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Hebrews 6:9

First Nations Version

My much-loved relatives, even though we are speaking in this way, we are sure of much better things about you, the things that come from being set free and made whole.

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We are not the ones who turn back and lose their way, but we are the ones whose whole beings are kept safe and made whole by trusting in him.


how will we escape if we do not honor such a great and powerful way to be set free and made whole? It was our Honored Chief Creator Sets Free (Jesus) himself who first spoke about this. Then those who heard him clearly passed on to us what they heard.


With the help of the Great Spirit, sorrow can create a change of heart that will not turn back, which sets us free and makes us whole. But there is a sorrow in this world that leads only to death.


You shared in the pain of those who were in prison. When your own possessions were stolen, you accepted it with glad hearts, knowing that you have been given better possessions that will never fade away.


When he was fully prepared, he became the one through whom all people who listen and do what he says will be set free and made whole, to the time beyond the end of all days.


So then, my much-loved family, break free and run away from following after spirit-images and what they represent.


I spoke truth in a sacred manner to both the Tribal Members and the Wisdom Seekers (Greeks), as I told them about turning their thoughts and hearts to the Great Spirit by trusting their lives to Creator Sets Free (Jesus), our Honored Chief.


The ones who trust in me will participate in the purification ceremony, setting them free from their broken ways and initiating them into my sacred family. But the ones who will not walk this road with me will come to a bad end.


The Great Spirit will not fail to do what is right. He will not forget how hard you have worked and how much love you have shown in representing him. He sees how you have served his holy ones, in the past and even now.


So then, in Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, whether or not you participate in the cutting of the flesh ceremony does not matter. What matters is walking out our faith on the road of love.


When they heard these words, they sat there in silence with nothing to say. Then they gave honor to Creator. “So then,” they said with wondering voices, “the Great Spirit has also given the Outside Nations the way to return to the path of life.”


My much-loved friends, since Creator has given us promises such as these, let us cleanse both body and spirit from all impurities. We will continue to walk this path of becoming holy because we have such deep respect for the Great Spirit.


Have you been thinking all this time that we have been trying to prove ourselves to you? We have nothing to prove to you, for we speak with the words of the Chosen One and under the eyes of the Great Spirit. You are our much-loved ones, and everything we do is to lift you up and make you strong in him.


So then, my much-loved ones, you who are strangers and outsiders to the ways of this world, I speak to you now with strong words. Stay far away from the weak and broken desires within you that make war against who you are.


My much-loved ones, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both letters to stir up your memories and awaken good thoughts.


My much-loved friends, I am not giving you a new teaching but an old one, the same one you were given at first. The old teaching is the message you have heard.


My much-loved friends, I was eagerly preparing to write to you about how we have all been set free and made whole. As I thought about this, I felt that I needed to urge you to wage a spiritual battle for the faith that was once and for all handed down to his holy ones.





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