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2 Timothy 2:18

First Nations Version

They have turned away from the truth, saying that the rising of the dead has already taken place, harming the faith of some.

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So then, if the good story tells us that the Chosen One has risen from the dead, how can any among you say there will be no rising from the dead?


Keep your trust in the Chosen One strong and follow what you know deep inside to be true. Some have not listened to this inner voice, and their trust in the Chosen One has fallen to the ground.


I became angry with them and said, ‘You are a people with wandering hearts who have not learned my ways.’


These false chosen ones were among us, but they did not belong, so they left. If they had truly belonged, they would have remained—but they left, showing that they did not belong.


My sacred family members, has any of you wandered from the truth? Has anyone helped you find the way back?


Keep reminding others about these things. Warn them in the sight of the Great Spirit not to fight over the meaning of words, for these are empty arguments that only bring a bad end to those who listen.


For there are some who, having held this “knowledge” to be true, have strayed away from the good road in which we trust. May the gift of Creator’s great kindness walk with you on the road of life. Aho! May it be so!


For the love of possessions is the root of many evil, thorny branches. Some, who have made possessions their aim in life, have walked away from the good road and have been pierced by thorns that bring them much pain and sorrow.


Since you have been raised up to a new life with the Chosen One, then keep looking upward toward him into the spirit-world above, where he sits in the place of greatest honor at Creator’s right hand.


For these kinds of splinter groups are certain to happen and make it easy to see who among you walks in a good way and who does not.


But if Creator is with them, you will not be able to stand against them, and you may find yourselves fighting the Great Spirit!” The Grand Council listened to his wisdom.


“The rocky ground represents the ones who hear and receive the teaching with glad hearts, but because they have no roots, their faith is shallow and does not last. As soon as the teaching brings them trouble or opposition, they stumble and fall away.


“You are asking the wrong question,” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) answered back. “You do not understand the Sacred Teachings or the power of the Great Spirit.


“Every plant that has not been planted by my Father from above will be pulled out by the roots,” he answered.


These men must be silenced, for they are troubling whole families by teaching wrong things. They are behaving like tricksters using people for their own gain.





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