Inner Sufficiency Through Spirit

2 Corinthians 3:4-6 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 2 Corinthians 3 in context

Scripture Focus

4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
2 Corinthians 3:4-6

Biblical Context

Paul says our trust is toward God through Christ; we are not self-sufficient, but our sufficiency comes from God. The Spirit gives life, and we minister by the Spirit, not by external rules.

Neville's Inner Vision

Through this exhortation you discover a practical truth: trust through Christ to Godward is an inner alignment, not an outward performance. The line 'our sufficiency is of God' asks you to stop measuring yourself by personal strength and to awaken to the I AM within as source and destination. When you claim that you are able 'ministers of the new testament' by the Spirit, you shift from the letter—external rules and forms—to a living, breathing life that flows from consciousness. The letter may instruct, but it cannot give life; the Spirit makes the inmost reality present, your perceptions, choices, and acts filled with grace and favor. In this view, presence of God becomes your steady mood, and faith and trust are felt realities rather than concepts. Covenant loyalty is not a pledge to external codes but a continual inner agreement with the divine I AM that loves and guides you, making you an instrument of life to others. Imagination is the workshop of this covenant; what you dwell upon becomes your life. Practically, assume the consciousness of one sufficed by God, and feel it real as you move.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe softly, and declare, 'My sufficiency is God in Christ.' Feel the Spirit as life within you and act from that inner ministering presence.

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