Inner Word, Pure Heart

1 Peter 1:22-25 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Peter 1 in context

Scripture Focus

22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
1 Peter 1:22-25

Biblical Context

The text calls believers to purify their souls by obeying truth through the Spirit and to love one another fervently; it contrasts transient human life with the enduring Word of God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here, the 'you' is the living consciousness that discovers itself as I AM. Purifying your souls by obeying truth through the Spirit means you align your inner state with a demonstrable reality, not by outward ritual, but by the steady assumption of truth in awareness. When you love the brethren with a pure heart fervently, you are not performing behavior so much as tuning your inner channel to the living Word, incorruptible and everlasting. The comparison of flesh to grass reveals the flutter of appearances—people, situations, bodies—fading with time; what remains is the Word of the Lord, alive in consciousness. This Word is not distant doctrine but an inner decree you entertain, imagine, and feel as real. The Gospel you hear is the reminder that you are rooted in a never-ending actuality, and your obedience is simply the corrective act of narrowing attention to that reality. Your world shifts as you perceive yourself purely as consciousness loving through you.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, breathe, and assume the state of purified soul now; mentally declare 'I am the Word of God in action,' and feel the pure heart’s fervor as if it already is.

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