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1 John 4:4

First Nations Version

Much-loved children, you have been born of Creator and have won the victory over these false prophets. For the Spirit in you is much greater than the spirit in the world.

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What more can be said? If Creator stands with us, who can stand against us?


Whoever has the Great Spirit as their Father wins the victory over the ways of the world. For it is our trust in him and his way of love that wins the victory.


But as we walk the path of the one who loved us, then, like him, we are greater and more powerful than all who come against us.


We have come to know and trust the love Creator has for us. The Great Spirit is love. He remains in those who love and keep on loving, and they remain in him.


We have not received the spirit of the world, but we have received Creator’s Spirit. This is how we can know the things that have been gifted to us by the Great Spirit.


We know that we are children of the Great Spirit. We know that the evil one rules over the ways of this world.


We know that we live in him and he lives in us because Creator has shared his Spirit with us.


Last of all, I must remind you that we are all fighting in a spiritual battle. We are weak human beings, so let your strength come from our Great Warrior Chief.


In this way, the Chosen One will make his home in your heart. I pray that as you trust in him, your roots will go deep into the soil of his great love,


Creator’s holy ones won the victory over him by the lifeblood shed by the Lamb and by boldly telling his story, and, when faced with death, they loved him more than they loved their own lives.


The ones who follow these instructions remain in him, and he remains in them. We know that he remains in us by the Spirit he has gifted to us.


It is a sign to you that it is now time for the Great Spirit to make his final decision about this world. The evil one who now rules this world will be defeated and thrown down.


In the same way you are in me, I will be in them, beautifully joined together as one. This is the reason you sent me into this world, to show that you love them just as you love me.


We are of the Great Spirit, and those who know the Great Spirit listen to us. The ones who are not of the Great Spirit do not listen to us. This is how we can tell the Spirit that is true from the spirit that is false.


Do spirit-images have any place in Creator’s sacred lodge? For we are his sacred lodge, and Creator lives in us. The Great Spirit himself has said, “I will make my home in them and walk among them. I will be their Great Spirit, and they will be my people.”


I write to you elders because you have known the one who was there from the beginning. I write to you young ones because you have won the victory over the evil trickster.


It has been said, “Our stomachs want food, so why not give our stomachs what they want?” But we must remember that Creator will do away with both the need for food and for stomachs. We should use our bodies for the purpose they were created for, not for uncontrolled desires, but to bring honor to our Great Chief.


Our broken ways caused us to miss the mark and wander from the good path, following the worthless ways of this world. We all once walked the dark path of the evil one who rules the spiritual atmosphere of this world, that evil spirit who is at work in human beings who have lost their way.


The final decision about this world will come because Accuser (Satan)—the ruler of this world—has been found guilty.


For the ones who do not believe have been blinded in their minds by the evil spirit-ruler of this present world. This blindness keeps them from seeing the light that shines when the good story is told about the beauty of the Chosen One, who is the only one who fully represents the Great Spirit.


There is only a little time left for me to talk with you. The dark ruler of this world is coming. His power over me is nothing,


My much-loved children, I am writing these things to you so you will not walk a path of broken ways. But if anyone does, we have one who represents us before our Father the Great Spirit. He is Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, who has always done what is right.





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