Identity Is Washed: Inner Renewal

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that Paul does not command a future act of cleansing; he declares a present state of being. 'Such were some of you' points to a past self identified by limitation, desire, and separation. Yet this is not a condemnation but a turning of attention toward your true I AM—the awareness that you are already washed, sanctified, and justified in the activity of God within you. The 'name of the Lord Jesus' and 'the Spirit of our God' are not external rites but alignment with the immutable I AM that renders all inner movements meaningful. When you dwell in this awareness, you cease defining yourself by error and begin living from your set-apart status. The inner man rises because you acknowledge that you are already the effect of divine consciousness, not its casualty. Your past has no power to define your present unless you grant it by attention; your future becomes a fresh application of the same one life, now witnessed as sanctified in truth.