Neville Goddard on Acts 13:40-41 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 13 in context

Scripture Focus

40Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;

41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.

Acts 13:40-41

Biblical Context

Paul's warning in Acts 13:40-41 cautions that unbelief blocks the fulfillment of the prophets' promises. It invites an inner awakening to the God within, the I AM, who is always moving.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within my consciousness, the prophets’ words are not distant judgments but the stirrings of the I AM. When I hear 'beware' and 'despisers,' I interpret them as a warning to my present state of awareness: a resistance to the living demonstration of my inner work. The 'work' spoken of is not out there in time but the intimate act of transformation occurring now in me. The inner voice declares that God is always at work in my days, yet I, believing I am separate, might say, 'This cannot be,' and so I dissolve the scripture into doubt. The Neville approach asks me to revise that disbelief by assuming the truth of my desired change as already real. See the prophets as inner archetypes revealing the conditions of my mind: faith, trust, receptivity. The moment I assume the promise and feel it real, I align my consciousness with the act of creation, and the outer events begin to unfold according to my inner state. The warning becomes a call to faithful attention to my inner drama, where I am the actor and author of all.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Pick one desire and, in a quiet moment, assume it is already true. Rehearse a firm, present-tense affirmation—'I AM [the desired state] now'—and feel the truth in your chest until it becomes your experiencing.