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Henry Mahan

Come Unto Me and Rest

Matthew 11:28
Henry Mahan • May, 23 1976 • Audio
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The title of the message is,
Come unto Me and Rest. Come unto Me and Rest. Our Lord
said in Matthew 11, 28, Come unto Me, all ye that labor, and
the heavy laden, I'll give you rest. I heard the voice of Jesus
say, Come unto Me and Rest. Lay down thy weary one, lay down
thy head upon my breast." I came to Jesus as I was, weary and
worn and sad. I found in Him a resting place,
and He has made me glad. I heard the voice of Jesus say,
I am this world's light. Look unto Me. Thy morn shall
rise, and all thy day be bright. I looked to Jesus, and I found
in him my star, my sun. And in that light of life I'll
walk till traveling days are done." Now the way to rest is
to come to Christ. He has not put salvation in sacraments. He has not put salvation in priests,
in churches, in laws, in ordinances, in works or doctrine. If you
want salvation, if you want redemption, if you want life, you'll have
to come to Christ. He's the one source of mercy.
He said, I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he
shall be saved. I am the way. the truth and the
life. No man cometh to the Father but
by me. The Apostle wrote, There is none
other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be
saved. And again, other foundations
can no man lay than that which is laid by Christ the Lord. Now the way is open. It is open
to all who will come. Our Lord said, All that my Father
giveth me shall come to me, and him that cometh I'll in no wise
cast out." And Paul wrote in Romans 10, there is no difference
between the Jew and the Greek. The same Lord over all is rich
unto all that call upon him, for whosoever shall call upon
the name of the Lord shall be saved. Salvation in a person.
It's not in a preacher's hand, it's not in a baptismal pool,
it's not in a doctrinal position, it is not in deeds and laws and
rules and standards. It's in Christ. It's in Christ. Now, you come to me, he said,
and I'll give you rest. You come to Christ, you'll have
rest because you'll be complete in Christ. We are complete in
Him. All that I need, all that the
Lord demands, all that God Almighty expects is fulfilled in Christ. We can rest in Christ because
the Scripture says we're accepted. We are accepted in the Beloved.
We can rest in Christ because we are reconciled in Christ.
God was in Christ reconciling this world to himself. We can
rest in Christ for in him we have the forgiveness of our sins,
redemption. We can rest in Christ because
in Christ we are crucified, risen, and seated on God's right hand. The hymn writer says, in the
beloved, accepted am I. Risen, ascended, and already
seated on high, God sees my Savior, then he sees me in the beloved,
accepted and free. Now there are thousands of reasons.
If you had a hundred preachers up here tonight, you'd probably
have a hundred different reasons why we can find rest. Rest of
soul, rest of heart, rest of mind, rest of conscience, why
we can find rest in Christ. But I want to give you five.
five chief reasons from the Word of God why we find in Christ
a perfect rest, a perfect rest. And here they are. We find rest
in Christ, and we'll develop these, each one, but I want to
give them to you at the beginning to create a little interest.
We find rest, rest in Christ, because Christ is the end of
the law. We find rest in Christ because
Christ is the conqueror of Satan. We find rest in Christ because
he is the overcomer of this world. We find rest in Christ because
he is the maker of all things new. And we find rest in Christ
because, in the fifth place, he is the destroyer of death. I turn to Romans chapter 10,
if you will, the 10th chapter of Romans, and let's look at
verse 4, Romans 10, verse 4. Here the Apostle Paul is writing,
and he says, Romans 10, verse 4, Christ is the end of the law
for righteousness to everyone that believeth. Now, brethren,
the holy law of God is that which all thinking sinners dread. The holy law of God, every knowledgeable
sinner, every thinking sinner here in this congregation, trembles
before the law of God. If you don't tremble before the
law of God, you don't hear the law of God. You don't have the
slightest You don't have the slightest knowledge of what that
law says. Paul says, do you not hear the
law? You who would be under the law,
do you not hear God's law? To offend, James said, in one
minute point, in one jot or tittle, is to be guilty of the whole
law of God. And cursing, cursing is everyone
that continueth not in all things written in the law to do them,
not to agree with them, to do them. To do them, not to admire
them, to do them. Any thinking sinner, any knowledgeable
sinner, any sinner that knows anything of the holiness of God
trembles before the law of Almighty God. He stands before that law
with a tremendous dread. By the deeds of the law shall
no flesh be justified. No flesh! The law cannot speak
comfortably to any man. It can only speak condemnation
and damnation and destruction to every son of Adam. Christ
is the end of that law. What does that mean? Well, it
means three things. It means, first of all, Christ is the purpose
of the law. Now turn to Galatians chapter
3. In Galatians chapter 3, Christ
is the purpose of the law. In Galatians 3 verse 24, the
scripture says this, Galatians 3 verse 24, Wherefore the law
was our tutor, our schoolmaster, to bring us to Christ. The law
has served its purpose when it brings a trembling sinner The
broken sinner, the mourning sinner, to the feet of Christ, stripped,
broken, humble, crying for mercy. That's the purpose of the law. It empties that Christ may fail. It strips that Christ may close. It slays that Christ may quicken. It wounds that Christ may heal. The law was our schoolmaster. bring us to Christ. And the preacher
who makes the law the Savior is a man who does not know what
sin is, what the law is, or who Christ is, or what salvation
is. The law empties that Christ may
fill. The law strips that Christ may
clothe, and it wounds that Christ may heal. That's what the law
did the first time Israel heard it. Look at Exodus chapter 30.
Exodus 20, the first time Israel heard that law from Sinai's fiery
mountain. Exodus 20, verse 18. You have
in the first 18, verse 17, verses of the law given, Thou shalt
not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. On down thou
shalt not covet. And verse 18, And all the people
saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of
the trumpet, and the mountains smoking. And when the people
saw it, They backed off. And I'll tell you, if you ever
see the law, you'll back off too. You'll back off. If you ever see it. Saul of Tarsus
didn't see it when he was born and raised in that tribe of Benjamin,
Hebrew of Hebrews, in pharisaical training and theological training,
in his discussions and memorization and teaching of the Scripture.
But one day he saw it. And he said, when I saw it, I
died. I backed off. I backed off. And the people removed and stood
afar off, and they said, Moses, be our mediator. Speak thou with
us, and we'll hear, but don't let God speak to us lest we die. Brother, I'll tell you, that's
why the law was given to shut man's mouth. That's why the law
was given, that we might cry for a mediator. And I'll tell
you that's the first thing that a knowledgeable sinner, that
an awakened sinner, that a quickened sinner, that a sinner in whom
God has begotten some life, that's the first thing he does. He sees
himself a sinner and cries, O God, let thy blood be propitiation
on the mercy seat. Give me a mediator. All right,
Christ is the end of the law. Secondly, it means the fulfillment
of the law. We can't be saved without righteousness. What the law could not do because
of our weakness, the weakness of our flesh, Christ did. He
fulfilled the law. He said, I didn't come to destroy
the law. I didn't come to take the edge
off of it. I didn't come to whittle it down
so you could keep it. I came personally to fulfill
it. And in fulfilling the law, as
our representative, Christ imputed to us, charged to our account,
reckoned to us, a righteousness, a holiness with which a sovereign
God can be pleased. He's the fulfillment of the law.
And then the same scripture here says Christ is the end of the
law, meaning Christ is the purpose of the law, that is, goal of
the law, is to bring the sinner to Christ. Christ is the fulfillment
of the law for righteousness to everyone that believe it,
and Christ is the termination of the law. Now, don't leave
me. Don't get angry with me. But
Christ, as far as the believer is concerned, has terminated
that law in two senses. First of all, because He is our
representative, our Redeemer, we are not under the law as a
covenant of life. That old covenant as it stood
with Adam was this, do and live. And we are not under the law
in that sense. The law of love under which we
live is this, believe and live. Believe and live. That's our
covenant. And we're not under the law as
a curse. The law cannot curse a believer.
Demons cannot curse a believer. Even the Heavenly Father cannot
curse a believer, for there is no curse, no condemnation to
them who are in Christ. Who, Paul said, in heaven, earth,
or hell can lay anything to the charge of God's elect? Who is
he that condemneth? It is Christ that died. So I'm
not under the law as a covenant of life. I'm not under the law
as a curse. For as I am concerned, that law
as a covenant and as a curse has been terminated. Christ is
the end of the law. That's the reason I can rest.
I can rest. All right, secondly, turn to
Genesis 3.15. Come unto me, Christ said, I
am the end of the law. I can rest. I can find in him
sweet rest because it's for me He's the purpose, the fulfillment,
and the end of that law. All right, secondly, he's the
conqueror of Satan. Genesis 3.15, here's the first
gospel sermon ever preached on this earth. The first gospel
sermon. It was a memorable message, for
Jehovah himself was the preacher. The human race and Satan himself. was the audience, and the sermon
had four points, Genesis 3, 15. And I will put enmity between
thee and the woman. The first point in this sermon
was this, Satan is our enemy, sin is our enemy, and sin and
Satan are the enemies of our Lord. This world is our enemy. Our Lord said that. Marvel not,
my brethren, if the world hate you. The world is not your friend,
and he that would be the friend of the world, the world system,
is the enemy of God. That's what Scripture says. Turn
to James chapter 4, verse 4. Listen to this Scripture here.
James chapter 4, verse 4. James writes, in James 4, verse
4, You adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship
of the world is enmity with God? You can't serve God and mammon.
No man can serve two masters. Whosoever, therefore, will be
a friend of the world is the enemy of God. This world is our
enemy. That's the first message our
Father declared in that first gospel message. He says, Satan
is your enemy. And then in Ephesians chapter
6, verse 12, he says, "...we wrestle not against flesh and
blood." Brethren, we were just talking in the study a moment
ago. That's the reason Paul says, "...for the strong to take heed
lest they fall." Now some of us may be under the opinion in
under the impression that we are strong people, we're strong
believers in grace, we're strong Christians, we'll stand regardless
of what takes place. But now, I say we cannot be saved
except by the grace of God, and we cannot stand except by the
grace of God. And I'm saying that you and I
do not realize just how powerful an enemy we have. We wrestle
not against flesh and blood. If that were our enemies, if
that were our only enemies, it would be a different story. But
we are surrounded with principalities and powers and rulers of the
darkness. And I'll tell you, if Almighty
God released all of their venom and their hatred and their subtlety
and power, we would crumble like a moth in a flame. We're dependent
on his grace every moment, every hour, every day. Satan's your
enemy. And the only thing that holds
him away from you now is the grace of God. What if God said
to you this night, Satan hath desired thee, that he might sift
thee as we. I don't know any word that would
scare me more." Even the angel Gabriel wouldn't tackle Satan.
He said, the Lord rebuked thee, Satan. Lucifer. And I'll tell
you, we think we've got a little strength against temptation,
a little strength against trial, a little strength against depression,
a little strength against this, that, and the other. Our only
strength is Christ. and his grace. If God unleashed
upon you the forces of evil like he did upon Job, you'd crumble
as a straw before a tornado. Satan's your enemy, but thank
God he's my Lord's enemy, too. And this sermon goes on. That's
the first point. He just says, Satan's your enemy.
Recognize your enemy! And you'll know from which source
you'll have to get your strength. When Gabriel stood there face
to face with Lucifer, disputing over the body of Moses, he wouldn't
tackle him. He says, The Lord rebuketh thee.
And I'll tell you, brethren, here I stand. I'm a child of
God. I'm redeemed by the blood of Christ. But if God didn't
have me hedged about, I'd crumble in a moment, and so would you.
And you still can, and I still can, except by His grace. Because our enemies, contrary
to what we might believe, are not just flesh and blood. I wouldn't
do this, I wouldn't do that, just hold it there. Except for
the grace of God. What if you and I had to endure
just a part of Job's trials, huh? What if we had to endure
just a little of Paul's trials? What if we had to endure just
a little of John Bunyan's trials? except by God's grace. Satan,
thy enemy. And then he says the second point
in this message, he says, I'll put enmity between thee and the
woman, between thy seed and her seed. And then he says, the Messiah
will come through the virgin, the seed of woman. That's the
second point. I'll put enmity between thy seed
and her seed. Her seed is Christ. We are the
seed of man. Christ is the seed of woman.
He said, Behold, the Lord himself shall give you a sign, a virgin
shall conceive and bring forth a son. The conqueror of Satan
is not the seed of man. He's not one of Adam's sons.
The conqueror of the seed of Satan, the conqueror of Satan,
is the Son of God, the seed of woman. Thou shalt call his name
Emmanuel. Unto us a child is born, unto
us a son is given, his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor,
the Mighty God, Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace, the Lord
Jesus Christ. And on that memorable night in
Bethlehem he came." That's the second point in this myth. First
point, your enemy is Satan. That's your enemy, Satan. Principalities,
powers, rulers of the darkness. An enemy you cannot overcome.
An enemy you cannot tackle. An enemy that can destroy you
in a moment. God hedged you about by His grace,
but He's going to send a conqueror. That conqueror shall be the woman
seen. Now look at the next line. The
last line. Satan, thou shalt bruise his
heel. all through his life, and finally
on Calvary's cross, he is healed. That is, his lower nature, his
human nature, was bruised and battered and persecuted and tried
by Satan. From the time he was born in
Bethlehem's manger as a little babe, they had to run here and
there with him because he was pursued by the powers of darkness. Yes, his heel was bruised, but
the fourth point is, the conqueror shall bruise your head. You bruise
his heel, he's going to crack your power. He's going to destroy
your power. When you destroy the head, you
destroy life, you destroy the power, you destroy the kingdom. By his death, the conqueror hath
overthrown Satan. And his doom is sealed. My enemy's
been defeated. Not by me. Not by my vows and
determinations and resolutions and promises. I make them all,
but I hadn't faced him yet. I hadn't faced him. Do you think, listen, if you
just consider for a moment if God turns Satan loose on you,
like he did on Job. And don't you think for a moment
that Satan has immutable power, infinite power. He does not.
He's not Almighty. God's Almighty. And he only can
move if God permits him. And if God Almighty permits him.
And God better not permit him to move your way, because I promise
you with all the sincerity of my soul, you are no match for
him. You are no match for him. Our Father Adam and Eve, created
in the image of God, righteous, upright, They couldn't handle
him. And do you think in your fallen
condition that you would be any match for him who was created
first in power above all of God's creation? Principalities and
powers. Think about that the next time
you feel so good and righteous and pious and holy. Think about
that sometime when you're looking down upon the fallen and sitting
in judgment upon your friends and neighbors and brothers and
sisters. Think about it. You haven't met that arch-fiend
of hell yet. You better pray, by God's grace,
you don't need him. Lo, by the sons of hell he died,
but as he was hanging between earth and sky, He gave Satan
a fatal blow and he triumphed over the powers below. He whipped
them all. And I can rest. I can rest. Because my Lord has conquered
my chief enemy. I can rest. Now he's out there,
but he can't touch me unless God lets him. And if God's pleased
to let him, it'll be for God's glory and my good. But I don't
want to be lifted up and haughty and arrogant in spirit. I couldn't
handle it, and I don't want to meet it. I don't want to. I want
God to save me by His grace and cleanse me by His grace and keep
me by His grace. You know what the Lord Jesus
said for you to pray? You read that prayer, Our Father
which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread, forgive us our debts as we forgive our
debtors, deliver us from what? From evil. You studied your Bible
enough to know what that word is? Deliver us from the evil
one. That's exactly what that word
is. Deliver us from the evil one. He didn't say deliver us
from evil, deliver us from going to the picture show and deliver
us from playing a game of cards, deliver us from this, deliver
us from the evil one. Now you check on that, don't
believe that because I said that, but it's so whether I said it
or not, deliver us from the evil one. Because he's there and he's
your enemy, that's what he says here, I'll put enmity between
thee and the woman. He's not only Christ's enemy,
he's Christ's body's enemy. And you better turn him over
to the Savior. And you better run and ski-daddle. Christ said,
How awkward I've gathered you unto myself, as a hen doth gather
her brood. That's where you better hide.
Under his wings, I'm safely abiding. Though the night deepen and darkness
be wild, under his wings, I'm no match. I'm like that little
chickabiddy out there, you know, the Lord Jesus going to have
to shelter me under his wings. That's what David talked about.
All right, John 16. I can rest, though, because Satan's
been defeated. He's been defeated by my Lord.
He's not out of business yet, but he's been defeated. He's
been defeated. In John 16.33, now listen to
this, I can rest, John 16.33, because my Lord has overcome
the world. He says in John 16.33, these
things I've spoken, and all these things I'm saying, we can't handle. We turn them over to him. I can
find rest because Christ is the end of the law. And that tremendous
law of God, I can't handle it. Christ is the conqueror of Satan.
I can't handle him. I can't handle one of his little
messenger boys, much less him. I don't want him zero in on me,
do you? I don't want him zero in on this
church. We ought to pray that every day. Oh, God, deliver us
from thee. And Christ is the overcomer of
this world. He says, These things have I
spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. Now in the
world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have
overcome the world. And when these words were spoken,
to the disciples. Our Lord was about to leave them.
He was going to the cross to die for their sins. He was going
to ascend back to the Father. And He tells them, in this world,
you're going to have trouble. Trouble. They'll cast you out
of organized religion. They'll hate you for my sake.
Those who kill you will think that they're doing God a service.
But be of good cheer. I've met this world and I've
overcome it. I've overcome it. And in the
same strength and in the same grace, you can overcome it. We can overcome by the blood
of the Lamb, by the strength of the Lamb, by the power of
the Lamb who has overcome the world. How did he do it? Well,
first of all, he met their error with truth. Our Lord Jesus Christ
never modified his message to please men. He said, I speak
those things that I've seen and I've heard. I speak those things
I've seen and I've heard. He met their error with truth. And then he met their hatred.
Oh, despised and rejected of men. A man of sorrow, acquainted
with grief, lied on. called a blasphemer, called a
winebibber, called a gluttonous man, called a friend of harlots,
publicans and sinners. He met that hate with love. He loved the unlovely. He loved
those who hated him. Even from that cross, our Lord
spoke, Father, forgive them. They don't know what they're
doing. He overcame the hatred of this world with love. And then he met their flattery
with dedication. They would have made him king.
Here he comes, riding on the donkey, and they're throwing
palm branches, and they're crying, Hosanna! Hosanna unto him that
cometh in the name of the Lord! Hail, King of kings, Jesus Christ! Why, they would have made him
king. Did he yield to their flattery? Our Lord met their flattery with
these words, My kingdom's not of this world. My kingdom's not
of this world. If old Satan cannot destroy a
man with opposition, he'll destroy him with cooperation. If old
Satan can't destroy a man with poverty, he'll destroy him with
prosperity. If old Satan cannot destroy a
man with a hatred of this world, he'll make the world come to
his door with flattery. He's subtle. And they came to
Christ. They came first with hatred,
and then they came with praise. And our Lord overcame both of
them. And then He overcame their unfaithfulness with patience.
Even His disciples forsook Him and fled. Even His own denied
they knew Him. Even his disciples sold him out. But having loved his own, he
loved them to the end. No way. And he met their false
accusations with silence. Why, they said, he's a blasphemer.
He's trying to take the throne of Caesar. Scripture said he
opened not his mouth. Let them rant. Let them rave.
Let them bring their false accusation. Overcome this world. Brethren,
let us face the world and its trials without fear. Let us return hatred. Let us return love for hatred,
truth for error, dedication for flattery. Its hatred, its trials,
it cannot hurt us. All of its fierce anger can never
prevail, for Christ said, the gates of hell can't prevail against
my church. We can rest. Our Lord Jesus Christ
overcame this world. And then in the next place, our
Lord Jesus Christ, Revelation 21, 5. I can rest. I can rest
because He makes all things new. In Revelation 21.5 it says, He
that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. I make all things new. One writer
said, The word new seems to harmonize sweetly with the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, for He's the mediator of a new covenant. The
old covenant failed. But as the second Adam, he fulfilled
all things and restored his own and hath given to us in that
new covenant, that new testament, life eternal. Then he makes us
new creatures in Christ. He doesn't take the old sinner
and patch him up. He doesn't take the old sinner
and put a little clay in, dab up with a little mortar the places
where he's got a few holes. He says if any man be in Christ,
he's a new person, a new creature. A new heart I'll give you, a
new nature, a new family, a new life, a new person, a new purpose."
And then he opened for us into the presence of the Father a
new way. Let us come boldly before the
presence of God, the throne of grace. Through that new and living
way, open for us through the veil. by the precious sacrifice
and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. A new way! And then He creates
a new heaven and a new earth. Everything He touches is new.
The old heaven and the old earth will pass away. And then it says
over here in the book of Philippians, He's going to give me a new body.
He's going to change my vile body that it may be fashioned
like unto His glorious body. I can rest. Come unto Me. Come unto me, not to the altar,
not to the front, not to the baptismal pool, not to the doctrine,
not to the Baptist church or Methodist church or Presbyterian
church or any other organization. You come to me, I'll give you
rest. Behold, I make all things new. All authority is given unto me
in heaven and earth. preach the gospel. He that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved. He that believeth not shall be
damned. I make all things new. All right, the fifth. 1 Corinthians
15. I can rest in Christ because
my Lord Jesus Christ makes all things new. And then in the fifth
place, He's the destroyer of death, 1 Corinthians 15, 25.
For He must reign. And brethren, He does reign.
He's the Lord. He's God. He's reigning. He's
not going to be king. He is king. He must reign over
the realms of creation, providence, and salvation. He must reign. He died that he might be Lord
of the dead and the living. He must reign till he hath put
all enemies under his feet. And the last enemy that shall
be destroyed is death. Now, brethren, my greatest enemy
is not death. Now, I know a lot of people,
they think that's their greatest enemy. Death is their greatest
enemy. It's not sin's your greatest enemy. Satan is your greatest enemy.
Better to die than to sin. Isn't that right? But thank God Christ has broken
the power and penalty of sin. He is the end of the law as a
curse. Sin has been done away with as
far as the believer is concerned. He's broken its power. He's destroyed
its penalty. One of these days, its presence
too. But he says all these enemies
are going to be destroyed in their proper order. He had conquered
sin, he had conquered Satan, and one of these days he conquered
death. But that's the last enemy. Now
let me give you some advice. Give myself some too. Now if
our Lord says that death is the last enemy to be destroyed, then
let it be last. Let it be last. Don't change
the divine order. Don't be concerned with death
right now. Be concerned with Christ. Be
concerned with living. Whether I live or whether I die,
I am the Lord's. We labor, whether living or dead,
we may be accepted of Him. For me to live is Christ, to
die is gain. But right now I'm concerned with
the business of living. When the time comes, He'll take
care of the dying. He'll give me dying grace when
I need dying grace. A man came to Mr. Spurgeon one day and he said,
Mr. Spurgeon, he said, I'm concerned about dying. What are you concerned
about, my friend? I'm just concerned whether or
not I'll witness a good testimony when I come to die. I'm worried
about the fact of whether or not I'll have dying grace. Virgin
said, are you dying, my friend? He said, no, sir. What do you
need dying grace for? No use getting a boat if there's
no river to cross. When you come to the river, God
will have a boat there. When you come to die, he'll give
you dying grace. He's told Paul, my grace is sufficient. If we can live this moment, if
we can live this hour and redeem the time for God's glory and
walk in pairs of fellowship with Him and know where the source
of strength and power and grace comes from and depend on it,
now if you step out here and get a little spiritually cocky,
God may let you find out that you can't stand. God may let
you find out the hard way where your strength is from. But now,
when you come to die, he'll give you dying bread, the last enemy
that shall be destroyed. Now, for my sake, he has destroyed
the covenant of works. He has destroyed the curse of
the law. He has conquered Satan. He's
made all things new. Got one more enemy to go. One
more enemy to go. And the hymn writer put it this
way, and I'm going to close with this, "'Tis sweet to rest in
living hope that when my change shall come, angels will hover
around my bed and take my spirit home. Then shall my disimprisoned
soul behold him and adore, being his likeness satisfied in grief
and sin no more. I shall see him wear that flesh
on which my guilt was lain his love intense, his merits fresh
as though but newly slain. These eyes shall see him in that
day, my Lord who died for me, and all my rising joys shall
say, Lord who is like unto thee. O may the beauty of this truth
forever with me stay. until my blessed Lord says, "'Tis
done,' and calls my soul away." Just rest there. Just rest. Young people, they'll tell you
differently out there in the world. Your human nature will tell you
differently, and Satan will whisper differently in your ear. But
that's where rest is, it's in Christ. You come to Him. And He's not down here, He's
out there and out yonder and over there and yonder. He's everywhere. You come to Him in your heart.
He'll give you rest.
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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