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1So you should think of us message bearers as servants of the Chosen One who have been entrusted with the sacred task of making known the mysteries of the Great Spirit.
2The ones who have been chosen for this sacred task must walk it out in a sacred manner, to prove they are worthy of it.
3I am not at all troubled about how worthy you think I am, because deciding how well I have performed this sacred task is not up to you or any human council. It is not up to me to decide how well I have done.
4I know of nothing in which I have failed, but this does not prove me to be in the right. That decision belongs to our Honored Chief.
5So do not keep deciding these kinds of things ahead of time. Instead, wait until the coming of our Honored Chief. On that day he will shine his light on the things hidden in darkness and make known the plans of all human hearts. The Knower of Hearts will then give to each person whatever honor is due.
6Now, my sacred family members, I have made an example of myself and He Tears Down (Apollos) so you will not get big heads bragging about how one teacher is better than another. You should not think of human beings beyond what is written in our Sacred Teachings .
7Who made you better than others? Do you have anything that was not gifted to you? If it was a gift, then why do you behave as if you gained it by yourselves?
8You think you need nothing more. You think you are well-to-do. You think you have become grand chiefs with no help from any of us! How I wish you really were. Then we could serve together as chiefs.
9I am thinking that the Great Spirit has put us message bearers in the worst place. We are like captured warriors being dragged through the village pathways to their death—for all to see. He is making a big show of us to all the world, to both humans and spirit-messengers.
10We look like sacred clowns for the Chosen One, but you are seen as his wisdom keepers! You seem powerful, while we are seen as weak.
11Even now we are hungry and thirsty. We are dressed in rags. We are often badly beaten and wander about with no regular place to lay our heads.
12We have had to work hard with our own hands to have enough to eat . We have blessed those who cursed us and have been patient with the ones who bring harm to us.
13To those who speak against us, we wage peace. To those who walk in the ways of this world, we are the mud they scrape from their moccasins and the buffalo chips they wipe from between their toes. Yes, to this very day we message bearers have suffered all these things.
14I tell you these things not to shame you, but to give you wise counsel as my much-loved children.
15Even though you may have countless spiritual teachers to instruct you in the ways of the Chosen One, you do not have many spiritual fathers. It is Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One who has made me a spiritual father to you through the good story.
16So I urge you to follow in my steps as I show you the way.
17This is why I sent He Gives Honor (Timothy) to you. He is my trustworthy and much-loved son in our Honored Chief. He will remind you of how I walk the road of life with Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. He will guide you with the same message I teach everywhere at every sacred family gathering.
18There are some of you who have become puffed up, thinking I will not come face to face with you.
19But I will come to you soon if that is what our Honored Chief wants. Then I will see whether these puffed-up ones speak only hollow words, or whether Creator’s power is behind their words.
20For Creator’s good road does not depend on talk alone but also on power.
21Which is better? Should I come to you with a big stick, or with love and a gentle spirit?