Neville Goddard on Acts 24:24-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 24 in context

Scripture Focus

24And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

25And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

26He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

27But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.

Acts 24:24-27

Biblical Context

Felix, with Drusilla, calls Paul to hear about the faith, trembles at righteousness and judgment, but delays, hoping for a bribe; two years later, Felix remains in power as Paul stays bound.

Neville's Inner Vision

Felix is a state of consciousness that fears the light it has encountered. Drusilla signals the lure of the external world, while Paul is the inner voice of Christ within—the I AM that speaks of righteousness, temperance, and the coming judgment. When Felix trembles and asks for a convenient season, he reveals the common habit of postponing alignment with truth while clinging to outer control and the hope of payoff. Paul’s bondage represents the mind-bound condition produced by choosing expediency over inner law. Yet the Christ within endures as the silent witness, ready to be heard whenever we decide to call it forth. The two-year pause embodies persistent habit; the inner state remains untransformed until we insist on the inner principle. Your work is to reverse this drama: abandon the waiting for a ‘convenient season’ and assume the consciousness in which righteousness, temperance, and judgment are already real. Let the inner Paul speak, and release the fear that money or approval could free you.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: close your eyes and assume the inner Paul—the living fidelity of righteousness and the I AM awareness. Declare, now, that there is no convenient season but this moment, and feel the release as you revise the scene to hear truth and walk free.