First Letter From He Shows Goodwill 1 John

¹⁰There is a clear difference between Creator’s children and the children of the evil trickster. The ones who do not walk in a good way do not belong to Creator, nor do those who do not love the sacred family. ¹¹The message you heard from the beginning was that we should love each other. ¹²Do not be like Spear Maker (Cain), who gave himself to the ways of the evil trickster and killed his own brother. Why did he kill him? Because what he was doing was wrong, and what his brother was doing was right. ¹³So then, my much-loved family members, do not be surprised if the world hates you.

¹⁴We know that we have crossed over from death to life, because we love each other. The ones who do not love remain under the power of death. ¹⁵All who hate others have murder in their hearts, and you know that murderers do not have the life of the world to come that never fades away, remaining in them.

¹⁶The Chosen One laid down his life for us. This is how we know what love is. In the same way, we should lay our lives down for each other. ¹⁷If someone who has many possessions sees another in need and shows no pity, how can Creator’s love remain in that person? ¹⁸My much-loved children, our love must not be empty words on our tongues but deeds done in truth. ^19-20This is how we can be sure we belong to the way of truth. Whenever our hearts make us feel guilty, we can still have peace when we stand before him. For Creator is greater than our hearts and knows all things.

²¹My much-loved friends, if our hearts are free from guilt, this gives us the courage to stand boldly before Creator. ²²He will give us whatever we ask of him because we keep his instructions and do the things that make his heart glad.

²³This is his instruction to us, that we trust in the name of his Son, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, and love each other as he taught us to do. ²⁴The ones who follow these instructions remain in him, and he remains in them. We know that he remains in us by the Spirit he has gifted to us.

¹My much-loved friends, do not trust every spirit, but test the spirits of the prophets to see whether Creator sent them, for there are many false prophets who have gone out into the world. ²This is how to know whether a spirit comes from Creator: Every spirit that says Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One came to us as a human being is from the Great Spirit. ³Every spirit that does not speak of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) in this manner is not from the Great Spirit. This is the spirit of the false chosen one, the one you have heard was coming and who is now already in the world.

⁴Much-loved children, you have been born of Creator and have won the victory over these false prophets. For the Spirit^a in you is much greater than the spirit6 in the world. ⁵These false prophets are of this world, so they speak the way the world speaks, and the world listens. ⁶We are of the Great Spirit, and those who know the Great Spirit listen to us. The ones who are not of the Great Spirit do not listen to us. This is how we can tell the Spirit that is true from the spirit that is false.

⁷My much-loved friends, love each other, for love comes from the Great Spirit. All who love have been born of him and know him. ⁸Those who do not love do not know him, for the Great Spirit is love. ⁹Creator showed his love for us by sending the only Son who fully represents him into this world, so that we could live through him. ¹⁰This is love, not that we loved Creator, but that he loved us and proved his love by sending his Son to take on himself the burden of our broken ways.

¹¹My much-loved friends, if Creator loved us like that, then we should also love each other. ¹²No one has ever seen the Great Spirit, but as long as we love each other, he remains in us, and his love is made complete in us. ¹³We know that we live in him and he lives in us because Creator has shared his Spirit with us. ¹⁴We have seen and now tell you the truth about what our Father the Great Spirit has done. He sent his Son to be the Sacred Deliverer of the world. ¹⁵Those who tell others that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) is the Son of the Great Spirit are the ones Creator lives in, and they live in him.

¹⁶We have come to know and trust the love Creator has for us. The Great Spirit is love. He remains in those who love and keep on loving, and they remain in him. ¹⁷Love is made complete in us so that we will stand without fear on the day Creator decides who has done right or wrong. For in this world, when we love as he loves, we are just like him.

¹⁸Where love is there can be no fear, for mature love drives all fear away. Fear comes from the thought of punishment. So love has not yet matured in those who continue to be afraid. ¹⁹We love because he first loved us. ²⁰If we say that we love the Great Spirit but hate others, then we are speaking with a forked tongue. If we do not love someone we can see, then how can we love a Creator we cannot see? ²¹And from him we have been given this instruction: the ones who love the Great Spirit must also love the members of his family.

¹All who believe that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) is the Chosen One have the Great Spirit as their Father. All who love the Father will also love his children. ²We can be sure that we are loving Creator’s children when we love Creator and follow all of his instructions. ³For when we follow his instructions, it shows our love for the Great Spirit. And his instructions are not hard to follow. ⁴Whoever has the Great Spirit as their Father wins the victory over the ways of the world. For it is our trust in him and his way of love that wins the victory.

⁵Who is able to win the victory over ways of the world? Those who trust that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) is the Son of the Great Spirit. ⁶He is the one who came through water and blood—Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. He did not come by water only, but by both water and blood. It is the Holy Spirit who tells us that this is true, for the Spirit himself is the truth. ⁷So then, we have three who witness to this truth— ⁸the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in harmony.

⁹If we accept truth from human beings, then how much more should we accept the truth of what the Great Spirit has told us about his Son! ¹⁰The ones who trust in the Son of the Great Spirit have accepted this truth in their inner beings. But those who do not trust in him are making Creator out to be a liar, because they do not believe he has told the truth about his Son. ¹¹And the truth we have heard from Creator is that he has gifted us with the life of the world to come that never fades away, full of beauty and harmony—and this life is found in his Son. ¹²The ones who have the Son have life. The ones who do not have Creator’s Son do not have life.

¹³I have written these things to you who trust in the name of Creator’s Son, so that you may know you have the life of the world to come that never fades away, full of beauty and harmony. ¹⁴We can be sure that if we ask anything of the Great Spirit that is in harmony with his will, he will hear us. ¹⁵If we know that he hears us, then we know we have whatever we have asked of him.

¹⁶You might see a sacred family member walking in a broken way that does not end in death. You should pray and that person will be given life, as long as the broken way does not end in death. There is a broken way that ends with death. If that is so, prayer will not help. ¹⁷All who do wrong walk in broken ways, but not all broken ways end in death.

¹⁸We know that all who have the Great Spirit as their Father do not continue to walk in broken ways. They are kept safe by the Son, who fully represents his Father, and the evil one cannot harm them. ¹⁹We know that we are children of the Great Spirit. We know that the evil one rules over the ways of this world. ²⁰We also know that the Son of the Great Spirit has come. He has given us a way to know the True One. It is through his Son, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, that we are in harmony with the True One. This is the one true Great Spirit and the life of the world to come that never fades away, full of beauty and harmony.

²¹My much-loved children, keep away from spirit-images or anything that would take the place of the Great Spirit in your hearts.

Aho! May it be so!