Neville Goddard on Ephesians 4:20-24 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ephesians 4 in context

Scripture Focus

20But ye have not so learned Christ;

21If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

23And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Ephesians 4:20-24

Biblical Context

It tells you to discard the old self and its deceitful desires. It also calls you to be renewed in the spirit of your mind and to put on the new man created by God in righteousness and true holiness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Paul invites you to awaken to the Christ within, not to chase a distant moral makeover. The 'old man' is a worn state of consciousness—an identity built from deceitful lusts that you mistake for yourself. The 'spirit of your mind' is the atmosphere you dwell in, the I AM awareness you live by. When you 'learn Christ' and listen to his truth, you realize you are already created after God in righteousness and true holiness. Renewal is a shift in what you accept as real, a choosing of the inner reality over outer appearances. To practice it, close your eyes and feel the I AM as your own being, the subtle, abiding agent of life. Then revise any limiting story about who you are, declaring that the old self has passed away and the new self now stands forth in right action and grace. The moment you hold this inner state as true, the outer circumstances begin to arrange themselves to match it.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume the I AM as your true self now. Declare, 'I am created in righteousness and true holiness,' and feel it recalibrate one habitual thought or urge.