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1 Peter 1:23

First Nations Version

You have been given new birth through the living word of the Great Spirit. This living Word is like a seed planted within you that will never decay and will remain to the time beyond the end of all days.

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All blessings belong to the Great Spirit, the Father of our Honored Chief, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One! In his great mercy, when he raised Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One from the dead, we were given new birth, and our hope came to life. We now share with the Chosen One all the blessings he has received.


For the Word of the Great Spirit is alive, powerful, and sharper than any two-edged long knife. His Word cuts deep into the inner being, separating soul from spirit and joints from marrow. His Word uncovers the true nature of the human heart, its thoughts and intentions.


“I speak from my heart,” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) answered, “Only one who has been born from above can see Creator’s good road.”


They are born in a new way, not from a human father’s plans or desires, but born from above—by the Great Spirit.


“Life comes from the spirit, not from the human body. My words have spirit and life in them—


We know that all who have the Great Spirit as their Father do not continue to walk in broken ways. They are kept safe by the Son, who fully represents his Father, and the evil one cannot harm them.


Creator is the one who chose to birth us into being by his word of truth so that we would be the first of all creation to truly be who he made us to be.


“Listen closely,” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) answered. “One must be born of both water and spirit to walk Creator’s good road.


The earth and sky, as we know them, will fade away, but my words will never fade!


Those who have been born from the Great Spirit do not keep walking in broken ways. They are not able to, for Creator is their Father and he has planted his message deep within them to stay.


but Creator’s Word never fades away.” And that word is the good story that was told to you.


Through the Word all things came into being, and not one thing exists that he did not create.


They traded the beauty and honor of the Great Spirit, who has always existed, for carved images of short-lived human beings, winged ones, four-leggeds, and snakes that crawl on the ground.


“This is what the story means,” he told them. “The seed in this story is the teaching from the Great Spirit about his good road.





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