Faith in Christ

July 15, 2017 by Richard Newton Sherrer Leave a Comment

Praise God, Father of our Lord,
Through His mercy giving new birth;
Because He is loved and adored,
Since we value His priceless worth.

We have been born to a new life,
With confidence which is alive;
As we cope through toils of strife,
Until Jesus Christ will arrive.

An inheritance never destroyed,
Corrupted or to fade away;
No matter what we have employed,
That has blocked to go astray.

An inheritance kept for you,
Up in Heaven guarded by God;
As long as you do continue,
He will cure where we have been flawed.

Through faith we have a salvation,
That is ready to be revealed;
At the end times Revelation,
When the Book of Life is unsealed.

You are extremely glad of things,
Even though you have to suffer;
What kinds of trouble that it brings,
But Jesus is there to buffer.

Testing your faith reason for ills,
As fire tests genuine gold;
A faith that is more precious fills,
Honor and glory that is bold.

Although you have never seen Christ,
You proceed to love and believe;
Why His life had been sacrificed,
Knowing of what you will receive.

The prophets investigated,
As they did carefully research;
How much that was delegated,
To pastors and priests of the church.

Delegated to His Spirit,
That pastors will preach the Gospel;
So all of us will benefit,
Spreading it to all the people.

Copyright © 2017 Richard Newton Sherrer

About Richard Newton Sherrer

Richard Sherrer is actually retired from the United States Air Force about 14 years ago. He had lived in Korea while in the Air Force in 1972 and 1973. You might be asking yourself what brought him back to Korea. I guess you could say that it was a lot of love here, for the country, the people and especially for a Christian woman that he met on the Internet. She convinced him to return to be with her. So he came originally to teach English in July of 2000. They were married July of 2001. Now turned poet which is subject that is near and dear to his heart. His love for Christ and God is an inspiration to all who read his poetry.

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