Analysis of Christ Centrality



Christ is the image of God,
Firstborn of all creation;
The unseen God that we laud,
That offers us salvation.

By Him, all was created,
Both in Heaven and on earth;
That God is elated,
All creatures with given birth.

Whether thrones or dominions,
Either seen or as unseen;
Gathering for communions,
At the present and has been.

And He is before all things,
In Him all hold together;
All things consist of that brings,
In His house where we gather.

Of the body, He is the head,
And who is the beginning;
As the firstborn of the dead,
Salvation who are sinning.

For all the fullness of God,
The Father is pleased to dwell;
In Him cure where one is flawed,
Makes them spiritually well.

Through Him as reconciled,
From the blood upon the cross;
Righteously undefiled,
As our gain from His loss.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABCB DEDE FXFX FGFG HIHI AJCJ XFAF G
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011 1111010 0011111 1101010 1111010 1010011 111010 1101101 10111 1011101 10011 1010011 0110111 0111010 1101111 0111110 10101101 0110010 1011101 0101110 1101011 0101111 0111111 11100001 11110 1010101 1001 1101111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 836
Words 184
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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The Preeminence of Christ Colossians 1:15-20

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Written on May 08, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on May 07, 2022

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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