Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 13:6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 13 in context

Scripture Focus

6If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

Deuteronomy 13:6

Biblical Context

The passage warns that intimate family and close friends can secretly entice you to worship other gods. It urges steadfast loyalty to the one God within.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville lens, the names of kin are not external persons but inner states that would seduce you from the consciousness you claim. When a voice says let us go and serve other gods, it is a plant of fear, lack, or old identities nudging you to abandon the I AM. The commandment is to treat these voices as evidence of your inner affinity, and to choose again the truth of your awareness. The only true God is the I AM within, the unwavering consciousness that makes all else appear. To resist, you do not fight the person; you revise your assumption. You imagine the end you desire as already present and declare there is no space for competing gods in your temple. As long as you identify with a thought that calls itself a god, you are inviting a hidden idolatry; when you assume a higher state, the enticement dissolves and your outer world aligns with your inner alignment.

Practice This Now

Practice: the next time a tempting thought surfaces, close your eyes, breathe, and assume the posture of the I AM; silently revise, 'I am the only God in this temple,' and feel the reality as if it has already happened.