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1 Peter 1:25

First Nations Version

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

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I speak from my heart, as long as there is a sky above and an earth below, not even the smallest thing they have said will fade away, until everything they have said has found its full meaning and purpose.


There is one who has existed from the beginning. We heard his story. We saw him with our own eyes. We stared in wonder at him and touched him with our own hands. He is the one we call the Word of Life.


We have an even more sure word of prophecy—one that will guide you well if you follow it as you would a torch that shines in the dark. So stay alert until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.


Not one thing the Law or the Prophets have said will fail to come to pass. Their words are as sure as the sky above and the earth below.” In those days men would sometimes send their wives away for no good reason without giving them divorce papers, leaving them destitute and unable to properly remarry. Drawn from the Water (Moses), in the Law, said they must give a woman divorce papers before sending her away. To protect the honor and dignity of women, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) set them straight about how to apply this law.


He brought this good story of peace and harmony to people who were far away from him and to people who were close to him.


Creator’s Word became a flesh-and-blood human being and pitched his sacred tent among us, living as one of us. We looked upon his great beauty and saw how honorable he was, the kind of honor held only by this one Son who fully represents his Father—full of his great kindness and truth.


Long ago, in the time before all days, before the creation of all things, the one who is known as the Word was there face to face with the Great Spirit. This Word fully represents Creator and shows us who he is and what he is like. He has always been there from the beginning, for the Word and Creator are one and the same.


We are telling you about the things we have seen and heard so that you may share with us the same life we share in harmony with our Father the Great Spirit and his Son, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One.


Like newborn babies who long for their mother’s milk, you should long for milk that is spiritually pure. This milk will help you grow strong in the one who sets you free and makes you whole.


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.


The Spirit made it known to them that the things they searched out were for you and not for themselves. You have now learned these things from those who told you the good story by the Holy Spirit, who was sent down from the spirit-world above. Even the spirit-messengers long to see and understand more about these things.


So when the time was right, the Great Spirit, who is our Sacred Deliverer, trusted me with this message and told me to make it known to all who will hear.


Even though I am small and weak among his holy people, he still chose me to tell all Nations about the mysterious treasures he has hidden in the Chosen One


For I decided not to know anything while I was with you except about Creator Sets Free (Jesus), the Chosen One—and his death on the cross.


They tasted Creator’s good word and the powers of the world to come.


Then I saw another spirit-messenger flying high above me. The messenger had the words of the good story that tells about the good things of the world to come. This good story is to be told to all who dwell in the land, to every nation, tribe, language, and people!





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