# “The goodness of a wonder-working God” by John Newton

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- Published: 2015-01-12T12:00:31-06:00
- Author: tollelege

“The believer shall so conquer in the close of the campaign, that he shall never
hear the sound of war any more and so conquer in time as to triumph to eternity.

This we owe to Jesus. We overcome not by our own might, but by the blood of the 
Lamb, and by the word of His testimony.

He has conquered for us, and He goes before us, and He fights in us by His Spirit,
and in His own time He will bruise Satan under our feet.

In the meanwhile, He will be your strength and your shield. He will be your song
and your salvation. In His name you may lift up your banner, and bid defiance to
Satan and all his hosts…

I think, when the Lord permits us all to meet here again together, we shall have
much to say on the subject of redeeming love.

We shall have much to ascribe to the wisdom, the power, and the goodness of a wonder-
working God, who causes light to shine out of darkness, and has given us the light
of the knowledge of His glory in the person of Jesus Christ.

What an amazing change in our state, in our heart, in our views, is the result of
this discovery! Old things pass away. All things become new.

Then we see how unavoidably we must be _men wondered at by all_ who have not experienced
the same things, and we are content to be so for His sake who has loved us, and 
to account His cross our glory.

Believe me to be, my dear Sir, most affectionately your’s, in the nearest and strongest
bond of friendship,

John Newton”

–John Newton [“_Letter V_ to Mr. William Cowper, March 15, 1770,” in _The Works of John Newton_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0851519512?tag=toletaupanre-20),
Ed. Richard Cecil (London: Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1824), 6: 155–156.

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