Analysis of As One in Christ



Remember that at one time,
You in the flesh Gentiles;
Considered it as a crime,
Circumcised a lifestyle.

For that, you were at that time,
Were separated from Christ;
While being in your prime,
Iniquities have enticed.

Strangers of the commonwealth,
Aliens to the promise;
Lacking a spiritual health,
Not concerned about justice.

You have no hope without God,
But through Christ you are not far;
His blood is cleansing where flawed,
Making you a shining star.

Because He is our peace,
In His flesh has broken down;
A divided wall to cease,
Having worn a thorny crown.

Abolish the fleshy law,
Expressed in the ordinance;
Make your peace to cleanse the flaw,
Let the Lord be your defense.

Be reconciled to God,
In one body through the cross;
Giving Him honor and laud,
Give hostility a loss.

For He came in preaching peace,
That peace to those who were near;
Of spiritism increase,
For all those that will revere.

For through Him we have access,
To the Father through Spirit;
Of our faults, we confess,
Guaranteed to inherit.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,071
Words 229
Sentences 10
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 18

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Unity in the Spirit Ephesians 2:11-18

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Written on April 03, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on April 02, 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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