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Romans 2:17

First Nations Version

To those among you who call yourselves Tribal Members, who take your stand on tribal law and boast about your knowledge of the Great Spirit,

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When you fail to follow the same tribal law you brag about, you bring insult to the Great Spirit.


I know that you have walked a troubled path and that you are poor, but spiritually you are rich. I also know the lies spoken against you by those who claim to be Tribal Members, but they are not. They are a tribal gathering house for Accuser (Satan), and not true-hearted Tribal Members.


Why did they fail? It was because they were depending on what they could do, by keeping the law, instead of trusting in what the Great Spirit would do for them. They tripped over the great stumbling stone,


“I have not come to tell the Father how wrong you are. It is Drawn from the Water (Moses), the one you have put your hope in, who will do this.


Do you think you can say, ‘Father of Many Nations (Abraham) is our ancestor’? Do you not know the Great Spirit can make these stones into his children?


Look at what I will do to the members of the gathering house of Accuser (Satan) who falsely represent themselves as true-hearted Tribal Members. I will cause them to humble themselves before you to honor you. I will make sure they clearly see that I have loved you.


“Write this to the messenger of the sacred family that gathers in the village of Safe Place (Sardis): These are the words of the one who has the seven spirits of the Great Mystery and the seven stars: I know what you have been doing. I know you have a reputation of being alive. But while others may see you as alive, I see you as dead.


You Nations must not forget that before you knew the Chosen One you were not natural-born members of the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel). You were called “the outsiders” by the ones who call themselves “the insiders.” But remember, the sign that marks them as insiders is cut into their flesh with human hands.


“We who are Tribal Members by birth are not like those ‘outcasts’ from the Outside Nations who do not keep our law.


Are they Tribal Members (Hebrews)? So am I! Are they of the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israelites)? So am I! Are they descendants of Father of Many Nations (Abraham)? So am I!


You are doing the same things your father does.” “We were not born from an unmarried woman,” they said. “We have but one Father—the Great Spirit.”


But they questioned him, “We are the descendants of Father of Many Nations (Abraham) and have never been anyone’s slave. How can you say, ‘You will be set free’?”


“Drawn from the Water (Moses) gave you the law, but none of you keep it. Why do you want to kill me?”


“You have answered well,” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) said back to him. “If you walk this path you will live.”


“You search the Sacred Teachings, for you think they will give you the life of the world to come—but they tell my story.


There is now no room for anyone to brag or boast. Why not? Because the Great Spirit has given us a new kind of law, not one that depends on what human strength or desire can do, but one that depends on trusting in what Creator Sets Free (Jesus) has done.





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