Inner Authority Unveiled
Acts 4:7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Acts 4 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
In Acts 4:7, the leaders set Peter and John before them and ask by what power or name they acted. The scene centers on an external challenge to authority that becomes a doorway into the inner source of action.
Neville's Inner Vision
Imagine the verse as a mirror of your own consciousness. The 'they' are the critics and laws of your mind—those outer voices that set you in the middle of a scene and demand a story: By what power? By what name? In Neville's method, the real answer is never out there but within. The power is the I AM that you are aware of; the name is the quality by which you identify yourself. When you answer from the sense of identity as pure being, the act becomes natural. Healing or any act of grace flows not from an external approval but from your inner assurance that you are God in expression. You are asked to revise your self-concept: instead of seeking power in objects outside, you affirm, 'I AM power; I AM name.' Feel the conviction as if you have already done it, and let the scene fall into place as the demonstration of your inner state. The healing occurs as you dwell in the awareness of your I AM presence, and the outer world reports your power because you have become that power in consciousness.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and imagine the I AM within you declaring, 'I am the power and I am the name.' Then feel the truth in your body, and dwell in the healed state as if it already is.
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