Neville Goddard on Acts 21:22-25 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 21 in context

Scripture Focus

22What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.

23Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;

24Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

25As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.

Acts 21:22-25

Biblical Context

Paul participates in a purification ritual with four men to show authority that he remains within the law, while the Gentiles are not bound by that rite, except to avoid idols, blood, strangled things, and sexual immorality.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider Acts 21:22-25 as a map of consciousness. The assembly's concern about outward appearances reveals the law that your state of mind must look orderly to those who hear of you. But the action of taking four men and sharing in their vow is not a call to perform rites; it is a symbolic acceptance of alignment, an outward sign that you are willing to wear a new self long enough to demonstrate that the old concerns have nothing to threaten your inner integrity. The insistence that Gentiles observe no such thing but avoid idols, blood, etc., whispers the truth that the outer rule-book is less potent than the inner fidelity to your own state of consciousness; the only law that matters is that which your I AM recognizes. Your true covenant is the ongoing loyalty of your awareness to the good you intend to be. Begin now to live as if you already stand under that covenant: you are the one who keeps the law because you are the Law.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of your desired state for a few minutes, and imagine you already stand in harmony with it. Silently affirm 'I AM the Law of this situation' and let that feeling become real.