Analysis of No Other Gospel



I marvel that you soon desert,
Who called you in the grace of Christ;
Not even thinking to avert,
Worldly pleasures that have enticed.

You turn to another gospel,
Not that there is another one;
And distorted to the people,
How the Father gave us His Son.

Even an angel from Heaven,
And should preach that is contrary;
Let him be accursed as given,
Blasphemous not statuary.

If anyone would be preaching,
Contrary to what you believe;
Attempting falsified teaching,
Condemnation they should receive.

If I were trying to please man,
I am not a servant of Christ;
Conflicting with God and His plan,
And why Jesus was sacrificed.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD DEDE FGFG HBHB X
Poetic Form
Metre 11011110 11100111 11010101 10101101 11101010 11110101 00101010 10101111 10110110 01111100 1111110 1001100 1101110 10011101 0101010 0101101 11010111 11101011 01011011 0110110 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 670
Words 139
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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Perfect As Is Galatians 1:6-10

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Written on June 29, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on June 28, 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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