Inner Rebirth of Faith

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe the shift not in place but in consciousness. The regions mentioned—Syria and Cilicia—are inner territories where a new allegiance takes root, not in the crowd but in the I AM that you are. Being 'unknown by face' to the churches signals that your old self cannot be recognized by the new, for appearances are only echoes of a past state of mind. What matters is the report of a transformation: the one who persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. This is the law of reversal at work in your own life: a destructive thought of self becomes the instrument of its own redemption when you assume the truth it cannot yet see. When you dwell in the conviction that you are the preacher of your own consecrated faith, you are not pretending but aligning your inner state with its glorious outcome. The churches 'in Christ' remind you that every image formed in awareness is born of Christ within; salvation is an inner turning of the sun within your consciousness, not a change imposed from without.