Inner Release in Acts 17
Acts 17:8-9 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Acts 17 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verses describe a public disturbance caused by new teachings and a subsequent release after securing hostages, illustrating how outer events reflect inner states.
Neville's Inner Vision
In Acts 17:8-9, the crowd and rulers represent the outer thoughts of the mind responding to a new truth. Their trouble is the mind resisting a shift in present possibility. The act of taking security for Jason and the other is not a legal incident but an inner decision to guard a new state of being. When you, however, fix your consciousness in a newer state—assume presence as safe and free—the outer scene relaxes and yields. The “security” you grant yourself is the inner assurance that your I AM is unassailable, and the release follows as the world conforms to your inner decree. This is the law of imagination: you are not subject to circumstances but to the state you consistently inhabit. By cultivating a feeling of being safely and freely held within, you experience the same release the text describes—your outer life mirrors your steadfast inner conviction, and you pass from bondage to liberty in your awareness.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Assume the state of immediate release now—silently affirm, 'I am free and secure now,' feel it in your chest until it becomes real, then envision the outer scene yielding and the authorities releasing you.
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