Propitiation Through Love

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the apostle declares an inner truth: love is the activity of God within you, not a sentiment you manufacture toward God. When you acknowledge that you are already loved by the I AM, you stop striving and let the reality of divine life become your present condition. The 'propitiation' spoken of is not an external sacrifice but the turning of your inner attention toward the God within, a recognition that your sins were forgiven as you awaken to your true nature. Jesus is the symbol of your own higher consciousness—the Christ within—whose presence reconciles you to God by revealing that you never left the Father, only forgot your unity. As you dwell in that awareness, the barrier between self and God dissolves; forgiveness is the resetting of your inner state to love, not the appeasement of a distant judge. The verse invites you to realize that love originates in God, and your life proofs this by its continuity, wholeness, and the peace that follows when you accept that you are loved.