Neville Goddard on Acts 5:27-29 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 5 in context

Scripture Focus

27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

28Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Acts 5:27-29

Biblical Context

The apostles are brought before the council and declare they must obey God rather than men. Their fidelity to a higher truth becomes the central act of the passage.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville’s view, the scene is a drama of inner states clothed in outward authority. The council represents external pressures and conventional commands, while the apostles embody the I AM—your living awareness that can not truly bend to fear or superstition when it contradicts truth. To obey God is to obey the inner conviction that you are the expression of a higher order, not to submit to mere human dictates. When you feel the weight of an external mandate, remember that reality follows the imagination aligned with truth. The “ Jerusalem” spoken of as being filled with doctrine is your mind filled with a persistent inner image—the inner vision you refuse to dissolve. The essential teaching is not rebellion for its own sake, but fidelity to the inner command that comes from God within. If you dwell in that inner state, the outer world will reflect that alignment, and your life will carry the power of a truth felt deep within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I am the I AM; I obey God within.' Feel the inner conviction rise and rest there for several minutes, imagining your external life aligning with this inner truth.