Neville Goddard on Acts 5:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 5 in context

Scripture Focus

1But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

2And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

4Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

Acts 5:1-4

Biblical Context

Ananias and Sapphira lie about their sale proceeds and are confronted for lying to God, highlighting the gravity of deceit and authenticity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Acting in Acts 5:1–4 reveals the inner drama: the mind clinging to appearances and the fear of lack. Ananias and Sapphira move as if wealth is divided between outward display and inner truth, yet their withholding is a refusal to let the I AM govern their sense of self. When Peter asks why Satan filled their heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, he points to an inner condition: the belief that a part of you must be kept back from your true life. The Holy Ghost stands for your I AM, your present awareness; to lie to it is to lie to God within. In Neville’s vocabulary, you cannot hide from the inner law of consciousness—deception fragments your unity and blocks the flow of abundance. The remedy is simple: acknowledge that all you possess is already yours in awareness, and align your feeling with completeness. When you revise the scene in imagination, accepting your entire wealth as expression of the one life, the external veil falls away and truth becomes your currency.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of complete integrity now; revise any memory of lack by declaring, 'All I have is mine in God.' See the scene of possession laid at the feet of your higher self and feel the flow of abundance freely through you.