Inner Authority From Acts 7:27
Acts 7:27 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
One who wrongs another thrusts him away and questions who appointed him ruler and judge. This scene points to the inner dynamics of authority—whether leadership is seen as outward power or an inner state of consciousness.
Neville's Inner Vision
In Acts 7:27 the man who wrongs his neighbour thrusts him away, crying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? In the Neville Goddard sense this is the inner scene of your life when you forget the I AM that rules your world. The external assertion of authority mirrors the mind’s habit of giving power to others or to circumstance. The true king is not a person on a throne but the state of consciousness that governs every thought, feeling, and action. When you feel wronged, you are being asked to revisit your inner state and claim the authority you have inherited in awareness. By choosing to regard yourself as the ruler and judge—your I AM as the sovereign ruler—you align with justice and with love for your neighbor, who becomes a reflection of your own state. The invitation is a revision: let your awareness write the law that creates your experience, not an outside voice. In this way rejection becomes an inward awakeness to sovereignty.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Sit quietly and, with eyes closed, state, I am the ruler and judge of my life. Feel the authority of awareness as a present reality, and revise a recent moment of feeling judged by imagining that such judgments arise from my own inner state.
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