Neville Goddard on Acts 25:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 25 in context

Scripture Focus

4But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

5Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

6And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.

Acts 25:4-6

Biblical Context

Festus orders Paul kept at Caesarea and invites others to accuse him; after more than ten days, he travels to Caesarea and sits on the judgment seat to bring Paul.

Neville's Inner Vision

Festus is the outer governor of your mind, proposing to keep Paul—the true self—under guard. The invitation to descend with him to accuse implies the habit of condemning thoughts you have believed. The ten-day tarry is the inner pause where you allow a verdict to linger, giving witnesses time to assemble. The judgment seat is not a courtroom but the I AM—the place of awareness where a state is made real. When Paul is brought, you are invited to acknowledge the inner Christ, the seeing self that remains untouched by fear or opinion. The lesson is not to resist judgment but to revise the content of the verdict by declaring, I AM; I choose the state of Paul now. In Neville's practice, you do not beg for justice from without; you instantiate it within by assuming the state and feeling it real.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and assume you are already on the inner judgment seat as the I AM. Declare 'Paul is my true self now' and feel this state taking hold.