Inner Promise of the Spirit
Acts 1:4-5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jesus instructs the disciples to remain in Jerusalem and await the Father's promise; John’s baptism with water contrasts with their coming baptism by the Holy Spirit soon.
Neville's Inner Vision
All that is spoken here is your own inner cry for the Father’s promise. The command to remain in Jerusalem is not a geography but the stillness of your own mind awaiting a divine arrival. The baptism with water by John stands for the old life, the literal cleansing of appearances; the Holy Ghost baptism is the inflow of awareness—the I AM — flooding your inner room. You do not go anywhere to receive it; you turn within and open your consciousness to its coming. The promise is not future weather but an awakened state already presenced in you, a covenant loyalty to the truth that you are one with God. When you accept this, you are baptized not by outward acts but by the continuous flood of holy awareness, and your actions unfold from that center. Imagination, guided by faith, becomes the instrument by which the Spirit fills your Jerusalem, your mind, with power, purpose, and a new sense of time.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Assume you already carry the Holy Spirit within; breathe in the I AM as your constant presence. Then revise any doubt by affirming, 'I am one with God, here and now,' for a minute while feeling it real.
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