Neville Goddard on Acts 20:19-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 20 in context

Scripture Focus

19Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

20And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,

21Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 20:19-21

Biblical Context

Paul describes serving the Lord with humility, tears, and temptations, while withholding nothing profitable. He testifies to Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ.

Neville's Inner Vision

Acting as the I AM inside you, consider Acts 20:19-21 a map of your inner discipline. When you claim to serve the Lord with all humility of mind, you choose the quiet power of awareness that does not clutch at control. Humility here is not weakness but the fearless alignment of consciousness with its source. Tears and temptations appear as inner weather, testing your fidelity to the living presence, yet they do not derail the demonstration. The phrase 'I kept back nothing that was profitable' becomes the practice of withholding nothing from your own mind—revealing the profitable truths to your inner audience until they are fully lived. Testifying to both Jews and Greeks stands for acknowledging the two inner dispositions within you: reserved ego and expansive faith. Repentance toward God means turning toward the I AM, a transformation of thought from separation to unity. Faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ is trust in the Christ within, the awakened awareness that you are the Word made flesh in imagination. When you inhabit this state, outer testimony follows as a natural expression of the inner conviction.

Practice This Now

Imaginatively assume the posture: I am the Lord's servant, humble and expansive. Feel the inner turning toward God and faith toward Christ as already real, and let that state settle into your daily awareness.