Inner Gates of Just Judgment
Deuteronomy 16:18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Deuteronomy 16 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Deuteronomy 16:18 calls for setting up judges and officers at every gate to judge with just judgment; spiritually, it points to cultivating inner discernment that governs thoughts, speech, and actions with righteousness.
Neville's Inner Vision
Viewed through the I AM, the gates are openings in consciousness, and the judges and officers are your inner faculties of discernment, conscience, and law. The phrase 'the LORD thy God giveth thee' becomes the realization that these powers are given to you by your own I AM, not procured from without. When you train them to act with just judgment, outward life reflects this inward alignment—relationships, work, and decisions carry the quiet certainty of fairness. Each gate of daily life—at home, in business, in the city—needs its own tribunal of right perception, so that thoughts are sifted, motives weighed, and choices made in accord with truth. The verse thus reveals a law of inner governance: justice is not imposed from outside but established within by your continual practice of fair criteria, compassion, and accuracy. By cultivating this inner court, you embody the state of justice your world will mirror. You are not a victim of circumstance; you are the governor of your inner kingdom, and when your mind acts justly, the outer gates respond with order and peace.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, breathe, and imagine yourself appointing an inner judge and an inner officer at every gate of your mind; then revise a recent conflict by hearing their verdict and feeling the reality of just resolution.
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