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Acts 9:6

First Nations Version

Now stand to your feet and go into the village. There you will be told what you must do.”

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“‘Honored One,’ I asked, ‘what is it you want me to do?’ “‘Stand to your feet and go into the village,’ he said to me, ‘and there you will be told all that I want you to do.’


Now rise up! Stand to your feet! I have chosen you to be my servant, a witness who will tell others what you have seen with your own eyes and what I will reveal to you.


My much-loved family, you have always followed my guidance, not only when I was with you but much more now that I am away. So then, with great respect, you must walk the path Creator has given you for being set free and made whole.


And Creator Will Help Us (Isaiah), speaking with bold words, also said, “A people who were not looking for me found me. I made myself known to a people who never asked for me.”


Since they did not understand Creator’s path to good standing, they tried to make their own way. But in doing so, they did not walk Creator’s path and never found good standing in his eyes.


I once lived my life not knowing the law, but when I heard the law’s instructions, my broken ways came to life and I died.


Our tribal law stepped in to show us how bad our broken ways had become, and this only made our broken ways grow worse. But the worse our broken ways grew, even stronger grew the gift of Creator’s great kindness.


Send messengers to Village of Beauty (Joppa) to One Who Hears (Simon), who is also named Stands on the Rock (Peter), and ask him to come. He is lodging at the house of Hearing Man (Simon), a tanner of hides, who lives near the great waters.’


“Little Horn (Cornelius), who is a head soldier of the People of Iron (Romans), sent us. He is a man with a good heart who has deep respect for the Great Spirit and is well spoken of by all in your tribal nation. He was instructed by a sacred spirit-messenger to send messengers to you, to ask you to come to his house so he can hear your words.”


He is lodging at a house near the great waters at the home of Hearing Man (Simon), the tanner of hides.”


When they heard this, the words pierced their hearts like a long knife. With troubled hearts they lifted their voices to Stands on the Rock (Peter) and all the message bearers. “Fellow Tribal Members,” they said, “tell us what we must do.”


When the crowds heard his words, they were afraid and asked, “What should we do?”


“But remember, many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.”


But his gift of great kindness is more than enough, just as our Sacred Teachings also say, “The Great Spirit stands against the proud and arrogant, but he shows great kindness to the humble of heart.”


“Honored One,” he asked, “who are you?” “I am Creator Sets Free (Jesus),” the voice answered, “the one you are pursuing and mistreating.





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