Acts: Inner Guarded Counsel
Acts 23:20-22 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Acts 23 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The Jews plot to bring Paul to the council under a pretext to question him further. More than forty vow to kill him, and the captain is told to reveal nothing about the warning given by the young man.
Neville's Inner Vision
From the inner reading, the narrative is not about a man named Paul, but about the states of my own consciousness. The Jews are the scattered thoughts that would betray my purpose; the council is the council of judgment in my mind; the forty oath-bound men are fear-bound habits that would kill my desired unfoldment. The captain who orders secrecy is my I AM, the inner guard that shields truth until the moment of its right expression. Do not yield to them means I refuse to reveal prematurely my inner revelation to the outer world or the crowd of anxious thoughts. Providence moves as I awaken to the awareness that I am already safe and that the hour of proclamation comes by inner timing, not by outer plotting. The message entrusted to the young man is the whispered insight I receive, and the charge to tell no man is the discipline to keep it until the inner timing aligns with my greater good. When I live in that awareness, danger dissolves into the present sense of security, and life unfolds by a wiser rhythm than surface appearances.
Practice This Now
Assume the state of Being that guards its truth: I am protected by the I AM and I reveal my inner word only at the signal of inner guidance. Revise fear by picturing the plot dissolving in light, and feel the safety until the sensation anchors in my nervous system.
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