Neville Goddard on 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;

3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

4Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

5For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

6And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

7So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.

8For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.

9For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Biblical Context

Paul, Silvanus, and Timotheus greet the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, offering grace and peace. They thank God, recall the believers’ faith, love, and hope, affirm their election, and describe turning from idols to serve the living God while awaiting Jesus.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the Thessalonians are not a distant church but a state of consciousness you can enter now. In Neville’s language, God is the I AM within you, and the grace and peace Paul offers are the natural condition of awareness when you align your attention with that I AM. The gospel does not come merely in spoken words; it comes with power, in the Holy Ghost, in confident inner assurance—the interior demonstration that you are already what you seek. Your faith, your labor of love, and your patience of hope are inner movements toward God, signals that you have elected to know yourself as God’s own. When you “became followers” of those who know this, you do so because you have recalled your true nature and welcomed the Spirit as present; even under affliction, joy arises as the Holy Spirit testifies to your oneness with the living and true God. From this inner state, the word sounds forth in every place your faith is directed, and others glimpse your transformation. You turn from idols to serve the living God; you await the Son from heaven, Jesus, raised from the dead, who delivers you from wrath by the awakening of consciousness.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume the state 'I am in God, and in Christ Jesus'; feel grace and peace flooding your consciousness. Then revise any sense of separation by affirming you already serve the living God and await His Son as your present manifestation.