High Priest Apostle



There be any of you evil,
Leading you away from the Lord;
Leaning your heart towards the devil,
As Holy Scriptures are ignored.

Rather exhort one another,
As long as it is called today;
Deceitfulness to your brother,
Is a method for you to stray.

For we have come to share in Christ,
If indeed we hold confidence;
Are willing to be sacrificed,
In continued obedience.

Today, if we do hear His voice,
Do not try to harden your heart;
Rather go ahead and rejoice,
Thoughts of Him never to depart.

Who were those who heard and rebelled,
Was it not all those who had gone;
For forty years they were compelled,
Searched for the start of a new dawn.

For forty years how they had grieved,
Was not with any who did sin;
So they wandered had not believed,
Lacked their spiritual discipline.

And to whom that they had to swear,
That they would have entered his rest;
Disobedient and cannot share,
Believed in not doing his best.

We see that they were unable,
To enter for their unbelief;
With a lifestyle unstable,
Causing of strife that brought on grief.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer

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Jesus Greater Than Moses Hebrews 3:12-19

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Written on November 11, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on November 10, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KXKX LMLM ANAN C
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,094
Words 237
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1

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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