Neville Goddard on Acts 15:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 15 in context

Scripture Focus

1And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

2When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

Acts 15:1-2

Biblical Context

Certain men from Judea insisted that salvation required circumcision after Moses; Paul and Barnabas disputed this and decided to travel to Jerusalem to consult the apostles and elders.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this scene, the Judean teachers symbolize a rigid state of consciousness that believes salvation rests in outward works; Paul and Barnabas embody a freer inner state that trusts grace and inner revelation. The trip to Jerusalem is the ascent of desire to the inner council—the apostles and elders—where authority is not external law but the I AM in you. The dispute is the soul’s tug between 'do' and 'be,' between the letter that constrains and the spirit that liberates. When you identify with the law you experience separation from God; when you identify with the inner Paul/Barnabas, you recognize you are already accepted, and salvation is a present readiness of consciousness. The passage invites you to seek guidance from your deeper authorities within, rather than clinging to ritual. Allow the inner council to rewrite your sense of self: you are the I AM, and salvation flows from that inner recognition, not from any external rite.