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Henry Mahan

All Things Under His Feet

Ephesians 1:15-23
Henry Mahan • November, 4 1990 • Audio
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What does the Bible say about the power of Christ?

The Bible teaches that the greatness of His power is exercised toward us who believe, and exemplified in His resurrection.

Ephesians 1:19 speaks of the exceeding greatness of His power towards us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power. This power was most clearly demonstrated in the resurrection of Christ, as He was raised from the dead and exalted to God's right hand. It is this power that not only saves but also sustains us as believers, reminding us that without Christ, we can do nothing.

Ephesians 1:19-20, Romans 8:28-30

How do we know Christ is all in all?

Scriptures affirm that all things, visible and invisible, were created by and for Christ, making Him central to all aspects of existence.

Colossians 1:16-17 declares that all things were created by Him and for Him, and in Him all things hold together. This clearly shows that Christ is central to not just our salvation but to the entire cosmos. His sovereignty encompasses everything, highlighting that salvation and grace are found in Him alone. Ephesians 1 further emphasizes that God has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ, reinforcing that everything we need is found in Him.

Colossians 1:16-17, Ephesians 1:3

Why is the hope of Christ important for Christians?

The hope of Christ assures believers of their eternal inheritance and keeps them anchored in faith amid life's trials.

In Ephesians 1:18, Paul prays for believers to know the hope of their calling, which is a holy and heavenly calling. This hope is not just an abstract concept, but a firm assurance of what lies ahead, particularly the eternal riches that await us in glory. It provides comfort in trials and certainty in life’s uncertainties, enabling Christians to persevere with joy and confidence, knowing that they are heirs of God through Christ. The hope of His calling is ultimately linked to our identity as His people, called to live for His glory.

Ephesians 1:18, Romans 5:1-5

How is Christ central to the gospel?

The gospel centers on Christ, who is the person, purpose, and power behind salvation.

Paul explicitly states in Romans 1:3 that the gospel of God is concerning His Son, Jesus Christ. This means that Christ is not only the message of the gospel, but the gospel is fundamentally about His life, death, and resurrection. His crucifixion is the remedy for sin and the basis for eternal life, which underscores the belief that to preach the gospel is to preach Christ. Additionally, He is the object of faith and the one who delivers from judgment, making Him essential to receiving God's grace and salvation.

Romans 1:3, 1 Corinthians 1:23-24

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And since I heard of this, about
this church at Ephesus, I cease not to give thanks for you, making
mention of you in my prayers." Here's the apostolic prayer now. He says, I've heard about your
love for Christ, your faith in Christ, your love for the people
of God. And since then I haven't quit praying for you, and this
is my prayer for you. that the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you. Now, he's
the giver of every good and perfect gift. If I have anything, God's
going to have to give it to me. And I pray God will give you
the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge
of Christ. Now, in your center reference,
it says, for the acknowledgment of Christ. I pray God will give
you the spirit of wisdom. Christ is our wisdom. We're not
seeking the wisdom of this world, but the wisdom which is in Christ.
And a revelation by the Holy Spirit in the acknowledgment
of Christ. To acknowledge Him, who He is,
what He did, why He did it, where is He now. To understand that,
to acknowledge that, to believe all that, is the gift of God. And I pray you might be brought
to that place. Secondly, verse 18, that the
eyes of your understanding, not these fleshly eyes, but the eyes
of understanding, being enlightened, that you may know, experience
in your heart what is the hope of His calling. It's a holy calling. It's a heavenly calling. It's
a divine calling. What is the hope of that calling?
Call to be saints. Call to glory. And I want to
know the hope of that calling. Brother Ray Harbold said to me
this morning, we were sitting down here on the front row talking
about 9 o'clock this morning before anybody got here. I said,
how old are you now? He said, 78. But he said, I'll
tell you this. He said, ìIíd rather be leaving
here than just coming in.î I said, ìI had to.î And Ray says, ìWe
got things backwards.î He said, ìWe rejoice at the birth of a
baby and we weep at the death of an old man.î He said, ìThatís
backwards. We ought to weep for that baby
and rejoice for that old man going to be with God.î Thatís
right, Ray. to know the hope of his calling. Now, I want to know that, don't
you? And what's this? And what the riches, the riches
of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. I tell you, the
trials and afflictions of this life are not worthy to be compared
with the glory we're going to have in Christ. What expectancy, what glory,
what joy. I hope you know that, he said.
I want you to know that. And I want you to know verse
19, what is the exceeding greatness of his power. He's able to keep
us from falling. He's able to save to the uttermost
them that come to God by him. He's able to raise these bowed
bodies and make them like his own. He's able. He's able someday
to make me like Christ, to lift this beggar from the dunghill
and enthrone him with Jesus Christ. That's the greatness of His power. You can't do it. I can't do it.
The church can't do it. Preachers can't do it. But that
you may know, verse 19, what is exceeding greatness of His
power to usward who believe according to the working of His mighty
power. Now watch this. which he wrought
in Christ. Everything God has for us is
in Christ. And he showed it when he raised
him from the dead. He accepted all that he did for
us in our stead, in our place, as Ronnie read a while ago, in
the stead of his son. In the place of. He raised him
from the dead. What's this? And he set him at
his right hand. in the heavenly places. And when
he set him at his right hand, and our forerunner, the Lord
Jesus, entered the veil within the veil in the most holy place,
he took us with him. And we're seated with Christ
in the heaven. And that's the working of God's
mighty power. It is done, the great transaction
is done, I am my Lord's and he is mine. He exalted him, verse
21, far above all principalities. He has a name above every name.
And power and might and dominion, watch it, and every name that
is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to
come. Jesus Christ, his name is wonderful. His name is exalted
above every name. above all power, might, dominion,
every name that ever has been or will be named in this world
or in heaven to come, now watch it, and the Father hath put all
things, I wish there was some way that I could express this,
all things, past, present, and future, all things in heaven,
earth, and under the earth, all things pertaining to life, death,
eternity, heaven, hell, all things regarding our relationship with
God Almighty, all things are under his feet. And he and gave him to be the
head over all things to the church. Jesus Christ is everything from
God, he's everything to God, and he's everything with God. Old Brother Scott Richardson
says, God won't speak to nor be spoken to by any son of Adam
except in and through and because of Jesus Christ. All things under
his feet. Verse 23, which is his body. The fullness of him. The church
is his body. The fullness of him that filleth
all and in all. I have a simple outline tonight.
A very simple outline. All things are under his feet.
Let me show you a couple of more scriptures. Psalm 8. Psalm chapter
8. Psalm chapter 8, verse 6. Psalm 8, verse 6. It's talking about Christ. You
remember Paul applied this to Christ. Verse 5, Thou hast made
him a little lower than the angels. Psalm 8, verse 5, crowned him
with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion
over the works of thy hands, and thou hast put all things
under his feet. All things. Now, I'm trying to
stress those two words. All things. One more scripture.
1 Corinthians 15. Because I tell you, if we can
get a hold of this, We can lay hold of this, believe this, look
to Christ for all things, it will be well with our souls.
In 1 Corinthians 15, verse 27, 1 Corinthians 15, verse 27. For he, the Father, hath put
all things unto his, the Son, his feet. All things are put unto him,
it's manifest, it's clear, it's evident that he is accepted,
which did put all things unto him. And when all things shall
be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject
unto him that put all things unto him, that God may be all
in all. That clear? All things under
his feet. Now here's my outline. All things are under his feet
in the first creation. All things are under his feet
in the new creation. All things are under his feet
in the gospel. All things are under his feet
in the ordinances in the worship of God. And all things are under
his feet, he is, all and in all, in every grace. All right, let
me show you that. First of all, Christ is all in
the first creation. Don't turn to all these scriptures.
Let me move along quickly. Let me read you. You jot down
these verses if you're keeping notes. Christ is before all things. In John 17, verse 5, when he
prayed in the garden, he said, Now Father, glorify me with the
glory which I had with thee before the world was. Christ is before
all things. And if you read Proverbs chapter
8, verse 24 through 30, that's talking about Christ. I was with
him before he laid the foundations of the earth. I was with him
before he made the seas. I was daily his delight, rejoicing
always before him. That's Christ. He's before all
things. In John chapter 1, it says Christ,
Jesus Christ our Lord, made all things. Listen to this. In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. The same was in the beginning
with God. And all things were made by Him. And without Him was not anything
made that was made. All things were made by Him.
Now turn to Colossians. I want you to look at this. Colossians
chapter 1. And all things were made for
him. We're talking about Christ. All
things were made for him in Colossians 1.14. Listen. In whom we have
redemption through his blood. This is that same Jesus. Even
the forgiveness of sins. He is the image, the express
image of the invisible God. He is a revelation of the invisible
God. He that hath seen me. You don't
see the invisible God, you see Christ. He hath seen the invisible
God. The firstborn of every creature.
Now what? For by him were all things created
that are in heaven, that are in earth. All things, visible
and invisible. Whether they be thrones or dominions,
angels or evil angels, principalities or powers, all things were created
by him and for him. Is that clear? Now the next verse. He's before all things and by
him. All things what? consist, exist,
are held together. That's the word. Put that word.
By Him, everything's held together. Now, here's a scripture you may
never have seen before. Perhaps you have. I've used it
before a long time ago, but Proverbs 16. Proverbs 16. Now, listen to this. Bearing
in mind what I just read, all things were made by Him, for
Him, By Him, all these things consist, are held together, don't
care what they are. Proverbs 16, 4. Now watch it. The Lord hath made all things
for himself, yea, even the wicked, for the day of evil. He said that to Pharaoh. He said,
I raised you, I raised you. So there's nothing. You know,
a lot of preachers and people, when they preach along this line,
everything's in Christ, out of Christ, and by Christ. I'm talking
about even evil. Evil men and wicked men are made
for His purpose and His glory. And will serve His purpose. That's
my Lord. And that's not the little impotent,
frustrated, defeated Jesus I'm hearing preached today. One other
scripture, and I'll move to the next point. Hebrews 1. He hath
made all things fine, sir, they're even held together and consist
by his permission. His permission. And when he says
it's over, it's over. But Hebrews 1. He's the heir of all things.
Hebrews 1 verse 1, God, who at sundry times and in diverse manners
spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these
last days spoken to us by his Son directly, whom he, the Father,
hath appointed heir of all things, by whom he made the world. All
right, quickly, my second point. Christ is all in the first creation. Christ is all in the new creation.
What preacher is the new creation? If any man be in Christ, he's
a new creation. New creature. I'm saying this,
that when a man is saved, it's not a reformation of the old
man. It's not the old man reformed
or changed. It is a brand new creation. A brand new, new man. Brand new. Created with his creation in
Christ Jesus. Now turn to Ephesians 1. And
in that new creation, in that new man, the old man is the same. That old fleshly man, that which
is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the spirit
is spirit. In every believer there are two natures. There's
the old nature, unchanged, suppressed, mortified, held down by the new
man, but there's a constant war between them. The old man who
can do no good, the new man who can do no evil. Born of God. It's a new creature. It's the
life of God. It's the divine nature. That's right. New creation. Totally new. And
in that new creation, and all about that new creation, Christ
is all. Now let me show you Ephesians
1 beginning with verse 3. Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual
blessings in the heavenlies in Christ. Everything we have in
this new creation, this new person, is in Christ. According as he
chose us in Christ. yea, before the foundation of
the world, that we should be holy without blame before him
in love. And he predestinated us unto
the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself according to
the good pleasure of his will. To the praise of the glory of
his grace where he made us accepted in Jesus Christ. In Jesus Christ
we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sin
according to the riches of his grace. verse 10, and in the dispensation
of the fulness of time he'll gather together in one all things
in Christ. Verse 11, in Christ also we have
obtained an inheritance. Like I quoted earlier in the
message, John Flavel said this, everything, Jesus Christ is all
and in all and everything from the Father. Everything God has
for a sinner is in Christ Jesus. And he is out to the Father.
If I'm going to look to God, or approach God, or call on God,
or come into God's presence, it's got to be through Christ,
in Christ. I'm the way, the truth, and the
life. No man coming to the Father but by me. And he's out with
the Father. The Father said, I have set my
King on the holy hill of Zion, kissed the Son, lest he be angry. Christ is all in the new creation.
Now thirdly, Christ is all in the gospel. Why did Paul say
we preach Christ and Him crucified? That's our message. God didn't
send me to baptize, to organize, or promote. He sent me to preach
Christ, because Christ is the gospel. Turn to Romans 1. He said on another occasion,
God forbid, but I should glory save in the cross of Christ.
On another occasion, I'm determined to know nothing among you save
Christ. But now here, this is important here, Romans chapter
1. And many, many years ago, many years ago, I saw this scripture
here and it meant so very much to me. It just seemed to, it
just seemed to open so much to me concerning the gospel. The
gospel's not a proposition, or the gospel's not a recipe, or... The gospel's a
person. Now you watch this. Paul says
this in Romans 1, verse 1. And it's that person, in all
that he is, his person in work, but mainly his person. Paul said,
verse 1, Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle.
separated to the gospel of God. Skip down to verse 3. This gospel
of God is concerning his son. That's what the gospel... When
I saw that, if a man preaches Christ, the
Christ of the Bible, the Christ of God, he preaches the gospel.
You see verse 2 is in parenthesis. It's put there to identify this
gospel. He said it's no new gospel, it's
no new revelation. Verse 2 said it's the same gospel
he promised the four by his prophets in the Holy Scriptures. And it's
all, the whole gospel is concerning Christ. All things are under
his feet. All things are of him, by him,
for him, through him, held together by him. All things from God,
to God, with God are from Christ. To know Him is to know God. To
have Christ is to have everything. Somebody wrote this one time.
It's Christ that we preach. It's Christ who sent us to preach.
It's Christ who gives us gifts to preach. Take away Christ,
we got nothing to preach. Like I was talking this morning,
somebody said that that I was not preaching the gospel.
I wouldn't know how not to preach the gospel. I wouldn't know how not to. I
wouldn't know how to stand up. I wouldn't know what to say without
preaching. Christ is the gospel. Necessity is laid upon me. I
must preach the gospel. I don't know anything else. It's
my life. It's my hope. It's my foundation. It's my message. This church
is Christ. This pulpit belongs to Christ.
You belong to Christ. I wouldn't know how to preach.
Are you in darkness? He's our light. Are you a sinner? He's the sinner's Savior. Are
you hungry? He's the bread. Are you weary? He's our rest. Are you in trial?
He's our peace. Are you lost? He came to save
the lost. Are you poor? He's our riches.
Are you dying? He's our life. It's Christ. And that's the gospel. The gospel's
not what you know about Him. The gospel's Him. The gospel's not a proposition
that I put to you if you do this, that, and the other godly something.
That's not the gospel. Somebody says the gospel is John
3.16. No, it's not. There's no gospel
in John 3.16. The gospel is in John 3.14. As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up.
That's the remedy. That's the remedy. And the result
is that whosoever believeth on him might have everlasting life,
and the reason is, for God so loved the world, he sent him.
I know that much. You've got to have blood to have
gospel, you've got to have a cross to have the gospel, you've got
to have the death of the Son of God to have the gospel, you've
got to have the person and work of Christ. Say that again, preacher,
all right. The remedy is John 3.14. As Moses
lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the
Son of Man be lifted up. Lifted up. And the reason for
that is, I mean, the results of that is, that whosoever believeth
on him might have everlasting life. Well, what's the reason
for all of it? God decided to do it because
he loves sinners. The remnant is Christ crucified.
The result is saved sinners, and the reason It's all found
with God. Maurice Montgomery had an outline
in his bulletin. I gave it to you several weeks
ago. I'm going to give it to you again. In the gospel, Christ
is all, he had this outline. There's a holy God that I can't
please, but Christ did. There's a holy law I can't keep,
but Christ did, my substitute. There's a righteousness I can't
produce, but he did for me. There's a sin I cannot erase
and cannot get rid of, but he put it away by the sacrifice
of himself. There's a judgment I cannot endure.
You know, David said, Lord, don't bring me into judgment with thee.
There's one definite thing that you and I never, never, never,
never, never want to happen, and that's to be brought before
God in judgment. You just don't want to do it?
You don't want to do it? That's what David said, don't
bring me into judgment. And in Christ, there's no judgment,
there's no condemnation. See, He came before God in our
place and God judged Him. I don't want anything to do with
a holy God, Elohim. I don't want anything to do with
that, an absolute God. I want to have to do with Jehovah,
God my Savior. And then sixth place, there's
an eternal death. I can't escape if I continue
in unbelief. But all sounded forth from the
halls of glory is this declaration. deliver him from going down to
the pit, I have found a ransom." Christ is that ransom. So that's
it. Christ is all in the gospel,
but quickly, number four. Christ is all in the ordinances.
Baptism means nothing without Christ. Now, we baptized some
folks recently. But do you know baptism means
nothing without Christ? Here you've got water, you've
got a person, and that person's put beneath the water and brought
up. Is that just a religious ordinance, a religious ritual,
a ceremony? If it is, it's foolish. But I'll
tell you, if Christ died and Christ was buried, and Christ
rose, then baptism means something. And when He died, I died. When
He was buried, I was buried. When He arose, I arose. Baptism
means something. Take the Lord's table. Here you've
got the bread and the wine, the unleavened bread and the wine,
and the preacher stands there. I don't know why they dress up
in a robe and they have candles burning and all this sort of
thing going on, you know. The Lord's table as a religious
ritual is foolishness. Now it's silly for people to
come and take a piece of bread and eat it and drink a little
sip of wine. That's foolish. Unless, like
he said, as he took the bread and break it, he said, this is
my body broken for you. Now it's meaningful. This wine is my blood. shed for
you. As often as you eat this bread
and drink this wine, you show the Lord's what? Who's the Lord's
death, till he comes again. This do in remembrance of my
broken body and shed blood. Now that's meaningful. But if
it's just a ritual, like somebody says, take communion, it's a
church communion supper, a fellowship supper, it ain't no such thing.
It's a communion of the sinner with his Redeemer. And when I take the bread and
the wine, there's nobody on this earth that's involved in any
way but me and my Lord. Is that right, sister? Oh, it's
meaningless. It's utterly, absolutely... Prayer!
I'll take prayer. Ronnie Lewis, what a blessing
I receive from his reading and from his prayer and from the
prayers of you other men here. What's prayer? What does it mean if Christ is
not all of prayer? He said, what you ask in my name,
the Father will do it. He's the mediator. There's one
mediator between God and men. If any man sin, we have an advocate
with the Father. So in prayer, we ask in His name,
we come through Him, and everything we expect to receive from God,
His mercy, His peace, His rest, His forgiveness, is not because
we merit or deserve it or even ask for it, but because of Christ's
merit. It's in Him. It's because of
Him. Alright, the last point. Christ
is all. All things are under Him. Here's the fifth point.
Christ is all in every grace. Now, I hear people say, well,
there's other things to preach besides Christ. Well, let me
say to you, if He's all, what on earth is there to preach? Now, come on. Christ is all,
and He's in all. You can't preach anything unrelated
to Christ and have it related to God. Now listen, let me show
you that. I'll show you that quickly. You
want to talk about faith? Let's talk about faith. He's
the author and finisher of our faith. Isn't he? That's what Scripture says. He
is the author. He is the giver of faith. He is the object of faith. He
sustains that faith. We're kept by his power. All
right, let's talk about love. What is love? Definition. Herein
is love. Not that we love God, He loved
us. And what? Gave His Son. You can't disassociate
love from Christ. He said you love one another
as I love you. That's your example of love.
That's your motivation for love. The love of Christ constraineth
me, Paul says. Let's talk about hope. How about
hope? A good hope. Christ is our hope. Christ in you, the hope of glory. Let's talk about eternal life.
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye appear
with Him in glory. God has given us eternal life.
This life is in His Son. He that hath the Son hath life.
Let's talk about forgiveness. How are you going to preach forgiveness? How are you going to motivate
people to forgive? Scripture says in Ephesians 4, Be ye kind,
tenderhearted to one another, forgiving one another, as God
for Christ's sake forgave you. Let's talk about humility. How
are you going to preach humility? Only in Christ. Let this mind
be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who thought it not robbery
to be equal with God, but made himself of no reputation, took
upon himself the form of a servant, and submitted himself unto death,
even the death of the cross. Let's talk about giving. Do you
know what part of the Word of God is given almost exclusively
to this thing of giving, sharing, supporting missionaries? 2 Corinthians
8 and 9, Paul writing. Do you know his example? He says,
Christ gave himself for us. This is your example. He who
is rich. for your sakes became four."
Let's talk about witnessing. Christ said, you're my witnesses.
You're my witnesses. Well, let's talk about the Holy
Spirit. Well, I'll tell you this, you want to talk about the Holy
Spirit? Well, the man who talks about the Holy Spirit is the
man who preaches Christ. The man who talks about Christ
is motivated by the Holy Spirit. Father, he said the Holy Spirit
will not speak of himself, but he shall glorify me. You wish to talk about perseverance? He is under him who is able to
keep you from falling and to present you faultless. Let's
talk about service. I preached this just recently.
The Lord Jesus kneeled down in front of his disciples, washed
their feet, and he said, If I, your Lord and Master, have washed
your feet, you ought to do the same. Anything pertaining to
God must be considered in Jesus Christ, our Lord. Even every
grace. Even every gift. Now here's my
conclusion. Four things. And I want you to listen carefully
to these four things. I think they'll be helpful. Number
one, if Jesus Christ is all and in all, and if he's all things,
and all things are in him and through him and by him, and I
have him, then first of all, the loss of anything or anyone
in this world for his sake is no loss at all. Now think about
that. If he's all, and in all. Then
the loss of anything or anyone in this world is no loss. I still
have all. Isn't that right? I still have
all. I have Christ. That's what Paul
said. He counted all these things.
He said, I consider all these things and count them to be lost
by the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ. Oh, here's the
second thing. If Christ is all to me, then
I can say with Jacob at all times, I have everything. You remember
that scripture I gave you some time ago? Turn to Genesis 33. Let's look at this a moment.
Genesis 33. Maybe somebody here wasn't here and didn't hear this
when I gave it, and you need to mark it in your Bible. Genesis
33. You remember Esau met Jacob,
and Esau was angry with him, and Jacob wanted to appease him,
and Jacob had a big gift for him. Esau turned it down. In
Genesis 33, verse 9, and verse 8, let's read Genesis 33, 8.
And Esau said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I made,
all these cattle, and sheep, and camels, and these gifts?
And Jacob said, These are to find grace in thy sight, in the
sight of my Lord. And Esau said, I have enough,
my brother. I have plenty. That's the word there. Look it
up sometime in the Hebrew concordance. I have enough. I have plenty,
my brother. Keep that that thou hast unto thyself. Jacob said,
Nay, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, receive my
present. at my hand, for therefore I have
seen thy face as though I have seen the face of God, and thou
wast pleased with me. Now take, I pray thee, my blessing
that is brought to thee, because God hath dealt graciously with
me, and because I have all things." I have everything. It's a different word there.
You check it and see if I'm not correct. Esau said, I've got
plenty. And Jacob said, I've got everything.
I've got everything. I've got Christ. I've got all
things. And thirdly, if Christ is all, then the pleasures and
profits and honors of this world will mean nothing to me and not
interest me. Let me read you what Paul said
about that in Philippians 4. If you'd like to look at it,
turn over to Philippians 4 quickly. Philippians 4 verse 11, not that
I speak in respect of what I've learned, in whatsoever state
I am therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased,
I know how to abound everywhere in all things. I'm instructed
both to be full, to be hungry, to abound, to suffer need, because
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Verse 19,
but my God. shall supply all your need according
to his riches and glory by Christ Jesus." Nothing in the fashion
of this world fadeth away. We have all things in Christ,
and its honors and its glories and its pleasures and its profits
mean nothing. We have all things. And then
last of all, the fourth thing, if Christ is my all, if he's
all, if he's everything, And when death does come, and I stand
before the great tribunal of God, there will be no condemnation,
because not, like Paul said, who can lay anything to the charge
of God's elect? Who can condemn me? Christ died,
yea, rather is risen again, who's even at the right hand of God.
A couple of verses of a hymn written years ago by someone
on this scripture here. He said, The moon and the stars
shall lose their light, and the sun shall sink in endless night. Heaven and earth shall pass away.
The works of nature shall all decay. But they to whom Christ
is all and in all. Though lost and ruined by the
fall, Shall see the danger over past, Shall stand the storm and
live at last. For what Christ said must be
fulfilled, And on this firm rock a believer can build, Because
his blood shall stand, his truth prevail." Not one word, not one
promise. can ever fail. All things in
Christ. What a treasure. What a blessing. What an inheritance. What a comfort. Let's turn in our hymn books
to number 222. Our closing hymn, number 222. There is a fountain filled with
blood drawn from Emmanuel's veins. Sinners plunge beneath that flood,
lose all their guilty stains.
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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