Neville Goddard on Acts 8:20-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 8 in context

Scripture Focus

20But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

23For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.

Acts 8:20-23

Biblical Context

Peter rejects the notion that spiritual gifts may be bought, showing the heart must be right before God. The passage calls for repentance and turning inward toward alignment with the divine.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture this as your inner courtroom: the 'gift of God' cannot be bought with coin, but reveals itself where your consciousness is in harmony with the I AM. Peter's rebuke exposes a mind still measuring life by external value; he calls out a heart not right in the sight of God. The phrases 'gall of bitterness' and 'bond of iniquity' are not external judgments but inner states your imagination can inhabit when you believe you are separate from grace. In Neville's light, Simon's act shows a refusal to shift states; it is an image of separation from the one life that animates you. The cure is repentance in consciousness—a genuine turning of your attention to the awareness that you are one with God, forgiven, and free. When you revise the assumption that grace is for sale, you invite the gift to manifest as your lived reality. The gift becomes not a prize but the natural expression of your right heart awakening and your recognition of the I AM within.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, place a hand on your heart, and declare, 'I am right with God, forgiven, and free.' Then revise the thought, 'The gift of God cannot be bought; I am the gift realized in right consciousness.'