Neville Goddard on Acts 6:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 6 in context

Scripture Focus

5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

6Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

Acts 6:5-6

Biblical Context

A united community selects seven men full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and, after prayer, lays hands on them to set them forth.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the mindful seeker, Acts is an inner drama of states rather than a page of history. The choosing of Stephen and the six companions is the inner recognition of qualities you already possess in your consciousness—faith and the Holy Spirit made active in your now. The crowd’s approval represents alignment between your outer belief and your I AM, while the act of laying hands after prayer is your imagination confirming a movement you have already begun within. The Holy Ghost is the living energy of awareness, and faith is the steadfast trust that your inner God-Self is real and operative. The commissioning is not performed by men apart from you, but by the inner authorities of your mind who declare your chosen facets ready to act and present them to your spiritual faculties to be expressed in daily life. The Presence of God is the perpetual I AM within; when you feel it, your imagined sequence becomes present, and revision through feeling completes the rite.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume you are already chosen and authorized by your inner council. Feel it real by imagining the hands laid on your life, and watch the movement you desire begin within you.