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Henry Mahan

A Certain Woman

Mark 5:25-34
Henry Mahan • August, 22 1990 • Audio
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What does the Bible say about seeking experiences with God?

The Bible warns us to seek Christ rather than experiences, as experiences can be deceptive.

The Scripture cautions believers against seeking experiences in their faith journey. Instead, we are to pursue a relationship with Christ. Experiences can be misleading; sometimes, the deceiver may provide a counterfeit experience that distracts us from the truth of Christ. Historical accounts, like those found in Acts 16, remind us that everyone comes to faith under different circumstances and experiences, emphasizing that our focus should be on Christ and not on the experience itself.

Acts 16

How do we know God's mercy is real?

God's mercy is magnified through the salvation stories of individuals in the Bible.

The mercy of God is profoundly illustrated through the various stories of individuals He has saved, as recorded in Scripture. For example, narratives such as those of Lydia, the Philippian jailer, and the woman with the issue of blood highlight God's rich mercy in action. Each story reveals the profound state of those who are saved—not based on their worthiness but solely on God's grace. The purpose of these experiences within the biblical narrative is not to glorify the experience or the individuals but to showcase God's enduring mercy and the nature of His salvation.

Ephesians 2:4-5

Why is understanding our sinfulness important for Christians?

Recognizing our sinfulness is crucial as it highlights our need for God's grace and mercy.

Understanding our sinfulness is vital for all Christians, as Scripture provides a clear depiction of our state apart from Christ. The Apostle Paul notes in Ephesians 2 that we were once dead in our trespasses and sins, characterized by our nature as children of wrath. This reality emphasizes our need for salvation and underscores the fact that our inherent condition is one of helplessness before God. Recognizing our sinfulness turns our eyes toward Christ, who, in His mercy, offers us grace and new life, thus transforming our identity from sinners to beloved children of God.

Ephesians 2:1-3, Romans 3:23

What does it mean to have faith in Christ?

Having faith in Christ means trusting in His ability to save and heal us from sin.

To have faith in Christ is to place our trust in His ability to save us from our sins and heal our spiritual ailments. In the sermon, the example of the woman with the issue of blood demonstrates this faith; she believed that simply touching Jesus' garment could heal her. This belief not only signifies confidence in Christ's power but also highlights the necessity of reaching out to Him in our brokenness. Biblical faith is less about the strength of our belief and more about the object of our faith—Christ, who is both willing and able to redeem us. In Romans 10:13, we see that all who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved, further emphasizing the critical role of faith in our relationship with Jesus.

Mark 5:25-34, Romans 10:13

How does God choose who to save?

God's choice in salvation is based on His mercy and grace, not on our works.

The sovereignty of God in choosing whom to save is fundamentally rooted in His mercy and grace. The doctrine of election, as articulated in Ephesians 1, asserts that God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, not based on any foreseen merit or works on our part. This doctrine powerfully underscores the nature of salvation as a divine initiative, highlighting that it is entirely rooted in God's will and goodness. The examples of individuals like Lydia, the Samaritan woman, and the Philippian jailer illustrate this truth, showcasing that God's calling transcends human understanding and experience.

Ephesians 1:4-5, Romans 9:15-16

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But a warning needs to be sounded
before we give an experience or before we preach from an experience. A three-fold warning. Number
one, we must not and will not seek an experience, but rather
we seek Christ. If we're not careful, The deceiver
of men will give us an experience if we'll be satisfied with one
and miss Christ. So we don't seek an experience.
We seek Him. And then secondly, all believers do not have the
same experience, nor are they brought to Christ
under the same circumstances. Don't turn to it, but in the
book of Acts chapter 16, there are three people whom God brought
to know Christ through the ministry of the Apostle Paul. And they
had three totally different experiences. There was Lydia. I imagine Lydia
to be a very Calm, calculated businesswoman. A gentle person. She was a seller
of purple. She was a businesswoman. She'd
come down to Philippi on business. And there she heard the Apostle
Paul. He came down to the river where
the women had met to pray. Unless there were more than 12
Jews in a particular location, they didn't have a synagogue.
So here they had no synagogue. They met by the river. And Paul
went down to where they were meeting by the river and spoke
to them. And the scripture says, God opened her heart. God opened
her heart. And she listened to what Paul
had to say and God saved her. But in that same town was a young
woman who was demon-possessed. She made her owners, people who
controlled her, much money by telling the future or something.
She was demon-possessed. And when Paul and his comrades
walked down the street, she followed them and made all sorts of comments
regarding these men. And Paul wearied of it, and he
turned and commanded the demons to come out of her. And they
came out of her, and God raised her up. But there are two women
with two totally opposite experiences. One, a quiet listening to the
word and receiving the word. The other, turmoil and upheaval
and all sorts of things. And then
there was a third person in that town, a jailer, just a common,
rough, crude, he had to be. The people he dealt with on both
sides of the law were crude, and he was a vulgar, crude, rough,
tough customer. And God literally shook his legs
out from under him. He sent an earthquake And when
the dust had settled and he saw that all the doors had fallen
off the prison and the bars off the windows, he was going to
kill himself because he feared that the prisoners had escaped.
And Paul assured him that they hadn't escaped and told him to
put up his sword and do himself no harm. And he came in and fell
on his face and cried, what must I do to be saved? And took Paul
home with him. watched his stripes and fed him
and Paul taught him the gospel. So everybody doesn't have the
same experience and is not brought to Christ under the same circumstances. And then the third warning that
needs to be sounded in reference to any kind of experience, and
throughout the Word we have the Lord giving us experiences of
people whom he saved. But I believe, and I sat down
and wrote this carefully, the purpose of the Lord in relating
the experiences of people here in the world, like Lydia, like
the Philippian Jader, like Cornelius, and like Bartimaeus, and like
Mary Magdalene, and like the And like the Samaritan woman,
and like the many others, Zacchaeus, his purpose in relating the experiences
of these people who came to him is not to call attention to the
experience at all, nor to call attention to the
person, nor to call attention to the means that he used. But the purpose of the Lord in
relating these experiences mainly and primarily is to magnify the
mercy of God in Christ. It's to magnify the mercy of
God in Christ and to reveal the kind of people whom he saves. That's what he's doing. what
kind of people he saves, and his mercy toward those people. And the guilt and the evil out
of which he brings them, and one other thing, showing them
what he in grace gives them. So there's threefold purpose.
He shows what they are and were, and who he is and what he does,
and the results thereof. That's the reason for the experiences.
Turn back to Ephesians 2 again, now what Charlie, the portion
Charlie read a moment ago, this is where I said I was coming
back to it. And he read in chapter 2, the
first 3 or 4 verses, 3 verses tell us what we were, what we
are, you at the quick and who were dead. And look at verse
2, you walk according to the course of this world. Verse 3, we all had our conversation
in the lust of the flesh and the desires of the flesh and
of the mind. We were by nature the children of wrath. That's
what we were, that's what we are, dead, sinful, weak, worthless,
unworthy, helpless. Now look at verse 4, but God,
and we're calling attention to His mercy and grace in Christ,
but God, that's what you were, a Bartimaeus, blind. a Zacchaeus
evil, a Mary Magdalene, that's what we were, that's what we
are. But God, who is rich in mercy,
this is who He is, this is what God is. For His great love, wherewith
He loved us, who is rich in His mercy in Christ, Even when we
were dead, that quickened us together with Christ. Now watch
what He's done for us, and raised us up. What are we now? We're
not dead and trespassing in sin anymore, but we're raised and
made to sit together in heavenly places, and this is what He's
going to do in the ages to come to show the exceeding riches
of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
So, an experience. When you feel impressed to tell
it, When you're feeling pressed to relate it, or when you're
reading, don't seek an experience. Don't try to imitate or duplicate
someone's experience. If you feel that urge at all,
run, and run fast, because you don't want to do that. You want
Christ, you don't want his experience. You want this man's Lord, not
his experience. That's what's dangerous about
somebody saying, now the Lord used this scripture to bring
me to Christ, and everybody goes home and tries to make that scripture
fit their need. And it won't work. It just won't
work. Because we all don't have the
same experience. I told you one time, the different
people I've known through the years and the scriptures that
God used in their lives, and some are just most unusual. He
doesn't use the same scripture, an experience that doesn't set
forth these three things certainly is not worth repeating. So the purpose of God in giving
these experiences is to show us what we are, the kind of people
whom he saves. Secondly, his great riches and
mercy in Christ Jesus toward us. And then what he, by his
grace, does for us. Alright, now I want to go to
an experience over here in Mark chapter 5. And I hope while I
relate this experience and preach from Mark chapter 5, that you'll
bear those things in mind. Mark the 5th chapter. I begin
with verse 25. Mark 5 verse 25. Alright, you just hold your Bible
there and let's talk a little bit about this. It says in Mark
5 verse 25, and a certain woman. Now this is not a parable. This
woman is a real person. He says a certain woman. A certain
woman. And the reason he says she's
a certain woman is because she is an object of his affection.
She's one of the sheep, she's one of the elect, she's one of
the jewels, she's a certain woman. There were a lot of women, thousands
of women, but this is a certain woman. You know, do you remember
when the Lord was going through Jericho and a certain little
fella called Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus, who he was. He
was a publican, despised man, a wretched man. And he went running
ahead and climbed up in a tree and sat there on a limb of that
tree and waited till the Lord Jesus passed that way. And when
Christ came that way, he stopped and he looked up in the tree.
Now you think how many people were there and how many people
were in the trees and sitting on the walls. He looked up in
the tree and said, you come down. I'm going to your house today." And Zacchaeus came down. And
you remember the dialogue? He said, Lord, he said, have
my goods I give to the poor. If I've wronged the man, I restore
him fourfold. This man was so overwhelmed by
the attention of the Lord by the personal recognition, by
the fact Christ was going to his house, he was just totally
overwhelmed. And the Lord Jesus said, today
is salvation come to this house, this particular house, this particular
man, this certain man. Now does anybody know the next
statement the Lord Jesus made? He made a very profound, important,
and revealing statement. You know what he said? You do.
I see some of you not. He says, today is salvation come
to this house. Why? Zacchaeus is also a son
of Abraham. You say, all those Jews are sons
of Abraham. Not in the sense he was. Let me show you something. I
don't turn to this. Let me just flip over here and read it. over
here in Galatians chapter 3. Now listen to this, Galatians
3 verse 7, listen, Know ye therefore that they which are of faith,
they're the sons of Abraham. Only believers are sons of Abraham,
nobody else. And this, my friends, is a certain
woman. It's not just any woman. There's
a certain one. I hope there's some certain women
out there tonight. I believe there are. But read
there's a certain what? A certain woman. You know, somebody
came up to me one day after I preached on the Samaritan woman or Ruth or
Rahab or Hannah or somebody, and said to me, said, you know
the last four or five messages you've preached have been about
women? And I said, well, I never thought
about that. I didn't have any particular reason for that. But
you know, I wonder, why does the Lord so often use a woman? He often did. Do you know that? There was the harlot, there was
the woman which was, there was a Samaritan woman, there was
Mary, there was this woman, there was the Coquina Knight woman. I thought about that a little
while. I wonder, is it because women in that time, listen to
me, is it because women at that time were so put down and counted
as nothing? Did you know they were counted
as nothing? When a girl, baby was born, they didn't even announce
it sometimes, they didn't rejoice over it, only boys. Now you men
know, you read the scripture. Women were little more than cattle. They were just possessions of
men, little more than... Isn't that right, John? Back
here in the Old Testament, back here in the day in which our
Lord walked this earth. And I wonder, perhaps, if that's
why he so often pays special attention to the Mary's and Martha's,
Samaritan women, Canaanite women, is because he shows he saves
nothings. whom men regard as nothings,
and passeth by the somethings." You read that in a study a while
ago, Chuck. You see, your calling, not many mighty, not many noble,
not many wise, but God hath chosen the nothings. That may be the
reason. Or is it because by some women
have in this day And some other times, been exalted too highly. Like Mary, the mother of our
Lord, they say. Exalted too highly. And they
have been held in such high esteem. And so in these experiences,
he shows that they're sinners like anybody else in need of
mercy. Whatever! This is what conclusion
I draw. Whether you women or men, you
may feel too low, too unworthy, and too insignificant for God
to save. That's not so. Or if you're inclined
to feel too good and not in need of saving, that ain't so either. All have sinned and come short
of God's glory. So, here we go, a certain woman,
now watch this, had an issue of blood, twelve years, there's
a whole lot here, an issue of blood, twelve years. She had
an inward disease. You could look at her and not
know anything was wrong. Not know anything was wrong.
She had an inward disease, and that inward, that was the trouble,
it was inside. And that inward disease would
finally claim her life. And another thing about this
disease, it was a blood disease. And you know the Bible says the
life of the flesh is in the blood. And when something's wrong with
the blood, the whole body's affected by it. Because the blood goes
to every artery, vein, and every little, the blood feeds the flesh. And what we've got is an inward
disease like this woman. Our sin is inward. It's not,
our problem's not outside, it's inside. And it's a blood disease. It permeates our whole being
and it touches and defiles our whole flesh. Blood disease. And you know something else?
I do want you to turn to this, Leviticus 15. Now remember what
I just read. She had an issue of blood. hemorrhaging,
an issue of blood, twelve years? Twelve years. Now Leviticus 15
verse 25. What I'm pointing out now is
this woman under the law was regarded as what? Unclean. Totally unclean. She's supposed to be separated.
Leviticus 15, 25. And if a woman This is the law
of God. If a woman, the law, Levitical
law of God, if a woman have an issue of her blood many days
out of the time of her separation, this is twelve years. Twelve
years. Or if it run beyond the time
of her separation, all the days of the issue of her uncleanness
shall be as the days of separation. She shall be unclean. And every bed whereon she lieth,
all the days of her issues shall be unto her as the bed of her
separation. Whatsoever she sits upon shall
be unclean, the uncleanness of her separation. Whosoever toucheth
those things shall be unclean, and wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean unto the evening." Everything
about her, everything she touched, everyone she came in contact
with under the law of God, unclean. And that's the shape we're in.
This woman represents every son and daughter of Adam. We have
an inward pollution, born with it. We have a blood disease,
sin, that feeds our every cell from the sole of our feet to
the top of our head. There's nothing that's not touched
by sin. And we're unclean. Can the Ethiopian change his
skin? That's what you push to. Can the leper change his spot?
Neither can you do good. Born to do evil. Isaiah said
it this way. He said we're all as an unclean
thing. And our righteousness is a filthy
rag. It's associated with that very
thing. Unclean, filthy rags. And we fade as the leaf. All
right. Okay, verse 26 now, let's move on. Here this woman, a certain
woman, unclean. Verse 26 now. And she had suffered
many things of many positions. And she spent all that she had,
was nothing better, but rather grew worse. You know the very
fact that she had an incurable disease, as far as people were
concerned, didn't discourage some folks from trying to cure
her. The very fact that she had an
unclean disease and a blunt disease and an incurable disease, a hemorrhaging
that wouldn't stop, That didn't discourage all these fellas putting
up their signs and saying, we can cure you, we can heal you,
just bring a certain amount of money and we'll take care of
you. So she tried all these physicians and spent all she had and wasn't
any better, but rather she grew worse. Isn't that a picture of
our religious day? All these many physicians had
taken her time, her possessions, her money under the pretense
of being able to help her and they could not. And we have those
soul physicians today. I jotted down a few of them.
There's Dr. Ceremony. Here I come with my sin and my
corruption, and it's all inside, and it's in my blood, and it's
clear down to my fingernails and to the end of every hair
of my head and down to the sole of my feet, and I'm polluted
before God and unclean. And he puts up his mystic, you
know, statues and candles. and his robe and all the mysticism
about the dark cathedrals and temples and I go in and the organ
plays softly and that's supposed to do something for me, you know.
And then there's Dr. Ordnance and he sets the table
with the bread and the wine or takes me into the pool or sprinkles
water in my face or that's supposed to help me and there's Dr. Lowell.
He gets out the Ten Commandments and reads them to me and says,
do this and don't do that. And he applies the whip of the
Lord. And then Dr. Decision, he sends me through
all the exercises. He has you raise your hand and
then raise both hands and then run down the aisle and then go
to inquiry room and then do all this positive thinking. I'm well. I'm well. I'm saved. No, I'm
not saved. Dr. Good Works prescribes the
duties and deeds, and Dr. Denomination, and Dr. Doctrine,
and Dr. Feeling, all of them have these
guaranteed cures, but the problem is these men don't understand
the disease. They don't understand it. And
secondly, they're prescribing outward medicines for inward
problems. It just won't work. You can wash
all you want to. This dear woman, wonder what
they had her do? You know, I think about these
physicians and I wonder what on earth they had her do? What
all they had her do? And finally she's broke. I tell
you the problem, these men never have been healed themselves. That which is impossible with
men. But now what's this next verse? This is good news. And
here's the shape she's in. And I don't know. You know, some of you have been
through this. You wanted God's elect and unclean,
and then you've tried all these years through different denominations,
and you've been baptized, you've joined the church, you've rededicated,
you've made a profession, you've done all these things, and to
know better. weary of it all and tried all
these things. Here, listen. Verse 27, when
she heard of Jesus. Oh, how important is this one
statement. And when she had heard of Jesus. I don't know where she heard
of Him. I know before she came to Him, she had heard of Him.
I don't know where she heard. It doesn't say. I don't know
whom she heard. It doesn't say. I don't know
who told her about Christ. And I don't know how she heard
it. I don't know when, I don't know where, I don't know whom,
I don't know how. But I do know this, she heard
of Christ Jesus. She heard who he is. His power. His ability. His willingness
to say she heard of him. And my friends, that's one of
the reasons that we send missionaries. That's one of the reasons we
stay on television. That's one of the reasons we
send these tapes. That's one of the reasons I stand here and
preach Sunday after Sunday, Wednesday after Wednesday. These other
men preach and they travel. It's because without hearing
the gospel, no one's going to be saved. It's just that plain. Turn with me to Romans 10. Romans
chapter 10. This was a certain woman. Our
Lord said, other sheep I have which are not of this foal, them
I must bring, and they shall hear my voice and be one foal. And everyone whom God had chosen
and loved and elected are going to be saved, but I guarantee
you they're going to hear the gospel. They may read it in the Bible,
They may read it in a sermon. The Word of God is going to come
to them. They may hear a message. They
may hear it from their, like Timothy, from his grandmother
and his mother. But they're going to hear of
Christ. This woman had this disease and hear Christ is able to heal
her and save her, but how will she believe on Him or call on
Him or come to Him if she doesn't know Him? See what I'm saying? She heard of him. It says in
Romans 10, verse 13, I know this, whosoever shall call on the name
of the Lord shall be saved, but how? Now you explain that. How then shall they call on him
in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in
him in whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without
a preacher? And how shall they preach except
they be sent as it is written? How beautiful, how wonderful. Great are the feet of them that
come from a far country bearing the glad tidings. Suppose you
were in a leper colony. Leprosy then, hopelessly, hopelessly
covered with leprosy. No, not even a glimmer of a hope,
not a glimmer of a hope. And over the mountain comes a
runner. And he got a book in his hand. He comes running down
to the leper colonies. He says, I've got good news. There is a man sent from God
whose name is Jesus. And God has ordained him and
anointed him and appointed him to save and heal and cure lepers. And I was a leper, and he cured
me, and I saw hundreds of lepers back there whom he cured. I'm
telling you this. Believe me, I'm telling you the
truth. And they say, lead us to the man. Now, he doesn't claim
that he can do it, and he doesn't tell them to raise their hand,
decide to accept the leper cure, or say, now you will, now just
by... Let's go hear him ourselves.
Let's go hear him ourselves. That's what those men of Samaria
told that woman. She went running down to the
village and she said, there's a man out there that told me
everything I ever did. Is not this the Christ? And they
went running up there. And they heard him and they said
to the woman, now we believe not because of what you said,
because we heard him ourselves. That's what you got to do. You
got to hear him yourself. Now you can hear who he is and
you can hear what he can do and what he will do. And you can
hear where he is, but you're going to have to see him and
hear him yourself. That's just so. That's back to
the text. She heard. She heard. She heard of Jesus and what she
do. But let me tell you this. Her
confidence was based on what she heard. Isn't that right? She didn't have any signs. God
didn't give her a pre-faith sign. She didn't stand back and say,
well, if this finger gets a little stronger, I'm going to go to
him. If this hand gets a little stronger, a little pinker, a
little like it's getting some life back, I'll believe it. No,
sir. She went to him just like she
was, just like she was, with all of her uncleanness and And
she came, listen, and when she heard, she came in the press
behind him. Never mind the crowd. What's
the press? That's that crowd. Never mind
the crowd about him who knew nothing of his power. The Lord
Jesus said, who touched me? The disciples said, about everybody
here has touched you at one time or another. No, he said, somebody
touched me. And so let me tell you, if you're
sitting there tonight, I'm standing here and I'm that somebody with
that disease and uncleanness, whether you come to him or not,
I am. Can you say that? That's the way she felt. Never
mind that crowd. She came in the press. Never
mind, listen, that he was moving, not toward her, he wasn't going
toward her, he didn't even look her way. He was going to Jairus'
house. Did you know that? Did you read
that before? That's right. Old Jairus came to him. Our Lord
was standing here and Jairus walked up the center and he said,
my, he said, my son, my little daughter, my little daughter
is dying. Would you go heal her? Lord Jesus said, yeah, and he
started following Geras. He was going to Geras' house.
He wasn't going to this woman's place. She's not even mentioned. But never mind all that crap. Never mind that he wasn't going
to her house. Never mind that she was a somebody
whose name is not even given. She believed him, and she reached
out and touched him. And what happened? In a straight
way. Because she said, verse 28, I
know if I can but touch his clothes, I'll be whole. I believe he has
such power to heal me, that if I make any contact with him at
all, if he'll just look my way, if I can just touch his clothes,
if there's any contact between me and him, If there's any contact
at all, I'll be made whole. Never mind Peter, James, and
John and all the Jewish ceremonies and ordinances. Let the fellas
get in the back room and argue about that. I'm sick. He's the physician. If I can
just touch his clothes, I'll be made whole. The fountain of her blood was
dried up, and she felt in her body she was healed of that plague. That's where that song was born,
Reach out and touch the Lord as he passes by. You know, I
try to visualize this, and I see him. He wore that seamless robe,
and our Lord, in his very deliberate steps, going to Jairus' house,
and here's that woman. Probably on her hands and knees,
but somehow she's gotten right up there and he goes by. She
reaches out and touches him. Reaches out. That's the way she
believed. She reached out and touched him.
As he passes by, you find he's not too busy to hear your heart's
cry. He's passing by this moment.
It needs to supply. Reach out and touch him. Little
boys, little girls, teenagers, mothers and dads, sinners of
any shape, form or fashion. He may not be on his way to your
town. He may never come to your town. But you can reach out and
touch him by faith. He may not be on his way to your
house at all. But he knows you. And where you
are, he puts you. And what you are, he made you.
And you right there just reach out and touch him. What was the
point of contact between this woman and Christ? And you know, I think Ed Robinette
and I were talking about this last Sunday after the service,
the very thing, the very thing that will recommend us to Christ
is the very thing most people deny, their sins. Did you know
that? What was the contact between
this woman I mean, in her uncleanness and deadness and inability. She's nothing. He's everything. But what relationship do those
two have? What contact do they have? What
is there about them, or her? Well, it wasn't her strength,
it was her weakness. It wasn't her beauty, it was
her ugliness that brought her to Christ. It wasn't her health,
it was her disease. It wasn't her riches, it was
her poverty. It wasn't her talents, it was
her emptiness. You see, he said that. I didn't
come to call the righteous. I came to call sinners. And she
reached out. And she was healed immediately.
Look at the next verse. And Jesus, immediately knowing
in himself that virtue was gone out of him, he turned in the
press and he said, who touched my clothes? Now, he knew who
touched them. He already said a certain woman.
He had her on his heart from all eternity. But I'll tell you
this, he's going to hear from her. Yeah, he's going to hear
from her. And his disciples said that.
You see the multitude thronging. You say, who touched me? He looked
around about to see her that had done this thing, and the
woman fearing and trembling. And that's how we come to him.
That's how we come to him sick or well. That's how we come to
him in prayer, confession, or faith, or whatever, trembling,
knowing what was done. And her came and fell down before
him. And that's the position and posture of a true believer,
and told him the truth. And that's the attitude of a
believer. Honesty before God. And he said, daughter, your faith
has made you whole. Go in peace and behold of thy
place. And then he went on to Jairus'
house. But boy, I tell you this, he left a trophy of grace on
the road. And can't you imagine the next
day her telling folks her experience? That's where I started this thing,
experience. She told them what happened.
But I'll tell you this, the emphasis is what she is, and who she met,
and what she became. And that's got to be the sum
total of our experiences. They're not worth telling. All
right, Michael, come and lead us in a hymn, please.
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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