Inner Judgment Reimagined
Amos 5:7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Amos 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Amos 5:7 condemns those who turn judgment into wormwood and abandon righteousness on the earth. It points to a wrong use of discernment—making inner judgment bitter and neglecting the living law of justice.
Neville's Inner Vision
Amos 5:7 speaks to the mind's wrong turning: judgment becomes wormwood when you hold a bitter, fixed opinion and refuse to let righteousness guide your every act upon the earth. The word 'earth' points to your outer world, where your inner state colors experience; the I AM—the living awareness you are—is not a harsh judge but the law that makes all things right when acknowledged. When you claim this I AM as the basis of every decision, you cease producing bitter fruit, and your discernment serves life rather than rancor. The moment you revise a harsh judgment into a healing possibility, you invite justice to move through you. Do not seek righteousness in the world as something separate from you; realize you are the field in which righteousness grows. By dwelling in a steady state of impartial love, the earth becomes a testament to the inner law you are.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and assume the state 'I AM the judge positioned in love and justice in my world.' Now revise one current judgment about someone by affirming their essential good and imagining a just, harmonious outcome.
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