Neville Goddard on Galatians 3:15-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Galatians 3 in context

Scripture Focus

15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

16Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

17And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

18For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Galatians 3:15-18

Biblical Context

Galatians 3:15-18 shows that once a covenant is confirmed, none can disannul or add to it; the promises made to Abraham come through one seed, Christ. The inheritance is by promise, not by law.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider this as a map of your inner landscape. The covenant spoken of in Galatians is not a future treaty in the outer world, but an inner agreement confirmed within your own consciousness. The 'seed' to whom the promises belong is not a line of descendants but the Christ within you—the one idea that you are already complete, already heir to every blessing. The law, introduced later, does not revoke this inner promise; it merely represents attempts to attain by obedience what is already the truth in your I AM awareness. Therefore, your inheritance is not earned by rules but received by recognizing your unity with the seed. Time (hundreds of years later) is irrelevant to the immediacy of the present realization. If you insist the inheritance depends on performance, you are still separated from the promise; choose instead to identify with the seed and claim the promise now. Your consciousness is the covenant; your imagination is the instrument by which the seed grows; your feeling awakens it into form. Rest in the certainty that God gave Abraham the promise—so you too are promised this realization, in the present moment.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quiet, close your eyes and softly say, 'I am the seed of Christ; the promise is mine now,' and let the inner feeling of 'it is done' flood your chest.