Neville Goddard on Colossians 2:8-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Colossians 2 in context

Scripture Focus

8Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

10And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

11In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

12Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

13And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

14Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

15And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Colossians 2:8-15

Biblical Context

Paul warns against being spoiled by philosophy and tradition, insisting that believers are complete in Christ, forgiven of sins, and raised to a new life through baptism. He declares that Christ's fullness and sovereignty trump worldly rules and powers.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the reader's consciousness, the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily in the sense of I AM. When you affirm, 'I am complete in Christ,' you are not adding a doctrine to your life; you are displacing a false self with the true self that Christ reveals. The 'rudiments' and vain philosophies are the noise of a dream; the truth is that the circumcision without hands is the cutting away of the old belief system from your awareness, a baptism of recognition that you are already risen with him. Buried with him in baptism becomes the moment you accept the operative power of God within you, and your heart aligns with the fact of a new life. Being dead in sins and quickened together with him is a present shift of identification, not a distant event: forgiveness flows as the realization that all trespasses have been canceled in the light of your I AM. The handwriting of ordinances is blotted out when you stop pretending external laws govern you, and you witness the open triumph of principalities and powers over them in consciousness. The world’s claims fade as you dwell in this inner ruling principle.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes, place your hand on your chest, and repeat, 'I am complete in Christ now.' Feel the old beliefs drop away as you imagine the circumcision of the heart, the baptism into new life, and the handwriting of ordinances erased from your mind.