Analysis of The New Life in Christ



So what should we ever say,
Should we continue to sin?
Grace comes when we disobey,
But still corrupted within.

By no means that God forbid,
To live in sin means we lied;
Thinking of the sin we hid,
Not exposed when we have died.

Do you not know when baptized,
Into Christ and in His death;
You are legitimatized,
Being given a new breath.

For we were buried with Him,
By baptism into death;
Letting the darkness grow dim,
Giving rebirth and new breath.

As Christ was raised from the dead,
The glory of the Father;
With newness in life is fed,
Making Christ our Brother.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD XECE FEFE GHGH H
Poetic Form
Metre 1111101 1101011 111101 1101001 1111101 1101111 1010111 1011111 1111101 0110011 111 1010011 1101011 1100011 1001011 1001011 1111101 0101010 1100111 1011010 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 615
Words 137
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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Dead to Sin, Alive to God Romans 6:1-4

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Written on January 16, 2023

Submitted by sir_ricky on January 15, 2023

Modified on March 22, 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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