Analysis of Separation to God



Be not yoked with unbelievers,
Righteousness contradicts lawless;
For they are never receivers,
Of salvation like the flawless.

Light associates not with dark,
Nor believers with gentiles;
Because of the path they embark,
Having different lifestyles.

What agreement has the temple,
With idols for the living God;
He will dwell there with the people,
As they show Him honor and laud.

Therefore go out from amongst them,
Separate from their unclean things;
Because our Lord does condemn,
By touching all that Satan brings.

The Lord welcomes you in His arms,
You shall be His sons and daughters;
Shielding you from the one that harms,
When bathed in baptismal waters

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme AAAA BABA CXCX DADA AAAA X
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 1000110 11110010 10101010 10100111 101011 01101101 101001 10101010 11010101 11111010 11111001 1111011 1011011 01101101 11011101 01101011 11111010 10110111 11001010 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 708
Words 138
Sentences 5
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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The Temple of the Living God 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

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Written on July 07, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on July 06, 2022

Modified on April 06, 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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