Inner Apostolic Rights Reclaimed
1 Corinthians 9:1-5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Corinthians 9 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Paul defends his apostleship and the rights that accompany it. He cites rights to eat, drink, and to have a partner, as evidence that the work in the Lord is real in the believers.
Neville's Inner Vision
See this as a map of your inner kingdom. The apostle’s rights are not external privileges but statements of the state of consciousness you inhabit. When Paul asks, 'Have we not power to eat and to drink?' he invites you to claim nourishment and pleasure as natural expressions of a mind lived in the I AM. The 'seal of mine apostleship'—ye in the Lord—becomes inner proof that your life is anchored in the Source. The call to 'lead about a sister, a wife' speaks not of social roles but of harmonious energies in your inner economy, a wholeness that travels together in one Mind. Thus the scene becomes a psychological map: your conditions mirror your state. Persist in the assumption that the I AM is the source of all right action, and the outer world will reflect your inner authority—freedom, unity, and a life that works in the Lord.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Close your eyes, declare, 'I AM the I AM; I have the right to live freely, to be nourished, and to form harmonious partnerships under the Lord.' Let this assumption settle in with a warm, steady feeling until it feels real.
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