Neville Goddard on Acts 4:25-28 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 4 in context

Scripture Focus

25Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

26The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

Acts 4:25-28

Biblical Context

Acts 4:25-28 quotes David to name the conspiracy of nations against the Lord and His anointed, then declares that these events are foreordained by God's hand and counsel. It invites us to see outer conflict as inward movements within divine Providence.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's voice, the passage speaks to your inner life: the 'heathen' and the 'kings of the earth' are inner states—doubt, pride, fear—that rise to oppose the Christ within. Yet the 'hand and counsel' of God is your own I AM moving consciousness toward its divine end. When you recognize the I AM as sovereign over every scene, you cease resisting and begin cooperating with the script already written in divine mind. The 'holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed' becomes your awareness of the perfect, chosen self. Outer events you fear are the appearance of inner revisions coming to life. Practice now: assume the state of the I AM as the authority of your life; revise any fear that this day's challenges are random; feel it real that the universe is arranging itself for your good under Providence.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM now; declare 'All is done by the hand and counsel of God.' Feel the certainty settle into your body and watch the outer scene align with your inner decree.