Inner Boldness in Jerusalem

Neville's Inner Vision

In this passage the boldness of the speaker arises not from outward bravado but from an inward certainty. The mind is Jerusalem: the seat of awareness where you decide who you are and what you stand for. When he speaks boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, the act is not a projection into a dangerous world but a recognition of the I AM within as the source of power. The 'Grecians' are the inner arguments of doubt, and the threatening crowd is the fear of death that would dethrone you from your inner posture. Their 'slaying' is the old image of limitation attempting to override your sense of self as God’s expression. By living from the I AM, you act as Paul—every word you utter in the name of Jesus is the acknowledgment that divine life is your immediate fact. The result is that the outer trial becomes a demonstration of your inner alignment; nothing in appearance can shake the state you have chosen.