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Isaiah 9:6
Henry Mahan • April, 27 1977 • Audio
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This passage of scripture in
Isaiah 9, verse 6, I want us to look at it carefully, asking
the Spirit of God to be our teacher. In Isaiah 9, verse 6, the Prophet
writes, "'For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.'"
Now, the careful reader The Spirit-taught person knows that Isaiah is not
repeating himself. Look at it again. Unto us a child
is born, unto us a son is given. That's not saying the same thing.
First of all, as Jesus Christ is a child in human nature, in
human form, he took upon himself the likeness of sinful flesh.
He was made in fashion as a man, and in that way he is born. He was conceived of the Holy
Spirit actually in a mother's womb. He was as truly born, he
was as truly brought forth in human flesh as any child was
ever born on this earth, just like you were born, just like
your children were born. He was formed in the womb. He
was shaped. Nine months later, he came forth.
He was made of a woman. He was made under the law. He
survived on a mother's breast. He grew up as a little boy, as
a child, as a teenager, as a man. He worked, he tore, he thirsted,
he was tested, he was tempted, he was tried in all points as
we are, yet without sin. In this sense, Jesus Christ was
born. That's what he's saying in that
first statement, under us a child, a human child, a real flesh and
blood and bones human child is born. That's not what the next
statement says. unto us a Son is given, as Jesus
Christ is God's Son, as Jesus Christ is God's well-beloved,
only begotten, eternal Son. He is not born, he is given. He is not born, he is given.
He is not made, he is begotten. Our Lord is of the same substance
as the Father John 3.16 says, For God so loved the world that
he gave his only begotten Son. He sent his Son. So under us
a child, a real flesh and blood child, a man in human nature,
in the likeness of sinful flesh, is born, just like you were born. He took not on himself the nature
of angels, but he took on himself the seed of Abraham. He was brought
forth just like our children are brought forth. He was a real
human being. As a child, he's born. As the
Son of God, he is given. He is given. And this distinction
is powerful and it is as vital as it is powerful. It is vital
to the truth because it tells us that Jesus of Nazareth is
Jesus, our Lord. that the Son of Mary is the eternal
Son of God, that the man of Bethlehem is the God of all ages, the God-man. Unto us a child is born, unto
us a son is given. Now look at this statement here.
Unto us unto us. Now this great blessing, this
great gift of God's grace, this great mercy is given to somebody. It is a fact that a child is
born. It is a fact that the son has
been given. But the question that comes to
my heart and should concern you is to whom is this son given? To whom is this child born? The
fallen angels can lay no claim to him at all. Those who are
dead and in hell can make no claim to him at all. To whom
is this child born? To whom is this son given? I
can give you four ways to test and measure whether or not it
is unto you and to me. First of all, he is born unto
you if you are born again. This child is not born to you
if you're not born to this child. Now, that's so. Let no man tell
us that Christ is his Redeemer. Let no man tell us that Christ
is his Savior if he's not born of God's Spirit and of God's
Word. It just is not true. For our
Lord said, Except a man be born again, he cannot enter the kingdom
of God. A man cannot lay claim to this
child which is born, this son which is given, if he himself
is not born again. Only regenerated men and women
can claim a union with this child. Only regenerated men and women
can claim a vital living union and relationship with this God.
He is not yours if you are not his. He is not born unto you
if you have not been born unto him. Secondly, this child is
born to you if you are a child. Now, Mr. Spurgeon said men grow
from childhood to manhood by nature, but by grace men grow
from manhood down, down, down to childhood. For our Lord said,
except you be converted and become as a little child, you shall
not enter the kingdom of God. The nearer, spiritually, that
we can come to childhood, the nearer we come to the image of
Christ. Our Lord lifted his eyes to heaven
and said, I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thou
hast hid these things from the wise and prudent. And thou hast
revealed them to whom? to babes. This child that is
born is born unto you if you have been born a child, a babe
in Christ Jesus. And then thirdly, this Son is
given unto us. A child is born unto us. A Son is given. This Son is given
unto you if you are a son yourself. In John 1 verse 11 says, "...as
many as received him, to them gave he the right to become sons
of God, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren."
The Son of God is not mine to enjoy, is not mine to love, is
not mine to delight in. If I'm not a son of God, He is
not my brother. He is not ashamed to call them
brethren. But how can he be my brother
if I am not a son of God? This Son is born to us. This Son is given to us if we
are sons of God. Is God your Father? Can you cry
from the spirit of adoption, Abba, Father? Then this Son is
given to you. And then in the fourth place,
This Son is given to you if you are given to him. In Hebrews
chapter 2, and I'd like for you to read this scripture, Hebrews
chapter 2, beginning with verse 11, Hebrews 2, 11. For both he that sanctifies and
they who are sanctified are all of one. For which cause he is
not ashamed to call them brethren, saying, I will declare thy name
unto my brethren in the midst of the church, will I sing praise
unto thee. And again, I will put my trust
in him. And again, behold I and the children
which God hath given me." Under us a child is born, under us
who have been born again. under us who ourselves are born
children. Under us a son is given, under
us who are sons of God, under us who have been given to Christ. In Philippians 3, verse 12, the
Apostle Paul said this, and this is from the Amplified Version,
but you listen to the way that it's translated. Paul said, forgetting
those things which are behind, I press on. I press on to lay
hold of and to make my own that for which Christ has laid hold
of me and made me his own. Under us a child is born, under
us who have been born again, under us who have been made children,
under us a son is given to those who are sons of God. He is not
ashamed to call us his brethren, unto us who have been given unto
him. Now look back at the text again.
And the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name, and
his name, the name of this child that is born, this son that is
given, his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty
God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Unto this
Son is given a name that is above every name. O hail the power
of Jesus' name! Let angels prostrate fall. Bring forth the royal diadem
and crown Him, this Son, this Child, Lord of all. Ye chosen
seed of Israel's race, ye ransom from the fall. Hail Him who saves
you by His grace. and crown him Lord of all. I want to look at these five
names that are given in verse 6 to our Lord Jesus Christ. His name shall be called Wonderful. Wonderful. First of all, he is
wonderful in his antiquity. Look at Proverbs 8, verse 24. This is talking about Christ.
It is said of wisdom, but wisdom is Christ. In Proverbs 8, 24,
he says, When there was no depths, I was brought forth. When there
were no fountains abounding with water, before the mountains were
settled, before the hills, was I brought forth. While as yet
he had not made the fields, the earth, nor the fields, nor the
highest parts of the dust of the world, when he prepared the
heavens, I was there. When he set a compass upon the
face of the depth, when he established the clouds above, when he strengthened
the fountains of the deep, When he gave to the sea his decree
that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed
the foundations of the earth, then was I by him, as one brought
up with him, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always
before him. In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and all things
were made by him. Behold his antiquity, wonderful
in his antiquity. Driving down the road, you see
an old man sitting under a giant oak tree. You look at that old
man and you think, he's lived 85, 90 years. He could tell you
so many things that he has seen and things that he has done and
places he has been. And we look to him for stories
of experience and age. He's an old, old man. He's been
here a long time. But what is his life compared
to that old oak tree under which he sits? That tree may be 200
years old. And think of the things, if that
tree could talk. The old stagecoach probably stopped
under that tree, and the people, the passengers, all gone now,
got out and rested. That tree could tell us a lot
that it has seen. But what is the life of that
tree compared to the rocks upon which it stands, the foundation
underneath that tree? What stories those rocks could
tell of the millenniums that they have seen? Hundreds and
thousands of years have passed by. They even remember the flood
of Noah. But what is the life of those
rocks compared to the angels The angels of God who saw him
create those rocks, multiplied millenniums, multiplied thousands,
perhaps millions of years. But what the life of those angels
compared to our Lord, who said, I was with him in the beginning,
and I was daily his delight. How wonderful is Christ in his
antiquity. They said, Well, how can you
know Abraham? You're not 50 years old. He said,
Before Abraham was, I am. Christ is wonderful in his everlasting
existence. He's wonderful in his incarnation. Think of it. This eternal Word,
This eternal Son was actually made flesh and blood and dwelt
among us. The Scripture says the Word was
made flesh and dwelt among us. He walked this earth. I know
that's hard to believe. But the Apostle said, and we
beheld his glory. With these human eyes we beheld
his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father.
We saw his glory, O the glory of God in human flesh, that God
should become a man, two natures so different, the nature of God
and the nature of man. No wonder people don't believe
it. Two natures so extremely different, united in one. the glory of his incarnation
and the glory of his perfect life. He never sinned. We never pass a moment without
it. He never offended the Holy Lord
God in one jot or tittle. We never obeyed in one jot or
tittle. Never one time did his eyes flashed
with unholy anger. Not one time did a foreign thought
of evil pass through his heart. Not one time did his feet take
a step except in the path of righteousness. Not one time was
his hand ever lifted except to help and to glorify God. His words were perfect. His deeds
were immaculately holy. His thoughts were always for
the glory of the Father. How wonderful, wonderful! When you think of the perfect
life of the Redeemer and the imperfect life of those whom
he redeemed, how can we ever call anybody wonderful or anybody
good? I think that's what our Lord
is saying to the rich young man who came to him and called him
good master. Why do you call me good? There
is none good but God. He is wonderful in his incarnation. He is wonderful in his absolutely
holy, immaculately pure, sinless life. He is wonderful in his
death. That he should die at all is
astounding. I can understand why people would ask this question. How can life die? How can light
become darkness? How can perfect holiness become
sin? How can God expire? Good questions. It's a mystery,
but it's true. God in Christ, Christ in the
flesh. as a man died, that's what the
scripture said. He who knew no sin was made sin
for us that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
That he should die at all is astounding, but that he should
die for the people for whom he died is more astounding and more
amazing. He said for a righteous man perhaps
one would dare to die. but for an unrighteous man. Greater
love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his
friends, but for his enemies." That Christ should die is amazing. That Christ should die for sinners
is more amazing. That Christ should die for sinners
who are ungodly and who are his enemies is more amazing. But
those are the ones for whom he died. He's wonderful in his resurrection. He arose by his own power and
he ascended to the right hand of the Father where he intercedes
for us. Wonderful! He's wonderful in
his glory. He's wonderful in his judgments.
He's wonderful in his purpose. The day will come, that day of
wrath, that day of judgment, that day when he shall completely
do away with all things contrary to himself. And in that day,
every knee is going to bow. And every tongue is going to
confess, and every eye is going to see that Jesus Christ is Lord. Wonderful in his antiquity, wonderful
in his incarnation, wonderful in his perfect holiness. wonderful
in his death for sinners, wonderful in his glorious resurrection,
wonderful in his mediatorial work, and wonderful in his coming
glory, and even wonderful in his judgments which shall be
right. We get so confused sometimes
reading the Word of God, and fail to recognize that the Word
of God is written to intelligent morally responsible human beings. And when it talks about us coming
to the judgment to give an account for the good or evil which we
have done, that's exactly right. That's the basis on which men
shall be judged. And all men who are judged on
that basis, the good which they have done or the evil which they
have done, shall be banished from the presence of God. because we have done no good.
We think we have, we lay claim to it, but all of our good is
evil and our righteousness is a filthy rag. But every man is
going to have his day in court. Every son of Adam is going to
have his day in court. If a man is a horse thief, They
find him having stolen horses or rustled cattle. He's brought
before a judge. He's guilty. The judge says,
why try him? He's guilty. Every man deserves a trial. Well,
we know he's guilty. We saw him kill the man. We know
he's guilty. We saw him coming out of the
bank. Why have a trial? Because the law demands a trial.
Because justice demands a trial. Because the order of things demands
a trial. A man has to have a trial if
you see him commit the crime. He deserves his day in court.
Justice demands that he be tried and officially sentenced. And
every son of Adam shall be officially tried and officially sentenced. He shall have his day in court,
and it shall be based upon the good or evil. But thank God,
in Christ there is no judgment. You and I shall be brought before
the judgment seat of Christ. You and I shall be brought before
the judgment seat of God. We who are bought by his blood,
we who are redeemed by his grace, we're going to have a day in
court, too. And our judgment shall be found to be already
paid. You see that? Already put away. There is therefore now no condemnation
and no judgment. We have no conflict with the
judgment seat of Christ. We have no conflict with a general
judgment. We have no conflict with a judgment
of nation. We have no conflict with a day
in court. We're going to have it. And without Christ, we shall
be found guilty. Without Christ, we shall be cast
out of God's presence. Without Christ, there'll be no
good to plead. It'll all be evil. But in Christ,
there's no judgment. This man standing before us,
angel, can you find nothing in his record? Nothing, Lord. Can
you find no evil? No evil. What do you find? I find perfect obedience. You
mean he was perfect? Yes, he was in his substitute.
You mean this man obeyed the law? Yea, Lord, he obeyed the
law perfectly in every jot and tittle. He did? He did! In the person of Jesus Christ.
You see that? You mean this man has no charge
against him? None whatsoever! Then enter ye, blessed, into
the kingdom prepared for you before the foundations of the
world. His name's wonderful. Can you think how wonderful it
is? You'll know then how wonderful
it is. If you cannot Imagine how wonderful it is now. You'll
know then, when you know the real essence of sin and guilt
and shame, and you know the glory of his incarnation and his death
and his resurrection and him who pleads for thee. All right,
secondly, quickly, his name shall be called Counselor. Counselor. Christ is God's counselor. That's
right. Creatures are not his counselor.
Creatures are not of his counsel. He did not take into consideration
the creature when he made all things, when he purposed all
things. But Christ is his counselor. Listen, in the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was with God. When our God created this world,
he said not to the angels. They didn't exist. as his counselor. They existed as his messengers.
He said to somebody, let us make man. To whom was he speaking? To the Son. Let us make man. When the Father established an
everlasting covenant, with whom did he establish it? He established
it with a surety. Who was the surety? Christ was
the surety. Upon what foundation? The blood.
Whose blood? His blood. His blood is the blood
of the everlasting covenant. He's God's counselor in creation.
He's God's counselor in redemption. He's God's counselor in providence.
It says, He is before all things, and by Him all things consist. By him all things made, without
him was not anything made. By him, for him, through him,
for his glory. And in him and by him all things
consist." He's God's counselor. And he's our counselor. He's
a counselor to us. Philip said, show us the Father.
And he said, he that has seen me has seen the Father. He brought
the gospel to us. He is our example. He taught
us to love one another as He loved us. He's our counselor. I talked to a dear lady who lost
her husband this week. And I said to her, no words that
I can speak will be of any comfort to you, and they won't. And no
words that anyone else can speak. But I can send you to one, I
can turn you to one whose words can be strength and comfort and
support, all that you need, and that's our Lord. He's our counselor. The songwriter said, tell it
to Jesus. And no better advice was ever
given to a human being. Tell it to Jesus. Don't tell
it to anybody else, tell it to Jesus. When the disciples of John heard
that Herod had beheaded him, they went, the scripture said,
and took up his body, and they buried it. And then this statement,
they went and told Jesus. You know how disappointed they
were, how heavy-hearted they were, how confused they must
have been. how burdened, how lonely, how
directionless, and they went and they told Jesus. He's our
counselor. He's not only a counselor to
us, but he's a counselor for us. He's our advocate. He's our mediator. I had someone this week ask me
to recommend a lawyer for them. someone out of state, got to
have a trial here in Kentucky. And they knew that being a foreigner
and having to face a trial in the state of Kentucky on the
home ground of the offender, you just don't have a chance.
You haven't gone a snowballing Amanda down there, do you? If
you recommend a lawyer to me, somebody would really plead my
cause. Somebody that'd really be on
my side. Somebody that I can trust. Somebody I can depend
upon. Someone who can represent me
fairly and squarely among enemies. I tell you, I've got someone
who's identified with me so perfectly that he came down here out of
the deepest love for me and bore the greatest shame for me. and
endured the worst death for me, and he's up there. And by nature,
that's enemy territory. That's right, we're flesh, and
the spiritual world is by nature enemy territory. We're God's
enemies by nature. But we've got one up there representing
us at the right hand of God, who is his Son and our Savior,
who is God himself and he is a man. Now, you think about that. You
think about that. He's counselor not only with
the Father when this whole thing was devised and decreed and purposed
and planned, but he's counselor to us, he reveals the Father
to us in God's plan, God's purpose, God's person, and he's up there
as our counselor for us, our advocate. And our case is his
case. And our trial is his trial. And he represents us. And he's
got an interest not only in the judge and the judgment, for it's
his law and his justice, but he's got an interest in the client
because it's his son and his people and his brethren. You
see what I'm saying? Then his name shall be called
not only Wonderful Counselor, but the Mighty God. What did
he say to that group of people? He said, I and my Father are
one. Let me make this statement. Listen
to me. If he is not God, all who worship
him are idolaters, for we are worshiping a creature and not
the Creator. If he is not God, his death can't save. It was
just the death of a mere man. Only God in Christ can satisfy. If he's not God, his death was
deserved. He was guilty of blasphemy. What
those witnesses said was true. He was guilty of blasphemy if
he's not God. He said, I and my Father are
one. If he is not God, you're yet in your sins. Our preaching
is vain, your faith is vain. The dead in Christ are perished
if he's not God. But every attribute of God is
revealed in him. What are the attributes of God?
God is eternal. Christ said, before Abraham was,
I am. God is immutable, unchangeable. Jesus Christ, the same yesterday,
today, and forever. God is holy. In him was no sin. God is omnipotent. Even the waves
obey his voice. You go tell John that the blind
see and the dumb speak and the deaf hear and the lame walk and
the dead are raised. He is omniscient. Jesus knew
from the beginning who would believe on him. He is omnipresent,
going into all the world, and I'm always with you. He that hath seen me hath seen
God. That's what Christ said. the
mighty God, the everlasting Father. Christ
and the Father are one, but the Father is not the Son, and the
Son is not the Father. When it says here he is the everlasting
Father, you don't have to become a Jesus-only follower Because
the Son is not the Father, the Bible still teaches the Trinity. At the baptism of our Lord, the
Savior, the Lord, the Son, was in the water. The Spirit descended
upon him in the form of a dove. The Father spake from heaven.
Our Lord said, when we are baptized, we are to be baptized in the
name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Our Lord,
in speaking about the Holy Spirit, said to his disciples, I go away,
but I'll not leave you comfortless. I'll pray the Father, and he
will send to you the Holy Spirit. I will pray the Father, and he
will send to you the Holy Spirit. A man would be a fool to try
to explain the Trinity. A man is equally a fool to deny
the Trinity. Christ is said to be with the
Father. Christ is said to be equal with
the Father. Christ prayed to the Father. Christ said, I go to my Father. Christ is said to be begotten
of the Father. Christ is said to be sent by
the Father, as my Father sent me. So He is not the Father. How is He then in our text? the everlasting Father. Paul comes to our aid in 1 Corinthians
15. First of all, he is the everlasting
Father. Whatever he is the Father of,
it's everlasting. So he's called the everlasting
Father. And Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15, verse 45, listen. So it is
written, the first atom was made a living soul. The last atom
was made a quickening spirit. Who is the first atom? He's that
fellow God made and put in the Garden of Eden when he said,
let us make man. The one whom he made in his own
image, the one whom he made out of the dust of the ground. That
was the first atom. No other man has ever been made
like that. Even Eve came out of Adam. She
wasn't made from the dust of the ground, she came out of Adam.
God took a rib that was already made, already human, and made
a woman. Everybody else was born by natural
generation. Natural generation makes Adam
our Father. Natural generation makes Adam
our Father. In Adam we live. Adam is the
federal head. He is the father of all living
flesh. He is the federal head. He federally
stood for us, he federally fell for us, and he federally ruined
us. Who is this second Adam, this
last Adam? In the first Adam, the first
man was made a living soul. The last Adam was made a quickening
spirit. Verse 47, the first man is of
the earth, earthy. The second man, who is he? The Lord from heaven. Verse 49,
as we have borne the image of the earthy, we were born from
him, he's our Father. We shall also bear the image
of the heavenly. Whose image? Our everlasting
Father, the Lord Jesus Christ. He's our Federal Head. we came forth from him. In that
sense, he is our Father. He is our Father in the sense
that he is our Federal Head, as Adam was our Father, our Federal
Head. In sin, in the fall, so Christ
Jesus is the Federal Head and the Father of a redeemed race. Secondly, he is our everlasting
Father in that he is our life-giver. Adam, when that first son, King,
was born, Adam fathered that son. He fathered Seth. He fathered
those who were born from his loins. Even so, the Son quickeneth
whom he will. Generation makes us sons of Adam. Regeneration makes us sons of
Christ. And then thirdly, he is the everlasting
Father in that he is the founder of the gospel. He is the author
and finisher of faith. He is the author of faith. The
scripture says that Jubal was the father of all who played
the harp and organ, because it started with him. He is the father
of all who played the harp and the organ. It says that Jabal
was the Father of all who dwell in tents. It started with him,
he pitched the first one. Even so, Christ is the Father
of all grace and those who partake of it, the Father of all who
live by faith. He is the author and finisher
of our faith. So the Lord Jesus Christ is not
the Father, he is the Son. But he is the father of a redeemed
people because he is their federal head. In Adam they died, in Christ
they live. He is their father in that he
gave them life. He is their father in that he
is the founder of their gospel. Last of all, his name shall be
called Wonderful Counselor of the Mighty God, the Everlasting
Father, the Prince of Peace. The word prince here is captain
or author. First of all, he made peace between
God and the sinner. Peace through the blood of his
cross. He made peace between the Jew and the Gentile, breaking
down the middle wall of partition between them. He is the giver
of peace. My peace I give unto you. Let
not your heart be troubled. And then in Revelation 21, verse
4, I close with this statement. He gives eternal peace. Now, I don't know too much about
what's going to be in heaven. I'd like to know, and I must
confess that I think about this a lot. I think about the new
heaven and the new earth, what, you know, we'll be like, what
we'll do. I think about it, but I can't answer any questions
about that. I just don't know much about... Paul said when he went there,
he came back and said, I saw things that weren't possible
to utter. How can I tell you? I've got no way to compare it.
I've got no words in which to put it. I don't know so much
about what will be in heaven, but I know what won't be in heaven.
Revelation 21 verse 4 says, And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes. I know something about tears,
and so do you. And I know they won't be there.
And there shall be no more death. I know something about death,
and so do you. And it won't be there. And there
shall be no more sorrow. We know a little bit about that.
We'll probably know more. But it's not going to be there.
And this is more than tears, this is crying. Neither shall
there be any more pain. We know a little about pain,
and we're going to know probably more about pain, but it's not
going to be that. Because Christ is going to give
us eternal peace. He made peace with the Father.
He put peace in our hearts. He made peace between us. He
gives us peace, and then he is the prince of everlasting peace. Everlasting peace. Unto us a
child is born, unto us a son is given, the government shall
be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Author
and Captain. Our Father, for thy word we praise
thee. The peace that we have knowing
that Christ is our Advocate, our Mediator. The joy that is
ours in knowing that our sins are under the blood, they are
put away, they are remembered no more. The happiness that is ours knowing
that we have an inheritance undefiled, that faith is not a way reserved
in thy presence, waiting or coming the day when you shall take us
to be with thyself, and there shall be no more tears, no more
sorrow, no more pain, no more crying, no more death. May every one of us in Christ
our Lord be prepared for that day. Speak to the hearts of thy
people in this hour. Strengthen our faith. and those
who know not the Savior. May they go away from this service
and open thy word again and fall upon their faces in thy presence
and tell it to the Lord Jesus, confessing our sins, repenting
toward him, believing on his name, rejoicing in his grace.
And may some of them come back to tell us what God has done
for them. And come before thy church to
follow the Lord Jesus in baptism in a full confession of faith,
of what the Lord hath done. We pray these things in his matchless
name and for his glory. Amen.
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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