Analysis of Spirit against Flesh



Works of the flesh are manifest,
Impurity is evident;
Immorality and incest,
Causes one to be decadent.

Envy will promote jealousy,
Bringing idolatry to life;
Challenge one to a rivalry,
Which will lead to hardship and strife.

These prevent you to inherit,
And enter the Kingdom of God;
Established from wicked merit,
Which is causing you to be flawed.

The fruit of the Spirit is love,
Having joy and peace through patience;
The kindness and goodness thereof,
Makes self-control in your conscience.

Against such things, there is no law,
Those who are meek belong to Christ;
Since flesh desires cause a flaw,
That makes the heart to be enticed.

For if we live by the Spirit,
Then we must continue the pace;
The goodness is in our merit,
Rewarded by God with His grace.

Let us not become conceited,
A desirous glory in vain;
Salvation would be defeated,
And cause your soul to have a stain.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG HIHI EJEJ KLKL X
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110 01001100 010001 10111100 10101100 10010011 10110100 11111001 10111010 01001011 01011010 11101111 01101011 10101110 0100101 11010110 01111111 11110111 11010101 11011101 11111010 11101001 010101010 01011111 11101010 00101001 01011010 01111101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 935
Words 196
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Keep in Step with the Spirit Galatians 5:19-26

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Written on September 26, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on September 25, 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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