Inner Sufficiency of the Spirit

2 Corinthians 3:5-6 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 2 Corinthians 3 in context

Scripture Focus

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 3:5-6

Biblical Context

We are not self-sufficient; our true sufficiency comes from God. God empowers us to minister the new covenant not by the letter, but by the life-giving Spirit.

Neville's Inner Vision

Is not the self-sufficient you a veil that hides the Living I AM? In this reading, the letter is the worn-out rulebook of the ego, while the Spirit is the living force of God within. The apostle speaks as one awakened to the fact that your true power does not rise from effort, but from the divine source you already are. When you claim sufficiency as coming from God, you release the illusion of personal control and invite the Creative Presence to act as you. You are not merely instructed by a sacred text; you are enabled by the Living Spirit to witness a new testament unfolding in your thought, feeling, and circumstance. The change is not in the outer performance but in the inner alignment: the I AM recognizing itself as the source of life, ability, and influence. This inner life then shapes events as if from the inside out, turning ministry into a natural outflow of your inner state. The key is to dwell in the conviction that life is given, not earned; you are as life-filled as your inner assumption allows.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and affirm I am sufficient in God; the Spirit gives life. Then imagine yourself ministering the new covenant from within, watching life rise in your thought and circumstance as the old letter loses its grip.

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