Analysis of Centrality of Christ



He is the image of the God,
The firstborn of all creation;
To whom we will honor and laud,
Has given our salvation.

By Him all things were created,
Up in Heaven and here on earth;
Overcome sin and defeated,
The wickedness from a new birth.

Whether thrones or authorities,
Or the rulers of their kingdom;
All created through complexities,
Through His knowledge and His wisdom.

He is always before all things,
In Him all things hold together;
Consisting that each person brings,
For worshipping as we gather.

He is the head, the beginning,
The firstborn as raised from the dead;
Keeping the righteous from sinning,
And the bread of life we are fed.

He might be the preeminence,
In Him is the fullness of God;
Giving us humbled confidence,
To avoid from becoming flawed.

And through Him be reconciled,
Whether on earth or in Heaven;
No longer to be defiled,
Makes peace that His blood has given.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABCB DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LALC XBAB I
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 01111010 11111001 11010010 11110010 10100111 1010010 01001011 10110100 10101110 101010100 11100110 1110111 01111010 01011101 11001110 11010010 01111101 10010110 00111111 11100100 01101011 10110100 10110101 011110 10111010 110111 11111110 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 939
Words 198
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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The Preeminence of Christ Colossians 1:15-20

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Written on January 03, 2023

Submitted by sir_ricky on January 02, 2023

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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