Entering Tribulation Into The Kingdom
Acts 14:22-23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Acts 14 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Acts 14:22-23 speaks to strengthening believers in faith, the necessity of tribulation to enter the Kingdom of God, and the appointment of elders through prayer and fasting.
Neville's Inner Vision
All outward events are states of consciousness. The phrase 'confirming the souls' means you stabilize the mind that already is aware, and 'continue in the faith' asks you to hold faith as a living I AM. The line 'we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God' reveals that tribulation is the inner pressure that reshapes your awareness—old notions of limitation are pressed out, new faculties awaken, and the kingdom becomes a lived reality, not a distant reward. When they 'ordained them elders in every church' and prayed, that is your inner structure being organized: elder faculties—discernment, steadfastness, compassion—are brought into functional alignment within your consciousness. The fasting and petition are not mere rituals but a turning away from the habitual conclusion you have about yourself, a moment of quiet obedience handed to the Lord, to your I AM. Believe that you are already within the kingdom, and the events of life will reflect that inward state. Trust your inner governor; you are being led by the very God you are.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit in quiet and revise a current fear by declaring, 'I am already in the kingdom; this tribulation trains my I AM into mastery.' Then feel the inner elders guiding you as you breathe into the certainty.
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