Neville Goddard on Acts 7:51-53 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 7 in context

Scripture Focus

51Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

53Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

Acts 7:51-53

Biblical Context

Stephen accuses the people of resisting the Holy Spirit and betraying the Just One; the passage highlights an inner misalignment between professed obedience and lived consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

To hear Stephen's charge is to hear the voice of your own inner state. The stiff-necked and uncircumcised heart are not external opponents but a consciousness that resists the Holy Ghost within. The prophets were not slain by others alone; you kill them in your habits of thought that refuse the Just One arising in you. The law, given by angels, speaks to inner authority only when you yield to its inward voice, not carnal rules. Stop treating the command as something you perform on others; realize you are the I AM, the alive presence that keeps and fulfills the law by alignment with Spirit. When you see your past self as stubborn, you are free to choose differently. The inner God is not distant; it is your awareness stepping forward when you abandon fear and obey the living principle within. Your task is not to condemn others but to revise your inner posture until the Holy Spirit moves unimpeded through your daily acts and thoughts.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, rest your hand on your chest, and declare 'I AM the I AM; I keep the inner law by Spirit.' Then feel that assurance until the sense of obedience becomes your habitual state.