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John 1:10

First Nations Version

He came down into this world, and even though he made all things, the world did not recognize him.

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“O Father of all that is good and right, the world does not know you, but I know you, and my followers know you sent me.


Behold the greatness of the love shown to us by our Father the Great Spirit that he would call us his children! And so we are! The ones who belong to the ways of this world do not know the Giver of Life, so they do not see us in this way.


None of the rulers of this present world have understood this wisdom. If they had, they never would have killed our great and shining Honored Chief.


In his great wisdom Creator knew that the world through its wisdom would not come to know him. So his heart was glad to rescue and set free the ones who trust in the “foolishness” of the good story we tell.


“My Father has put everything into my hands,” he said with a solemn voice. “Only the Father knows the Son and only the Son knows the Father. No one can know the Father in his fullness unless the Son makes him known.” Then he lifted his eyes to the horizon as if he were speaking to all the world.


By trusting, we understand that the Great Spirit, by his voice, created all that we can see. By trusting we understand that the things we see were brought into being by that which we cannot see.


No one has ever seen the Great Spirit, but the one Son, who is himself the Great Spirit and closest to the Father’s heart, has shown us what he is like.


The Light shines into the darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome it or put it out.


yet in his goodness he gave each of us signs of his existence. He gave us rain from the sky above and seasons of harvest to feed us and make our hearts glad.”


Creator Sets Free (Jesus) made it clear to them, “My Father has been working, so I am working also.”


Through the Word all things came into being, and not one thing exists that he did not create.


Even his own tribe did not welcome or honor him.


for us there is only one Great Spirit. He is the Father from whom all things exist, and we were made for him. Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One is the only Honored Chief. Through him all things were made, and we were created for him.


For it was in him that all things in the spirit-world above and on the earth below were created, all things seen and unseen. Yes, even governments, rulers, powers, and authorities were all created by him and for him.





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