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Acts 14:15

First Nations Version

“Friends!” they shouted. “Why are you doing this? We are only weak two-leggeds like yourselves. We came to tell you the good story so you would turn away from these empty ways and turn to the Great Spirit, who is the maker of the sky, the earth, the great waters, and everything in them.

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Great Spirit Is Creator (Elijah) was a weak human being, the same as we are. He prayed with much prayer that it would not rain, and for three winters and six moons no rain fell on the land.


So as to eating food offered to spirit-images: we know that none of this world’s spirit-images can take the place of the one Great Spirit, for he stands alone and is above all created things.


But Stands on the Rock (Peter) made him stand to his feet. “Stand up!” he said to him, “I am only a weak human being, just as you are.”


“Show great respect and honor to the Great Spirit,” the messenger said with a loud voice, “for the time has come for him to decide who has done right and who has done wrong. Bow down and humble yourselves before the one who created the sky above, the earth below, the great waters of the sea, and the springs of water that flow out from the ground.”


They keep talking about the kind of welcome you gave us. They tell how you walked away from spirit-images to serve the living and true Great Spirit


I say this to you as one who represents our Honored Chief. You must no longer walk the dark path of the Nations who have chosen their own ways.


When the sacred family members heard this, they formed a circle around the message bearers, joined their hearts together, and sent their voices to the Great Spirit. “O Great Father of the sky above and the earth below, of the great waters and all that is in them,” they prayed. “Hear our cry!


“You are the Chosen One,” One Who Hears, also called Stands on the Rock (Simon/Peter), answered, “the Son of the living Creator!”


So then, my sacred family members, make sure none of you have wandering hearts that fail to trust, hearts that turn you away from our living Creator.


so that, if I am held back, you will know how to live together in Creator’s household. This household is the sacred family of the Living Great Spirit, the family that holds high the truth.


After telling the good story in that village and making many new followers, they made their way back through the village of Set Free (Lystra), then on to Spirit Village (Iconium), and back to Stands Against (Antioch), where they began their journeys.


The one who represents himself is seeking his own honor. The one who represents the one who sent him is true and upright, and there is nothing false in him.


“Do not humble yourself before me,” the spirit-messenger told me. “I stand beside you and your family members who are prophets and beside all who follow the words of this book, as one who serves the Great Spirit. Honor the Great Spirit and serve him alone!


Then I saw the wild beast along with the rulers of the land and their armies. They had gathered to make war against the rider on the white horse and against his band of warriors.


I then humbled myself before the spirit-messenger to give him praise and honor. “Do not humble yourself to me in this way,” he said. “I am one who stands by your side to serve the Great Spirit. I stand with you and all the sacred family members who have stood firm as truth tellers for Creator Sets Free (Jesus). Give praise and honor only to the Great Spirit. For the spirit of prophecy is at work when the truth is told about Creator Sets Free (Jesus).”


“Be strong of heart,” Small Man (Paul) said to them, “for I have faith that the Great Spirit will do everything he told me.


After they had gone for many days without food, Small Man (Paul) stood up among them. “Fellow travelers,” he said to them, “if you would have listened to me and not set out from Flesh Eater Island (Crete), you would not have suffered this injury and loss.


“Fellow travelers,” he said to them, “I can see that this journey ahead of us will end in injury and loss, not only of the canoe and its goods, but also of our lives.”


He then took them outside and said, “What must I do to be set free and made whole?”


And everywhere they went they told the good story.


“Today, we are here to tell you this good story that completes the promise that was made to our ancestors.


“The following day Drawn from the Water (Moses) saw two Tribal Members fighting and tried to make peace between them. “‘Men!’ he said to them. ‘You are brothers. Why do you want to hurt each other?’


Just as all life comes from the Father, in the same way he has made all life come from the Son.


“All honor belongs to you, O Great Spirit Chief,” the twenty-four elders say with one voice. “For you are the one who made everything there is. It is from your sacred vision that all things came into being and were created!”





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