# “The inexhaustible theme of redeeming love” by John Newton

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- Published: 2023-09-09T12:00:39-05:00
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“It is a shame for a Christian and a minister to say he has no subject at hand, 
when the inexhaustible theme of redeeming love is ever pressing upon our attention.

I will tell you then, though you know it, that the Lord reigns.

He who once bore our sins, and carried our sorrows, is seated upon a throne of glory,
and exercises all power in heaven and on earth. Thrones, principalities, and powers,
bow before Him.

Every event in the kingdoms of providence and of grace is under His rule. His providence
pervades and manages the whole, and is as minutely attentive to every part as if
there were only that single object in His view.

From the tallest archangel to the meanest ant or fly, all depend on Him for their
being, their preservation, and their powers. He directs the sparrows where to build
their nests, and to find their food.

He overrules the rise and fall of nations, and bends, with an invincible energy 
and unerring wisdom, all events, so that while many intend nothing less, in the 
issue their designs all concur and coincide in the accomplishment of His holy will.

He restrains with a mighty hand the still more formidable efforts of the powers 
of darkness, and Satan with all his hosts cannot exert their malice a hair’s-breadth
beyond the limits of His permission.

This is He who is the head and husband of His believing people. How happy are they
whom it is His good pleasure to bless!

How safe are they whom He has engaged to protect! How honoured and privileged are
they to whom He is pleased to manifest Himself, and whom He enables and warrants
to claim Him as their friend and their portion!

Having redeemed them by His own blood, He sets a high value upon them. He esteems
them His treasure, His jewels, and keeps them as the apple of his eye.

They shall not want. They need not fear. His eye is upon them in every situation,
His ear is open to their prayers, and His everlasting arms are under them for their
sure support.

On earth He guides their steps, controls their enemies, and directs all His dispensations
for their good.

While in heaven He is pleading their cause, preparing them a place, and communicating
down to them reviving foretastes of the glory that shall be shortly revealed.

O how is this mystery hidden from an unbelieving world! Who can believe it, till
it is made known by experience, what an intercourse is maintained in this land of
shadows between the Lord of glory and sinful worms!

How should we praise Him that He has visited us!

For we were once blind to His beauty, and insensible to His love, and should have
remained so to the last, had He not prevented us with His goodness, and been found
of us when we sought Him not.”

–John Newton, [_The Works of John Newton_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1848715110?tag=toletaupanre-20),
[_Volume 2_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1848715110?tag=toletaupanre-20) (Carlisle,
PA: Banner of Truth, 1988), 2: 90-91.

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