Neville Goddard on Acts 13:7-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 13 in context

Scripture Focus

7Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

9Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,

10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

12Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

Acts 13:7-12

Biblical Context

Sergius Paulus, a prudent deputy, seeks to hear the Word; Elymas opposes. Saul, filled with the Holy Ghost, confronts the obstruction and the deputy believes, witnessing the doctrine as truth.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture Sergius Paulus as the calm place in your mind that desires truth. Elymas is the stubborn habit of doubt, the voice that resists your decision to turn toward the Word. Saul within you—fresh from the Holy Ghost—fixes his gaze on that resistance and speaks with authority: not to condemn the person, but to reveal the falsity of the obstruction. When you listen in imagination, you feel the discipline of dream-chord truth: the right ways of the Lord are not distant, they are the patterns of your own consciousness waking to themselves. The hand of the Lord appearing as a sudden clarity is the inner illumination that blinds out fear and clears the scene. The deputy’s belief is your belief becoming visible; you witness your own mind astonished by the doctrine because you have allowed it to take form within you. This is not judgment of others but judgment of your own consistency—will you persist in old habit or align with the truth that you already know? The miracle is the waking of trust, the recognition that you are the I AM and the Word is inside your being.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: In a quiet moment, assume you are Sergius Paulus hearing the Word; revise the scene by declaring 'I am one with the Word' and feel your belief settle as truth.