Neville Goddard on Galatians 1:21-24 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

21Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;

22And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:

23But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

24And they glorified God in me.

Galatians 1:21-24

Biblical Context

Paul travels through Syria and Cilicia and is unknown in Judea by face. He is now preaching the faith he once persecuted, and the churches glorify God in him.

Neville's Inner Vision

Galatians 1:21-24 is not a travel log; it is a map of inner movement. The regions Syria and Cilicia are states of consciousness you travel through in imagination, not distant lands. Being unknown by face to the churches of Judaea signifies that the old opinion of yourself, the face others expect, is not yet aligned with the Christ within. Yet word comes that the one who once persecuted the faith is now the bearer of it; this is your inner conversion, the shift from resistance to faith, from opposition to embrace. When you embody the faith you once fought against, you glorify God in yourself. The outward record witnesses the inward: as you persist in the new assumption, the inner self becomes known to the inner churches, and God is realized as I AM, the awareness that creates. The anchor is faith, not fact; what you contemplate in imagination with feeling becomes your life.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Tonight, close your eyes and assume the self that preaches the faith with ease; feel the assurance as you inhabit the new story. Then picture the old self fading as God, your I AM, is glorified in you.