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

Read 1 John 5 in context

Scripture Focus

1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

4For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

1 John 5:1-5

Biblical Context

Belief that Jesus is the Christ marks the new birth; loving God means loving His begotten. Keeping His commandments reveals that love, and faith overcomes the world.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the ear of the inner man, this letter says: your faith is the birth certificate of God in you. When you declare 'Jesus is the Christ,' you affirm that you are born of God; you enter the state in which the I AM recognizes the begotten as beloved. Loving the begat is trust in the source of your life, and keeping His commandments becomes a natural expression, not a heavy rule, because the commandments flow from your true self. The world is overcome not by outward struggle but by a change of state—one you enter through faith. The victory described is the victory of awareness: you believe in the Son of God, so the outer scene bends to that consciousness. Do not seek to mend the world; awaken to the truth that you are that birth. Then obedience ceases to be burden; it becomes alignment. Your inner conviction rewrites your experience, and what seemed formidable is revealed as the ease of your own nature.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, repeat, 'I am born of God; I believe Jesus is the Christ,' and feel it real. Then act from that state by loving the begotten and keeping His commandments as effortless expression of your true self.