Grace Quickened Life Within
Ephesians 2:5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ephesians 2 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse says we were dead in sins, yet God quickened us together with Christ by grace—salvation is a gift, not earned.
Neville's Inner Vision
Notice the language of life in the I AM: you were once unconscious of your true vitality, dead to divine life by belief. Yet God's declaration of grace awakens you as one with Christ. This quickening is not a future event but a present, inner act of consciousness. In Neville's terms, you do not rise by struggling to change; you rise by agreeing with the truth you already are - the I AM that animates all. Grace is the lever of your imagination; by intensely feeling and assuming, you shift your inner state from separation to union. When you conceive of yourself as already raised with Christ, your thoughts and feelings align with new life: forgiveness becomes your present reality; reconciliation, your daily experience. The outer world then mirrors the inner renewal as you inhabit a resurrected disposition - joy, purpose, love, and creative power awaken in you as if they were always yours.
Practice This Now
In a few minutes of quiet, assume the feeling of already being quickened with Christ—say 'I am alive in Christ now, by grace.' Allow the sense of new life to rise in your chest and imagine reconciliation and forgiveness as present realities.
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