Inner Sin, Inner Cleansing

1 John 1:8-10 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 John 1 in context

Scripture Focus

8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
1 John 1:8-10

Biblical Context

Verse 8–10 shows that denying sin deceives us and the truth isn’t in us; confessing sins brings forgiveness and cleansing, while insisting we have not sinned makes God a liar.

Neville's Inner Vision

Suppose you, the aware I AM, are at odds with a self-image that carries guilt. In Neville’s teaching, sin is not a distant act but a state of consciousness you have entertained. To say, I have no sin, is to deny the reality of an inner movement; to refuse confession is to cling to a story that keeps you separate from truth. The moment you acknowledge your sin as a mis-tuned thought, you align with the truth that you are ever in the presence of a faithful, just Father within your I AM who forgives and cleanses. Confession is not contrition to a punitive deity but an inner revision—an intentional retraction of counterfeit self-feelings and an admission that you are not defined by error. When you truly acknowledge, the inner mechanism responds: forgiveness flows and unrighteousness is washed away. The Word becomes your living awareness, not a creed; your inner state becomes suddenly truthful because you have ceased resisting it. You are not exposed; you are cleared by the light you allow to rise in consciousness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, declare, 'I am the awareness that forgives and cleanses,' and feel the revision as already done. When old guilt arises, reaffirm your new self as already forgiven.

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