Inner Forgiveness, Outer Consequences

2 Samuel 12:13-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 12 in context

Scripture Focus

13And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
14Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
2 Samuel 12:13-14

Biblical Context

David confesses his sin to the prophet Nathan; God declares forgiveness, yet the child’s death remains as a consequence of the deed.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this moment the Lord is the I AM within David’s consciousness, the living awareness that he cannot escape his true nature. David’s admission, “I have sinned,” marks a turning of attention from the old story to the truth of being. Nathan’s reply, “The LORD also hath put away thy sin,” signals that forgiveness is already accomplished in the inner state when one refuses to identify with error. The death of the child is not a punishment imposed from without, but the natural echo of a former inner condition—the form that the mind entertained when it believed separation from God. The message for today is clear: confession aligns you with divine law, dissolves guilt, and releases the creative power of imagination to alter your experience. If you dwell in the I AM and revise the scene with the feeling that you are forgiven, the outer world will reflect that new inner state. Your essential self remains intact; the old form falls away as you choose to identify with life in God.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, I am the LORD within me; I forgive and am forgiven. Revision the scene in your mind and feel the reality of new life replacing the old fear.

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