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Acts 9:15

First Nations Version

“Go to him,” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) answered him, “for I have chosen this man to represent me to the Outside Nations, to their rulers and to the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel).

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I am now speaking to you who are the people from the Outside Nations. I consider it an honor that I have been sent to you as a message bearer.


It is because of the gift of his great kindness that we have been chosen to be his message bearers. We are telling his good story to all Nations so they can put their trust in Creator, follow him in all his ways, and bring honor to his name.


The reason I was given the sacred task of a truth teller and a message bearer is to tell others this good story. I am not speaking with a forked tongue! Creator has sent me to be a faithful and true wisdomkeeper to the Outside Nations.


During times of war, no warrior gets involved in everyday life, for he must please the war-chief who chose him.


“‘Go!’ he said to me. ‘I am sending you far away to the Outside Nations.’”


“You may think you chose me, but I am the one who chose you. You are my new garden where I will grow a great harvest of my love—the fruit that remains. When you bear this fruit, you represent who I am—my name. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask for.


He chose me to be a message bearer and a wisdomkeeper so I could make this good story known to all.


From Small Man (Paul), and from the spiritual brothers who are with me. To the sacred families who gather in Land of Pale Skins (Galatia). I was chosen to be a message bearer not from human beings or through human beings, but through Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One and through our Father the Creator, who brought the Chosen One back to life from the world of the dead.


But because of the gift of his great kindness, I am what he has called me to be. His gift was not wasted on me. I worked harder than any of the message bearers. But it was not me. It was the gift of his great kindness at work in me.


They were performing their ceremonies to Creator and going without food when the Holy Spirit spoke to them, “Set apart Son of Comfort (Barnabas) and Man Who Questions (Saul), so they can do what I have chosen them to do.”


You will also be dragged before government rulers and leaders—all because you are representing me—and in this way through you both the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel) and the People of Iron (Romans) will hear my message.


“They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will win the victory, because he is Grand Chief over All Chiefs! And those who stand with him are the called-out ones, who have been chosen and are loyal to the Great Spirit.”


“‘Do not fear,’ he said to me, ‘for you must stand before the Ruler of the People of Iron (Caesar). Behold! The Giver of Life has gifted you with the lives of all who journey with you!’” The men just stared at Small Man (Paul) with wondering eyes and said nothing. So he once again spoke courage into their hearts.


Then Chief Wild Horse (Agrippa) said to the governor, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to the Ruler of the People of Iron (Caesar).”


Wild Horse (Agrippa) then said to Festival (Festus), “I would like to hear from this man for myself.” “You will hear him tomorrow,” Festival (Festus) replied.


After giving them a respectful greeting, he told them about all the things Creator had done as he had worked among the Outside Nations.


Three days later Small Man (Paul) asked to meet with the local tribal leaders. When they had gathered together, he told them the story of what had happened to him. He stood there in chains under the guard of a soldier of the People of Iron (Romans). Yet he spoke with dignity as he faced the leaders of his own people. “Fellow Tribal Members,” he said to them, “I have done nothing against our people or the traditions of our ancestors, but even so I was arrested in Village of Peace (Jerusalem) and handed over to the People of Iron (Romans).


“Then he said to me, ‘The Great Spirit of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see the Upright One and hear his voice, spoken from his own mouth.


Then Wild Horse (Agrippa) said to Small Man (Paul), “You are permitted to speak and tell your side of this story.” So Small Man (Paul) stretched out his hand and began to tell his side of the story.


“So let it be known to you,” he said to them, “that this message about the Great Spirit’s plan to rescue and make whole has been sent to the Outside Nations. And they will listen!”


From Small Man (Paul), a servant of the Chosen One, Creator Sets Free (Jesus). The Great Spirit has called me to be a message bearer, one who has been set apart to tell his good story.


I should not be given special honor for telling the good story, for it is a burden that has been laid on my shoulders. Trouble waits for me if I have failed in this sacred task!


Because I, Small Man (Paul), follow the Chosen One and represent you Nations in this way, I have been arrested and put in chains.





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