Neville Goddard on Acts 26:4-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 26 in context

Scripture Focus

4My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

Acts 26:4-5

Biblical Context

Paul recalls his youth in Jerusalem among the Jews and testifies that he lived as a Pharisee, known by those who knew him from the beginning. He ties that memory to the claim that his life followed the strictest sect of their religion.

Neville's Inner Vision

Paul’s declaration is not a boast about an outer pedigree but a map of your inner territory. The 'youth' and 'Jerusalem' are inner centers of awareness; the 'Jews' are the inner witnesses who know you by past memory, and the 'most straitest sect' is a state of mind—discipline, holiness, separation from doubt. To Neville, 'Pharisee' becomes a symbol for a steadfast alignment with an inner law. You can revise this by assuming that you have always lived as that faithful keeper of the inner code, not by outward ritual but by inner conviction. When you genuinely feel this as present reality, your I AM begins to rewrite your circumstances to conform to the revised sense of self.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and declare: I have always lived as the faithful inner Pharisee, aligned with the most strict inner law. Feel this truth as present reality, and let the I AM witness it.