Neville Goddard on James 5:14-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read James 5 in context

Scripture Focus

14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

James 5:14-15

Biblical Context

James 5:14-15 invites the sick to call for the elders, have them pray over them, and anoint with oil in the Lord's name. The prayer of faith is said to heal, raise up the sick, and forgive sins.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this brief passage the sick are invited to call for elders and to pray over them, with oil, in the name of the Lord. The deeper meaning asks you to inquire what it means to be sick in your own consciousness and what it means for anointing to take place in the mind that requires healing. The 'elders' are your higher states of awareness—those you trust to remind you of your true I AM, the unchanging awareness that never sickens. The 'oil' is a symbolic seal of consecration, a memory of your psalm-like faith that your state is one of wholeness. When the prayer of faith is uttered from this inner conviction, the sickness dissolves as you hold the vision of health, and your body rises to meet your declared truth. The result is not merely physical restoration but the forgiveness of what you believed you did not deserve. By recognizing that you are the I AM, you rewrite the entire scene; the Lord lifts the mind into its native, invincible vitality.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of health now. Imagine your inner elder laying hands on you and saying 'I AM health' while you breathe vitality through every cell.