Boldness From the I AM Within
Acts 4:13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Peter and John showed boldness to the authorities, despite being unlearned. The crowd noticed they had clearly been with Jesus, signaling an inner connection that fills outward life.
Neville's Inner Vision
Take the scene as a mirror of your own inner state. Boldness does not come from titles or learning, but from the consciousness you habitually inhabit—the I AM. Peter and John were not proud of their ignorance; they were newly aware, one with the living Jesus within. The rulers marveled because the inner Christ expressed itself as external courage. This is the law Neville speaks: imagination creates reality; to imitate their boldness you must imagine the self as already united with the divine presence. When you live in the memory of the I AM, you do not need approval from the world to stand tall. Your inner life becomes the spectacle of courage, and others take knowledge of you—that you have been with Jesus, that you have allowed God to show forth through you. So the verse invites you to revise the sense of self from limitation to the certainty of your higher self.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Sit in quiet and declare, 'I am with the Christ within now,' imagining the inner Jesus speaking and acting through you. Feel the boldness rise as a natural expression of the I AM, and revise any sense of lack until it is clearly real.
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