Neville Goddard on Acts 2:38-39 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 2 in context

Scripture Focus

38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

39For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.

Acts 2:38-39

Biblical Context

Peter calls for inner turning and baptism for forgiveness, offering the Holy Spirit to all who are called; the passage speaks of a widening, covenantal promise.

Neville's Inner Vision

Repentance here is a reshaping of the inner weather. The call to repent and be baptized is an invitation to identify with your true I AM, not a confession of guilt. When you hear 'for the remission of sins', know it as the loosening of past states that no longer serve your divine nature. The 'gift of the Holy Ghost' is the awakening presence within—your imagination becoming a living reality, a guiding compass in each moment. The promise is for you, your children, and all who are called; it signals a widening of consciousness, the awareness that you are never cut off from the Source, but the Source is calling you home. As you revise, forgive, and deepen your loyalty to the Covenant—your alignment with God within—you experience the Spirit not as a distant event but as the very breath of your I AM. This is the spiritual technology: you are the dreamer and the dream; revise the dream, and the world follows.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the I AM as your foundational self; revise the old story by declaring, 'From this moment I forgive and awaken to the Spirit within.' Feel a warm, radiant current of life flowing through you as proof that the gift is already given.