By Grace Through Faith



You were dead in iniquities,
Through all your trespasses and sin;
From immoral activities,
That has corrupted you within.

Wherein in time past that you walked,
Following the course of this world;
Since the prince of the air had talked,
Disobedience had unfurled.

Among whom we all had once lived,
To satisfy our compassions;
Desires of mind are not sieved,
Allowing disgraceful fashions.

But being rich in His mercy,
Because of compassionate love;
God opened our eyes to see,
As His blessings flowed from above.

Although we were dead in sinning,
He made us alive within Christ;
By grace for a new beginning,
Mercy and grace that has enticed.

We are raised up from our death,
Seated us with Him in Heaven;
The Holy Spirit gave new breath,
Through salvation that was given.

In the coming age He might show,
Exceeding riches of His grace;
In His kindness that we will know,
When we will see Him face to face.

Through faith by grace you have been saved,
And this is not your own doing;
To stop letting you be enslaved,
Iniquities from pursuing.

Of your own works not a result,
That no one is able to boast;
Rather a spiritual adult,
With grace from the heavenly Host.

Because we are His workmanship,
Created in Christ for the good;
Allowing us to get a grip,
Each and everything that we should.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer

About this poem

From Death to Life Ephesians 2:1–10

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Written on December 09, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on December 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABAB CDCD XACA AEAE FGFG HIHI JAJA KFKF LMLM NONO X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,341
Words 287
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 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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