Neville Goddard on Hebrews 12:6-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hebrews 12 in context

Scripture Focus

6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Hebrews 12:6-8

Biblical Context

God disciplines those He loves; enduring chastening marks you as a son, while lack of discipline would imply you are outside the family.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the inner eye, this scripture declares that every seeming trial is the loving hand of your inner Father shaping you into a state of consciousness worthy of your divine birth. God is not a distant judge but the I AM you inhabit; chastening is the pressure of your own desire meeting the limits of your present self, calling you up into a higher state of being. If you endure, you are treated as a son, because the Father only disciplines those who belong to the family of awareness. The moment you understand chastening as a sign of affection from your own perfect self, you stop fighting and begin to revise the story you tell yourself. Endurance becomes not pain but participation in the process of becoming the you that already exists in the unseen realm. Imagination then acts as your instrument: you choose the state you desire, feel it as real, and let the inward correction align thought and feeling with that state.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, revise the struggle by affirming, 'I am loved and being perfected by my inner Father.' Feel the correction as a warm, empowering energy until it lands as real in this moment.