Analysis of Faith Alone



My heart wishes to pray for them,
That another is ably saved;
So that the Lord does not condemn,
Because of the sin that enslaved.

For I bear witness they have zeal,
But without knowledge or wisdom;
Having no faith able to heal,
Scars for entering His Kingdom.

Not aware of the righteousness,
Seeking to establish their own;
They have been filled with carelessness,
God is unable to condone.

They never submitted to God,
About confession of their past;
The reason why they have been flawed,
Faith that is humbled to downcast.

Jesus is the end of the Law,
For righteousness those who believed;
The Holy Spirit heals the flaw,
Before righteousness is received.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF XGXG HIHI X
Poetic Form
Metre 11101111 10101101 11011101 01101101 11110111 10110110 10111011 11100110 10110100 10101011 11111100 11010101 11001011 01010111 01011111 1111011 10101101 11001101 01010101 01100101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 703
Words 144
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Righteousness by Faith Romans 10:1-4

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Written on April 24, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on April 23, 2023

Modified on April 25, 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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