Analysis of Divisive People



Watch for those who cause divisions,
Detours perverse to the doctrine;
Interpreting their opinions,
Without the needed discipline.

Avoid the teaching they have taught,
Because they are not serving Christ;
Their own appetites have been sought,
Of deceptive hearts, they enticed.

Your righteousness is known to all,
And so I rejoice over you;
That you do not falter or fall,
Because you are faithful and true.

I want you to be wise and good,
Innocent to what is evil;
Living your life the way you should,
Avoiding works of the devil.

The God of peace will crush Satan,
And crushing him under your feet;
The grace of the Lord will straighten,
His crooked path causes his defeat.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH BIBI X
Poetic Form
Metre 11111010 01011010 1001010 01010100 01010111 01111101 1110111 10101101 11001111 01101101 11111011 01111001 11111101 10011110 10110111 01011010 01111110 01011011 01101110 110110101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 720
Words 147
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) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Judging Error Romans 16:17-20

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Written on May 28, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on May 27, 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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