Inner Word Reality James 1:21-22
James 1:21-22 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read James 1 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
James 1:21-22 urges shedding moral filth and naughtiness, receiving the life-giving word with humility, and not merely listening but acting on it, for true salvation comes from obedience, not just hearing.
Neville's Inner Vision
You are always pressed by a demand to cleanse your inner house and to entertain a living word that is already within you. When you lay aside the 'filthiness' of fear, doubt, and complaint, you make space for the engrafted word to take root in your consciousness. This 'word' is not a command from outside; it is a seed planted in your own I AM, waiting to be nourished by your steady attention. Meekness is not weakness but receptivity—an inner posture that yields to the truth you already are. To be 'doers of the word' is to translate inward conviction into outer living: you act as the reality you affirm rather than merely assent to it. If you merely listen, you reinforce the illusion of separation; but when you revise your inner state to align with the word's living reality, your soul is saved from disintegration into doubt and fear. The engagement of imagination with faithful action completes the circle: thought becomes form, word becomes world, and salvation is the awakening to your true self in God.
Practice This Now
Practice: Close your eyes and assume the state of one who already received the word; imagine yourself acting on it now, in quiet obedience. Then test by deliberate small acts aligned with that inner conviction today.
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