Analysis of Certainty of Testimony



He who came by water and blood,
The Holy Spirit testifies;
Just like Noah endured the flood,
The triune God will not tell lies.

For the Spirit has told the truth,
As all three will always agree;
That you knew about since your youth,
With faith in what you do not see.

There are three that do bear witness,
That these three correspond as one;
Blesses with spiritual fitness,
The Father, Spirit, and the Son.

Whoever believes in the Son,
In being as the Son of God;
Believes what Jesus Christ had done,
Was crucified not as a fraud.

Unbelief makes God a liar,
Of His Son born of the Spirit;
Will die in the Lake of Fire,
Not be blest for to inherit.

For God gave us eternal life,
Eternal life is in His Son;
Free from all of the earthly strife,
Given salvation that was won.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF FXFX GHGH IFIF G
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11111001 0101010 11100101 0111111 10101101 1111101 11101111 11011111 11111110 1110111 101100010 01010001 01001001 01010111 01110111 1101101 111010 11111010 11001110 11111010 11110101 01011011 11110101 10010111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 820
Words 184
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Testimony Concerning the Son of God 1 John 5:6-12

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Written on May 13, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on May 12, 2024

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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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