to a life characterized by love and gratitude, prompting us to share this grace with others.

Ephesians 2:8-9

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Now, Psalm 45. You'll note in the heading to
the chief musician, the last line says, this is a song of
love. I thought about calling it, my
message tonight, a song of love, but I'm going to be dealing with
verse 2, one statement in verse 2, It says in verse 2, Thou art
fairer than the children of men, and grace is poured into thy
lips. Actually, it is saying grace
is poured from thy lips. Grace is poured from thy lips.
So let's call the message that grace is poured from thy lips. Thy lips are filled with grace,
and grace pours from thy lips." Now, I speak from experience,
and when I say that many of us, we who are believers, experience
three stages of spiritual growth. You can call it a threefold state,
or whatever name you wish to use, experience of grace, but
nearly all of us who are redeemed by the grace of God experience
these three things. I know that we are God's elect,
and we are chosen in Him, in Christ, from the foundation of
the world. We are loved with an everlasting
love. by his blessed Spirit, and we're
redeemed by his precious blood, and we will be glorified. The Apostle Paul said, whom he
foreknew, he did predestinate to be conformed to the image
of his Son. And whom he predestinated, he called. Whom he called, he
justified. Whom he justified, he glorified. But we don't learn everything
at one time. We don't experience everything
at one time. There's a spiritual growth. And
I say these three things generally are experienced by most believers,
certainly by myself and some of you. We became in early days
involved in religious tradition. Almost everybody here has been
at one time involved in religious tradition. in activities and
traditions and customs, denomination of life in religion. And then one day, by the grace
of God and by the mercy of God, we heard the gospel. Like I said
one time in a message, I can't tell you exactly when the Lord
saved me, but I can tell you when I heard the gospel for the
first time. I can tell you when I heard the
gospel the first time. And as a result of hearing that
gospel, that clearly defined gospel, who God is and what we
are and who Christ is and how Christ has redeemed us effectually
by his perfect obedience righteousness and by His precious blood on
purpose. You know, when that takes place
and we learn a little doctrine, like Brother Barnard said one
time, we get hold of a little doctrine, very little doctrine,
and we go wild, you know. And we learn some doctrine. We
learn some truth. And we get real taken up with
doctrine and truth. And it's a fascinating study.
It's a wonderful study. It's an enlightening study. And I never will forget those
days after I learned the gospel. I couldn't read enough of the
old writers and the old Puritans. And I love the books on systematic
theology. I just love those things. I wanted
to know the when and the where and the why and the wherefores.
all of these things about how God works and does work and will
work and just wrapped up in precious doctrine. But then over the years,
as we are taught by the Word and as we are mellowed by trials
and troubles and failures and needs and broken By his grace,
we begin to learn Christ. We begin to grow in love for
him and his children and his people and those things that
are of him and from him and by him and point to him. We become
taken up with Christ. One of the apostles said, you
have not so learned Christ. Learn to Christ. It's like our
Lord said to the disciples one day. He said, I've got many things
to say to you. You're just not able to bear
them yet. You've got to be conditioned to hear them, to receive them,
to bear them. They've got to come at a certain
time in your life and in your experience. And that's what happened.
In his own time, we began to be taken up with Christ. Whereas one time we were taken
up with activities and taken up with religion, and then at
one time we were taken up with doctrine and with truth, which
is precious, no question about it. But then taken up with him. It's like this. We go from hand
to head to heart. That's right. Good thing it's
that way. We go from hand to head to heart. Some of our beloved
preachers go from labor to logic to love. That's a good thing
they wind up there, isn't it? From labor, labor, labor, to
love, and in between, logic. Now, wasn't that the experience
of Simon Peter? Why not the experience of this
beloved, impulsive man? First of all, he wanted to build
three tabernacles. There's your labor. There's your
hand. On that Mount of Transfiguration,
when he saw the glory of Christ and the Lord God spoke and Moses
and Elijah appeared, he wanted to start building. He said, let's
build three tabernacles up here. Let's get involved here. Let's
get active. That's built three tabernacles,
one for Moses, one for Elijah, and one for Jesus. And then he
came along to that time when he said he'd die for what he
believed. Yeah, he said, these other fellows might quit, but
I'm convinced. I know who you are, and I'll
die for you. That's that logic and that to he and to him. And
then he wanted to cut some heads off. You remember some fellows
that came in the garden that night to arrest the Lord? He
was going to take matters into his own hands and lie into them
and lop some heads off. And our Lord all this time was
so gracious and kind and patient with him and with us in our struggles. And finally one day, there by the fire. He's seated
there by the fire, and the Master settles this whole affair. And
he looks at him and says, Peter, do you love me? Do you love me? Do you love me? And he said,
yea, Lord, I love you. He said, just feed my lambs,
will you? Just feed my lambs. Somebody else build the tabernacles
and do all these things. You just feed my lambs. feed
my lamb. Do you love me? Yea, Lord, I
love you, and feed my sheep. Do you love me, Lord?" Peter
was grieved because he asked him the third time if he loved
him. He said, You know all things. You know I love you. And he always had. And he always
had. Always had. And I verily believe
that in these days of labor and logic, that we loved him then. And in the days of hand and head,
we loved him then. Finally, it got to an expression
and experience of the heart. But he was there, a loved one.
Yes, Jesus, lover of my soul. Let me to thy bosom fly. While
the nearer waters roll, and while the tempest still is high, hide
me, O my Savior, hide me, till the storm of life is past, safe
into the haven, God. O receive my soul at last, the
haven, the haven of rest. Other refuges have I none. Hangs
my helpless soul on thee. Leave, O leave me not alone. Still support and comfort me.
For thou, O Christ, art all I want. More than all in thee I find. Raise the fallen. Cheer the faint. Heal the sick. Save the blind. That's where it all is. That's where it is. Now, don't
be misled. Let me show you something here. Save Psalm 45 and then turn for
a moment to 1 Thessalonians. Don't be misled. We don't stop
laboring. We don't stop laboring. We don't stop laboring. Love
labors. We don't stop laboring. I said
I speak from experience. There was a time when I was involved
in activities of religion, building the tabernacles, and then in the days of logic,
so forth. But love labors, but it's called
a labor of love now. I don't work any less. I just
enjoy it most. You understand what I'm saying?
I don't go any less, but I just enjoy going a little more. I
don't preach any less, but I've got a better subject. You know
what I'm saying, don't you? He says here in 1 Thessalonians,
verse 3, "...remembering without ceasing your work of faith, your
labor of love." Love labors, but it's a labor of love. And
love holds the truth. Somebody said that the preacher
is getting soft and senile. Well, we don't hold the truth any less
than we always did. We don't love it any less. We love it as much. and just as strongly contend. But you can contend without being
contentious, can't you? You can hold the truth in love. That's what Scripture says. Holding
the truth in love, pushing the truth in love. No use being mad
at everybody, is it? It's called the love of the truth.
And those that bring the condemnation of God upon them are those who
receive not the love of the truth. So as I say, when we go from
hand to head to heart, there's no change in our labor. When we go from labor to logic to love, there's
no change In our logic, truth, we hold it just as firmly, just
as strong. Take heed to yourself and to
your doctrine, for in so doing you'll save yourself and them
that hear you. But I tell you, this is what
this psalm's all about here now. This is the maturity of the believer. Here in Psalm chapter 45, look
at it with me. This is that hard experience. He says in verse 1 of Psalm 45,
my heart, my heart, my innermost being, my innermost being, the
seat of my affection, my soul, my heart is what? Is indicting
a good matter. It's doing what? It's bubbling
over. It's bubbling over. It overflows. My heart is running over with
a good matter, good news, good tidings, glad tidings, for I
speak of the things which I have made touching the King. I speak
of the things pertaining to the King. That's why my heart is
indicting a good matter. That's why my heart is bubbling
and running over, is because I'm thinking of and speaking
of the King. Oh, what a temptation to speak
of our own persons. And too often we do. And I understand
why we would. But what an empty subject compared
to him. What an empty subject compared
to him. I speak of things pertaining
to McCain. Often we speak of our doings. of our activities and of our
accomplishments and of our successes, but oh, these are empty subjects
compared to him. And how often we speak of our
knowledge and our gifts and our talents, forgetting that they're
all borrowed. But the psalmist says, here,
my heart's bubbling over. You know, that would be the cure
for depression, wouldn't it? That'd be the cure for being
downcast, wouldn't it? That'd be the cure. Speak of
the kingdom. Wag on Jesus Christ the Lord.
That's what the psalmist is saying here. My heart is bubbling over. My tongue is ready to express
what my heart feels. That's what he said. Look at
it. I speak of the things which I have made touching the King.
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. My tongue is poised to
declare what my heart feels." That's the best preaching there
is, the best preaching there is, when a man tells what he
knows, tells what he feels, tells what God's done for him. That's
what that man in the tombs when our Lord healed him and cast
the demons out of him. And he was clothed in his right
mind. He wanted to follow the Lord.
And the Lord said, No, no. No, you can't go with me. Let
me go with you. No, you go home. You go home. And you tell them what great
things the Lord has done for you. That's the best preaching
is. That's what he says. He said,
My heart is bubbling over with a good matter. I speak of the
things which I have made pertain to my King, and my tongue is
the pen of a ready writer. I'm ready to talk about him. My heart feels like a writer,
full of his subject and ready to put it on paper. That's what
David said when he said, I believe, therefore have us focus. I believe, therefore have I spoken."
Scripture says, "...as a man thinketh in his heart, so is
he." And it says again, "...out of
the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." That's what he's
saying here. My heart is abundantly full and bubbling over with the
person of the King, and I'm ready to talk. What makes preaching and teaching
difficult for some is they're trying to speak out of an empty
vessel. You can't preach out of an empty
vessel. It's got to be full. That's why he said, my heart
is so full and my tongue is like the pen of a really writer. It
has a lot to say about him. Oh, there are a lot of Sometimes
we preach, we've got a lot to say about ourselves and about
our accomplishments and about maybe to condemn others, but
he says, I want to talk about the King. Talk about the King. Someone said this, what is most
important to us and most often upon our hearts will be the subject of our conversation. What is
most important to us, and what is most often upon the heart,
will be the tongue's subject. Paul the Apostle says, I preach
not ourselves, but Christ the Lord. We preach not ourselves,
but Christ, because He's often upon our hearts. I'm determined
to know nothing among you save Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
God forbid that I should glory save in the cross. Oh, I guess
Paul had a whole lot of things he might have gloried in, and
if we had been in his place, we might have gloried in them,
but he found his glory in the cross. Listen to verse 2. Thou art fairer than the children
of men. Thou art the fairest among ten
thousand. That song Mike just sang, One
of the verses said this, ìThereís none other name given among men. Thereís none can with Him compare. All others are marred. By sin
they are scarred. Heís fairer than all the fact. Jesus the Lamb of God has died,
opening the door to heaven wide. All who believe are justified
freely from all their sins.î Thou art fairer than the children
of men. And look at this next line. And
grace is poured from thy lips. From thy lips. Grace. Thy lips are full of grace. Full
of grace are thy lips. And grace pours from thy lips.
As our eternal surety, grace poured from the lips of our Lord
Jesus, I want you to turn with me to Genesis chapter 43. Genesis 43. And here, you remember that the
sons of Jacob had been down to Egypt to get corn. And Joseph
was the king down there, and he recognized them, but they
didn't recognize him. And they told him that they were
eleven brothers. They had a brother named Joseph
who was dead. And Joseph recognized them, and
he accused them of being spies. And he said, now, and they said,
we have a father at home, and we have a little brother. We
have ten brothers here, and one brother dead, and a little brother
at home. And Joseph said to them, well, you go home and get your
little brother, what's his name? They said, Benjamin. And you
bring him up here. And I'll release, I'll keep one
of the brothers, Simeon, and I'll release him and give you
plenty of corn and you can go back home. Just go get your brother.
Leave Simeon here." So they went back home and they told Jacob,
they said, this king up there kept Simeon and sent us home,
nine of us, and told us to get Benjamin and bring him up here
and prove we weren't spies. And Jacob said, no, you can't
go. He said, Simeon is not, and Joseph is not, and now you'll
take Benjamin and send my old Gray Harris to the grave. No,
you can't go. Well, some time passed and they
got awful hungry, needed corn. And Judah, the brother Judah,
for which the tribe is called, from which our Lord came. Judah
came in. to his father. And won't you
look at Genesis 43 verse 8, And Judah said to old Jacob, to Israel,
that was his name, And Judah said to Israel his father, Send
the lad with me, send Benjamin with me, and we will arise and
go, that we may live and not die, both we and thou and also
our little ones. And my father, I'll be surety
for him, and of my hand shalt I require him, And if I bring
him not unto you and set him before you, let me bear the blame
forever." That's grace. That's grace. Here, Benjamin,
here, Judah is standing, committing himself to be the surety for
Benjamin. I'll take him, and I'll bring
him back. Put him in my hands, and I'll
bring him back. If I don't bring him back, I'll
bear the blame forever. And that's the way our Lord Jesus
Christ in the covenant of grace back in eternity, when God gave
to him a people, he said, I'll be their surety. I'll take every
one of them, their names into my breast, into my heart, and
write them on my hand. And I'll be surety for every
one of them. I'll bring them home. I'll bring
them home. And he will. Grace poured from
His lips. That's great. Well, grace poured
from His lips, not only as our surety, but as our prophet. Our
prophet. Turn with me to Luke 4. Listen
to this. Luke chapter 4. Grace poured
from His lips. Oh, grace. Grace. Forgiving grace. Tender grace. Loving grace. Comforting grace. Here in Luke 4 verse 22, our
Lord was speaking there in Nazareth, where He was brought up, speaking
there in Nazareth. And verse 21 of Luke 4, He began
to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your
ears. And all bear him witness and
wonder at the gracious words that proceeded out of his mouth. Grace poured from his mouth,
poured from his lips. Even these pagan religionists
wondered at the gracious words that poured from his mouth. You
follow him around through his ministry and hear him stand and
say, come unto me. All you that labor in the heavy
laden, I'll give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn
of me, meek and lowly of heart and spirit. You'll find rest
to yourself. That's grace. Hear him say, let not your heart
be troubled. You believe in God, believe in
me. In my Father's house of many mansions, if it were not so,
I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I'll come again and
receive you unto myself. That where I am there, ye may
be also. And one day they brought him a woman taken in the act
of adultery. These Pharisees seeking to entangle
him and trap him and turn the people against him. And they
took this poor woman and cast her down at his feet. And they
said, Now, this woman was taken in adultery in the very act.
And Moses said, Stoner, what do you say? Our Lord never said a word. He
stooped down and began to write on the sand. And then he stood up and he said,
Grace, he said, he that is without sin, let him cast the first stone. Go ahead. He stooped down and
wrote again. And they began to leave, one
at a time, from the oldest down to the youngest, and finally,
He stood up and looked around and they were all gone. The only
ones left was him and the woman. And he looked at her and he said,
woman, where are your accusers? Does no man accuse you? She said,
no man, Lord. He said, neither do I. Go and sin no more. Isn't that
grace? Grace pours from His lips. It's
like we'd imitate Him a little bit, doesn't it? In our preaching, in our conversation, in our attitude,
grace poured from His lips. And I'll tell you, not only as
I Covenant charity did grace pour from His lips, not only
as our prophet and preacher, but as our intercessor. Let me take you to another scripture,
Luke 22. Turn over there just a minute.
Luke 22, verse 33. You look and see this boastful
disciple. Talking about Peter again now.
You could preach a sermon about on any subject and take Peter
as your text. But there stood this boastful
disciple, a little bit impulsive, a little bit arrogant, a little
bit self-centered, a little bit egotistical, a little bit pharisaical. Verse 33, he said, Lord, I'm
ready to go with Thee both into prison and to death. He didn't know it, but standing
right there by him, standing right there by him with
a great sieve in his hand, was that accuser of the brethren,
the adversary, Satan, waiting to sift him. And back there in
verse 31, the Lord said, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired
to have you, that he may sift you as wheat." You're no match for him. He's
standing there right beside you while you're doing all this talking.
He's standing right there by you, waiting to sift you. But I'm going to let him have
you for your good. and for my glory. I'm going to
let Him have you. But, but, I told you big doors
swing on little hinges. But, I prayed for you. I prayed for you that your faith
fail not. And Simon, when you come out
of this, when you come out of this and when you're broken sufficiently,
when you're converted, And you're going to strengthen
your brethren. When He gets through with you, you're going to strengthen
somebody else. That's just got to be. But I've
prayed for you. I've prayed for you. In the garden,
He prayed for us. He said, Father, I don't pray
for the world. I pray for them which You've
given me. Thine they were, and thou gavest them me, and all
mine are thine, and thine are mine. I pray not you should take
them out of the world, but I pray you should keep them from the
wicked one. And I pray for them, that they might be with me where
I am, to behold my glory, for the glory which thou gavest me,
thou hast given them. Thou hast loved them as thou
hast loved me. I in them, and thou in me, that
they may be made perfect in one. I pray for them. On the cross,
He prayed for us. Father, forgive them. They don't
know what they're doing. Right now in heaven, He prays
for us. But it's not prayer called prayer,
it's called intercession. Who is He that condemneth? It's
Christ that died, yea, rather is risen again, who is even at
the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. I
pray for them. Grace pours from His lips. Nothing
but grace. Grace. As our covenant surety,
I'll be the surety. I'll bring them home. In our
sin, does no man condemn thee? Neither do I. Go sin no more.
In our daily walk, He intercedes for us into threatenings and
trials and temptations. troubles and satanic attacks. I prayed for you. And then one
of these days, one of these days, you know the Bible calls him
our counselor, our advocate. Any man seeing
we have an advocate. What's an advocate? It's one
who represents us. It's one who's our lawyer. He's
our advocate. He's our counselor. And in that
great day, in that last day, all shall stand before the throne
of judgment. Everybody. We shall all stand
before the judgment seat of Christ. That's what the Scripture said.
I saw the dead stand before God. And I'll tell you, the case against
us is a bad one. It's a bad one. The case against
this accused person is a bad case, and witnesses are called. And the first witness is that
accuser of the brethren who loves to bring charges against God's
people, as he did against Job. And he says, this is the son
of Adam. This is an enemy of God by nature. This man's a sinner by birth,
by practice. He no more deserves mercy than
the worst of men. You can't set him free. Some
of his fellow men are called as witnesses, and they say, we
know him. He know better than we are. What
we thought, what we said, what we did, if not in his hand, at
least in his heart, he did and thought and said. And then there's a surprise witness
called. A surprise witness. And he takes the witness stand.
And it's the sinner's own conscience. It's his own conscience, and
he's called, and he's questioned, and his question says, asked,
do you have anything good to say of your master? He's silent. Can you say anything to help
him? He's silent. Well, is there anything good
in him? He's silent. What can you say about him? You
knew him better than anybody. You lived in him. You were his
conscience. Speak! Guilty. Is it hopeless? Yes. Unless,
wait a minute, the voice cries out, is there anyone in heaven
or earth who can Speak on behalf of this man! Anybody! And the Lord Jesus Christ steps
forth, and He says, I'm His advocate. I'm His counselor. And my client
pleads guilty to every charge. But I have in my hand on his
behalf a full pardon, signed by the Father's own hand." You
see, as he holds up his hands, and the wounds are visible, and
he points to his sign, and he said, I was wounded for his transgressions. I was bruised for his iniquities,
the chastisement of his peace was laid on me by my stripes."
He's healed. I say, let him go. I found a ransom. Who can condemn him now? Who
can lay anything to his charge now? Oh, I tell you, look at that
text again. Our heart is indicting a good
matter. My heart is bubbling and running
over. I speak of the things that's
touching the King. And my tongue is the pen of a
ready writer because He's fairer than the fairest of fair, fairer
than ten thousand. And grace, grace, grace poured
from His lips. Now listen. God hath blessed him forever. God hath blessed him forever.
Therefore, God hath blessed him forever. Let me give you two
things. I'll let you go. John Calvin says, he is the firest of the fire
and grace is poured from his lips because God hath blessed
him forever. Calvin says God's blessed him
forever. Therefore, he's the fairest. And grace pours from his lips.
God blessed him with that grace, and God blessed him with that
fairness, and God gave him that. And that's true. Our Lord is
blessed of the Father and all the fullness of the Godhead is
in Him. He made Him the fairest of the fair. Body He prepared
Him. He blessed Him with all blessings. He gave into His hands
all blessings that He might be the fountain of all blessings
for His people. For we were chosen in Him and
accepted in Him and loved in Him. And all these things we
have, spiritual blessings, are in Him. That's true. But Spurgeon added, The Father hath blessed our substitute
and mediator as a reward for his labor and his works. He is the fairest of ten thousand,
and grace has poured from his lips. Therefore, God has blessed
him forever. He deserves it. He died that
he might be Lord of the dead and the living. He thought it
not robbery to be equal with God, but made himself of no reputation,
and took upon himself the form of a servant, and was made in
the likeness of sinful flesh, and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross. Wherefore God highly exalted
him, and gave him a name above every name, that the name of
Jesus every knee would bow, and every tongue would confess. Mr. Calvin and Mrs. Spurgeon, I say both are true. Don't you, Tom? Don't you, Richard? Both are true. Jim? He's blessed
forever. God's blessed him. He's the fountain
of life. He's the fountain of grace. God
made him, the firstborn of every creature, made him the blessed
fountain of grace. But also because of his obedience
and because he learned obedience for the things he suffered, therefore
he hath earned and merited that exaltation with which God has
exalted him. He earned it. It's his by right
and it's his by reward. It's his, both ways, by right
and reward. And this old hymn, listen, old
song, listen. How sweetly flowed the gospel
sound from lips of gentleness and grace, while listening thousands
gathered around, and joy and gladness filled the place. From
heaven he came, of heaven he spoke, to heaven he led us on
his way. Dark clouds of gloomy night he
broke, and unveiled an immortal day. These light afflictions
are not worthy to be compared with the glory of which we shall
enjoy." I was sitting there thinking about an old silly song I heard
years ago. When you are down and out, lift
up your head and shout, there's going to be a great day. That's
the way to come out of it. Well, I don't even know what
that song is. When you're down and out, lift
up your head and shout, it's going to be a great day. From heaven he came, of heaven
he spoke, to heaven he led us on his way. Dark clouds of gloomy
night he broke, unveiling an immortal day. Listen, my Savior
and my glorious King, thy beauties are divine, thy lips with blessings
overflow, and every grace is mine." Mine. That's good news. That's good news. And we need
some good news, don't we? We need some encouragement. We need some comfort. We need
some good news. We need some good news. All right,
Mike, come lead us in a closing hymn, if you will.
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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