Neville Goddard on Ephesians 1:3-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ephesians 1 in context

Scripture Focus

3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

Ephesians 1:3-6

Biblical Context

God the Father has blessed us with all spiritual blessings, placed in heavenly places in Christ. He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in love, and predestined us to adoption as His children through Jesus, so we are accepted in the Beloved.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your inner life, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is the living I AM. All spiritual blessings are not scattered in an outside sky but deposited in your inner Christ-consciousness, a heavenly place opened within your own awareness. Before the foundation of the world, you were poised in harmony with love—holy and blameless. This is not distant theology; it is your present state awaiting your recognition. He has predestined you to the adoption as a child by Jesus Christ, aligning you with a family identity you simply awaken to—an intimate relationship with the Beloved. All of this serves to exalt the glory of grace: you are accepted in the Beloved, not by works but by the grace that is your true nature. Dwell in that I AM, and the outward world becomes a reflection of the inward, so your life begins to express that chosen, holy, adopted self.

Practice This Now

Assume the state: I am chosen in Christ and accepted in the Beloved now. Feel this truth as present reality and revise any sense of lack by dwelling there long enough to let it reshape your external life.