Analysis of Christian Living



Be submissive to your rulers,
Obedient to magistrates;
Follow the law as it orders,
The authority advocates.

Speak evil not to anyone,
Not a brawler avoid quarrels;
Rather let gentleness be done,
By remembering your morals.

For we had been once led astray,
Foolish and disobedient;
As passions made us disobey,
Pleasures as a recipient.

Passing our days with envy,
Jealousy hated another;
But guilt made life to feel heavy,
After knowing Christ as a Brother.

Loving kindness from the Savior,
Not from the works that we had done;
But mercy and grace brought favor,
From the Father and through the Son.

Washing of regeneration,
Renewed through the Holy Spirit;
Guaranteed giving salvation,
Through both faith and our merit.

Richly through Christ whom He poured out,
That being justified by grace;
Eternal life without a doubt,
In which the Father does embrace.

I urge you for you to insist,
That those who do believe in God;
Affirming that He does exist,
Revering to honor and laud.

Devote yourself by doing good,
Excellent works as done for all;
As profitable as it should,
Preventing you taking a fall.

But avoiding foolish questions,
Any quarrels about the law;
Rather constructive suggestions,
Reduces chances of any flaw.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme AXAX BCBC DEDE FGFG GBGB BHBH IJIJ KXKX LMLM NONO G
Poetic Form
Metre 10101110 0100110 10011110 00100100 1101110 1010110 10110011 10100110 11111101 1000100 1101101 10100100 10101110 10010010 11111110 101011010 10101010 11011111 11001110 10100101 10101010 01101010 0110010 11101010 10111111 1101011 01010101 01010101 11111101 11110101 01011101 01011001 01011101 10011111 11000111 01011001 10101010 10100101 10010010 010101101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,225
Words 210
Sentences 11
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 41
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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Be Ready for Every Good Work Titus 3:1-9

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Written on September 02, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on September 01, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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