Neville Goddard on Ephesians 1:5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ephesians 1 in context

Scripture Focus

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

Ephesians 1:5

Biblical Context

Verse 1:5 states that believers are foreordained to be adopted into God's family through Jesus Christ, by the good pleasure of God's will. This is an inward, not external, reality first.

Neville's Inner Vision

This line does not speak of an outward ceremony but of a happening within consciousness. Predestination is not fate imposed from without, but a condition of awareness in which you acknowledge your Christ identity. To be adopted as a child by Jesus Christ to Himself means you recognize you are the beloved in the I AM, the same yesterday, today, and forever. The will mentioned is the will of God operating within your mind, aligning your imagination with the truth you truly are. The adoption is the return of your gaze to your native home in divine sonship, where you are welcomed not as a sinner striving, but as the prodigal who has awakened to the Father. When you assume that you are already in the family, you begin to see the world rearrange to reflect it. The inner state precedes outer change; the feeling of belonging creates the conditions you call life. Imagination is the instrument by which adoption becomes your lived reality.

Practice This Now

Practice: assume the state that you are already adopted, a beloved child in Christ. When doubt arises, revise the scene in your mind and feel it real now.