Inner Light of Righteousness

1 John 3:7-8 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 John 3 in context

Scripture Focus

7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:7-8

Biblical Context

The verses declare that righteousness comes by living righteously, and sin marks one as aligned with the devil; the Son of God came to destroy the devil's works.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the quiet you, the I AM within, are not deceived by appearances. To know that you are righteous is to awaken to a state, not to perform a list of acts. The words 'he that doeth righteousness is righteous' point to your inner alignment: when you act from the settled assurance of your true self, the outer world reflects that righteousness. The 'devil' is not a person but a habit—sinful patterns born of fear and forgetfulness. The Son of God manifested in you to destroy these works by revealing a higher consciousness: Christ in you as the fixed reality, not a distant event. When you occupy the state of righteousness, the deceptive voices lose traction; previously automatic sins lose their energy and dissolve. Your being becomes more luminous, and you recognize that you are the witness, the doer, and the power that makes it so. By daily returning to the awareness of I AM as righteousness, you enact the destruction of the devil's works from within.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of your I AM as righteousness now; when a tempting thought arises, revise it with 'I am the righteous one now' and feel it real. Let that feeling linger as you go about the next hour.

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