Discord to Unity: Acts 15:36-40

Acts 15:36-40 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Acts 15 in context

Scripture Focus

36And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the LORD, and see how they do.
37And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
38But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
39And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
40And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
Acts 15:36-40

Biblical Context

Paul and Barnabas plan to revisit believers, but Barnabas wants Mark; Paul opposes him; their clash leads to a split, with Barnabas taking Mark to Cyprus and Paul choosing Silas.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Acts 15:36–40, see two leaders as two states of consciousness moving under the same Life—Paul represents the discipline of mission, Barnabas the nurturing impulse, and Mark the memory of a past departure. Your inner scene will interpret their quarrel not as rupture but as two streams of your one will, each seeking the Father’s work in a different manner. The breach is a movement of your I AM in imagination, testing what you hold as true about partnership and time. When you choose to reflect in grace, you are not denying difference but harmonizing it; the praise of the brethren is the inner alignment that binds the two paths to the grace of God. By accepting both routes as valid expressions of the same goal, you release resistance and invite cooperation, even if outward appearances change. Your task is to dwell in the certainty that the I AM guides all strands of your life toward the same concrete good; the inward unity makes outward separation a phase, leading you toward greater witness and grace.

Practice This Now

Assume the split has already been resolved in your consciousness; feel the unity of your inner I AM guiding both paths. Imagine moving forward in one mission with grace over every step.

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