Neville Goddard on 1 Peter 1:18-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Peter 1 in context

Scripture Focus

18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

1 Peter 1:18-21

Biblical Context

Peter says you were not redeemed by corruptible things like silver or gold, but by the precious blood of Christ; your faith and hope are to be in God.

Neville's Inner Vision

You were not purchased by material wealth or outward tradition; the 'blood of Christ' is the symbolic life-force of awareness within you. Foreordination before the world's foundation points to your true self fixed in consciousness; the Christ-idea emerged in these last times so you could recognize it within. To believe in God is to believe in the I AM you are—the power that raised Jesus and gave him glory. Redemption, then, is a shift of inner state: release fear, claim trust; move from lack to abundance; identify with the eternal I AM rather than transient forms. External rites fade when you awaken to this inner allegiance; the blood signifies your inner life cleansing old beliefs. Stand in God as your premise—assume you are already redeemed, and that your faith and hope reside in the I AM God within you.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: In a few quiet minutes, picture a stream of light—the life-blood of God—washing through your mind, cleansing it of old beliefs. Then softly declare, 'I am the I AM of God within; my faith and hope are in this inner God.'