Neville Goddard on 1 John 1:4-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 John 1 in context

Scripture Focus

4And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

1 John 1:4-5

Biblical Context

John writes to reveal that joy comes from the message: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville Goddard vantage, these verses announce that joy is the by-product of realizing your inner state. Your joy is the full saturation of awareness in light, the sense that consciousness is pure, undivided illumination. When John says God is light and in Him there is no darkness, he is describing your true nature as I AM—awareness unpierced by fear or doubt. Darkness arises only when you pretend you are separate from that light. The message is not an external sermon but an invitation to revise your inner picture until it matches the fact: you inhabit light, and therefore joy must fill your experience. Begin by assuming the end: imagine yourself as the radiance that dispels shadows; feel the certainty that there is no darkness in God and, therefore, no darkness in you. Sit with that feeling until it becomes your habitual atmosphere. Your joy, then, is full because you have allowed the inner light to govern the outer scene.