Inner Disagreement, Outer Mission

Acts 15:37-39 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Acts 15 in context

Scripture Focus

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;
Acts 15:37-39

Biblical Context

Barnabas wants to take John Mark; Paul disagrees, leading to a sharp split. Barnabas sails with Mark to Cyprus while Paul continues his work apart.

Neville's Inner Vision

Paul and Barnabas in this scene are not two men divided from one will, but two faculties within your I AM wrestling for the next move of your mission. The urge to bring Mark represents a trust in growth and inclusion; the refusal to take him represents a disciplined boundary that guards the work. The sharp contention is a moment of inner friction, a belief that past departures must ruin future possibility. Yet God, the I AM, remains unmoved behind the scene; imagination can rearrange the drama so that these sides unite rather than fracture. When you acknowledge that both impulses arise from the same one life, you open a space in which a larger circle of service can form. The Cyprus voyage you witness is the symbol of expanding inclusion in your own consciousness. The apparent split becomes a doorway through which more love and wisdom can flow into your work, showing that a perceived division can only exist as long as you believe you are two separate selves.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: close your eyes and revise the scene by affirming that both impulses belong to one mission; feel the unity as if Barnabas, Paul, and Mark are already together in purpose, sailing toward Cyprus.

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