Small Man to the Sacred Family in Village of Desire 5

WALKING HIS ROAD

1We must follow in the steps of the Great Spirit, for we are his much-loved children. 2Walk the road of love, following the path of the Chosen One, who loved us and offered up his life to the Great Spirit like the smoke of burning sage.

3Sexual relations are sacred. They must be kept pure, and free from uncontrolled desire. As his holy people, we must follow Creator’s purpose and plan for human beings who represent him. 4Sexual relations should be spoken of with respect—no foolish talk or dirty jokes. Instead, give thanks for this sacred gift of creating new life.

5Listen closely, no one who walks an impure path of uncontrolled desires participates in the good road of the Chosen One and the Great Spirit. The ones who walk in this way follow lying spirits that take them down a dark path, far from the sacred ways of the Great Spirit. 6Do not listen to their empty words and forked tongues, for the Great Spirit’s anger will be shown to the ones who follow these ways. 7Do not walk with them on a path that leads to a bad end.

DARKNESS AND LIGHT

8As weak human beings, you were once empty and full of darkness, but now that Creator’s Spirit lives in you, you are beings full of light. 9Walk in the light, and all things good and right and true will shine out from you. 10This will prove you are his children—the ones who seek for ways to make his heart glad.

11Turn away from the path of darkness with its worthless ways. Instead, let your light shine into the darkness to show the way out. 12The shameful things done under the blanket of night should not even be spoken of, 13for the light shines into the darkness and takes the mask off its empty ways. It is like the sunrise that pushes back the night and brings the light of a new day. 14This is why it is said, “Wake up, O sleeper, come back from the dead, and the Chosen One will shine on you!”

THE WAY OF WISDOM

15Walk with your eyes wide open and make wise use of your time, 16for the evil days we live in are full of worthless and troubled ways. 17Keep foolishness far from you and welcome the ways of wisdom, for then you will clearly see the path Creator has chosen for you.

18It is not wise to become a drunk, for it will lead you to a life of emptiness and sorrow. Instead, drink deeply of Creator’s Spirit, and he will lead you into a life of beauty and harmony.

19 At your gatherings, tell the ancient stories and sing the traditional songs. Sing spiritual songs from your heart as you dance before the Great Spirit, 20giving thanks to our Father the Creator, as you represent our Honored Chief, Creator Sets Free (Jesus), the Chosen One.

WISDOM FOR HUSBANDS AND WIVES

21If you have respect for the Chosen One, then have respect for each other. 22Wives, honor your husbands in the same way you honor the Great Spirit. 23Just as the Chosen One guides and protects his sacred family as his own body when they put their trust in him, 24so a wife should, in the same way, follow the loving guidance of her husband in all these things.

25Husbands, love your wives just as the Chosen One loved and gave his life for his sacred family. 26He did this to give them a place of honor and dignity above all others. He washes all with the purifying water of the word he speaks over them. 27He will clothe his sacred family with the regalia of beauty and harmony with no wrinkles or stains, like a bride dressed for her wedding day. 28This is the manner in which husbands should love their wives, as their own bodies. For the one who loves his wife loves himself. 29-30No one hates his own body but instead takes good care of it, just as the Chosen One does for his sacred family. We are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

31“For this purpose a man must leave his father and mother, so he can join with his wife, and the two will become one body.”#5:31 Genesis 2:24 32This is a great mystery, but I am telling you that it is about the Chosen One and his sacred family. 33So each man should love his wife as himself, treat her as he wants her to treat him, and each wife is to give respect to her husband.

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