Neville Goddard on Acts 5:20-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 5 in context

Scripture Focus

20Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

21And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

Acts 5:20-21

Biblical Context

The passage shows a call to stand in the temple and teach the words of life, rising at dawn to teach despite looming opposition. It also serves as a metaphor for inner awakening, where the temple is the mind and life is consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the Neville listener, these verses are not about a location but about your own consciousness. The command to go stand and speak the words of this life is a directive from the I AM within you to assert the living nature of your awareness. The temple is your own mind, the dawn is the moment when new awareness is born, and the early teaching is the discipline of consistently returning to the life that your imagination has chosen. The high priest and the council represent doubts and appearances that try to arrest your creative act; their arrival only confirms that the world is reflecting your inner decree. When you accept that you are the speaker of this life, you become fearless, and your inner teaching proceeds regardless of outer pressure. Your life-giving words are the imaginative acts that declare who you are in God. The result is a natural witness that flows into every interaction, turning fear into faith and opposition into confirmation of authority.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume you are already standing in the inner temple at dawn, delivering the life giving words to your inner council and feeling their reality. If fear arises, revise by repeating I am the temple I am the life and feel it real as you proceed.