Inner Birth: Promise Over Flesh
Galatians 4:22-23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Abraham's two sons symbolize two inner dispositions: the bondwoman's son born of the flesh and the freewoman's son born by promise. Paul points to liberation through faith, not human effort.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within you there live two birthings, two states of consciousness: the bondwoman’s child born of the flesh and the freewoman’s child born by promise. The former clings to sight, time, and effort; the latter rests in faith, inner witness, and the I AM. When you identify with the I AM, the freewoman’s birth grows; you stop chasing outcomes and begin living from the fulfilled end in mind. This is Neville’s cousin to deliverance: not changing outward conditions but awakening to the truth that your inner world creates your world. The two sons illustrate that you choose which reality you feed. To practice, assume the promise as already yours; revise your current scene to reflect it; feel the relief, joy, and security as if it is present now. The imaginary act makes the shift; the feeling reality completes it. In time, the mind aligns with the liberty already written in the inner scriptures, and the outward scene follows.
Practice This Now
Practice: In a quiet moment, assume the end by saying, 'I am the freewoman; I live by promise.' Feel the relief as if it is true now, and carry that feeling into the day.
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