Confession Creates Cleansing
1 John 1:9 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 John 1 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Confessing our missteps awakens forgiveness and a cleansing of our inner condition. The verse points to a present reality accessible through honest inner acknowledgment.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within every confession you do not plead with a distant judge; you awaken a state of consciousness. Confession is turning your attention inward, naming what you believed, felt, and did in error. When you acknowledge it, you align with the I AM who is faithful and just to forgive—not by changing God, but by confirming your inner state. Forgiveness then becomes the release of the charge you wear as a false self. The cleansing from all unrighteousness flows as you dwell in the truth that you are already loved, already pure in the light of awareness. In this light, sin is a story your past tells; forgiveness is the present recognition of your true identity. Your imagination is the workshop: each honest acknowledgment reheats the state of grace, and the old self dissolves as you feel the new you already standing free. The divine law responds to the state you inhabit, not to punishment prayed into being.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, declare 'I am forgiven' and 'I am cleansed' as if already true, and feel the release of guilt in your chest. Hold that felt truth for a minute, letting the I AM rewrite your inner weather.
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