From Vanities to the Living God

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the scene as a mirror of your own consciousness. Barnabas and Paul refuse the worship of outward show and point you to the living God who is not a statue in the marketplace, but the I AM that you are aware of. The crowds call them gods; in Neville's sense, their power is a projection of collective or personal belief. The apostles respond from the realization that there is only one activity behind all appearances—the living God, the ever-present I AM who made heaven, earth, and the sea. When they claim they are men of like passions, they are teaching you to revise the identity you have taken to be real. Vanities are simply images arising in consciousness; you turn from them by recognizing they do not govern you. The inner act is not to condemn but to awaken to a higher state of consciousness in which you stand as the I AM, creator of your world. This is not about doctrine; it is an inner turning toward the living God within, where true worship begins and all vanity dissolves.