Hereby Know



By this, we know that we abide,
Because He gave us His Spirit;
And our faith has been applied,
By showing through our merit.

For we have seen and testify,
The Father looks on us with favor;
When we not ever would deny,
His Son being our Savior.

To confess Jesus as the Son,
The Father will abide in you;
For He as the Anointed One,
A sincerity that is true.

We have come to know and believe,
Of the loves the God has for us;
And for salvation we receive,
Shining in His glory as thus.

Herein is a love made perfect,
So that we may have confidence;
The Day of Judgement would reject,
Those without a righteous defense.

For there is never fear in love,
Because perfect love casts out fear;
With no punishment from thereof,
Knowing that Jesus Christ is near.

We love because He first loved us,
To love God but hate your brother;
You make God a liar as thus,
To love God and hate another.

He that loves his brother loves God,
Though the love of God is unseen;
But while you honor and laud,
Love of brother also has been.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer

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God Is Love 1 John 4:13-21

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Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IXIX JKJK HDHD XXXX D
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
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Words 242
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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