Neville Goddard on Acts 15:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 15 in context

Scripture Focus

3And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

4And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

Acts 15:3-4

Biblical Context

The passage describes the church guiding a journey, proclaiming the Gentiles conversion, and bringing joy to the brethren; then, upon reaching Jerusalem, the church and leaders receive and hear of what God has done.

Neville's Inner Vision

The verses describe a procession of consciousness under guidance. The church that brings them on their way is your inner state of awareness, the support and direction you call forth when you decide to move. Phenice and Samaria are not distant lands; they are inner dispositions you pass through as you turn attention from habitual suggestions toward a new identity. The conversion of the Gentiles is the awakening of neglected faculties into harmony with the I AM, a shift from fear and limitation to luminous possibility. When you claim this shift, you also declare it to your inner authorities and to your inner community, which are the parts of you that confirm what is real in consciousness. The Jerusalem reception mirrors the moment your higher self acknowledges the change and invites you to speak aloud the works that God has done within you. The entire scene teaches that the visible order in your life follows the inner recognition of a new state. Your imagination, consistently practiced, becomes the actual film of your life, as you awaken to the truth that God dwells as you and through you.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume you are already bearing the news of inner conversion to your inner circle; feel the joy as if it has already happened. Then revise any sense of lack by affirming that God has done great things within you, and let that declaration ripple through your mind.