Inner Saving from Error
James 5:20 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read James 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
James 5:20 says that guiding a person back from their mistaken path can save their soul from death and cover many sins. In plain terms, a compassionate correction restores right-alignment within a person and dissolves the burden of misbelief.
Neville's Inner Vision
The verse invites a shift in your own state of consciousness. The 'sinner' and the 'conversion' are inner movements of awareness, not external acts. When you assume the other person has returned to their true self, you align with the I AM that orders life. Your imagination is the instrument of conversion: by holding a steady image of their wholeness, you loosen the death-like beliefs—guilt, fear, limitation—that cling to them. The deed of saving becomes a reflection of your inner restored unity, and the multitude of sins is covered by the light of your unwavering conviction. Remember, you do not compel change in another person; you revise your own state of consciousness about them, and that revision radiates outward as harmony. The saving of the soul is therefore a demonstration of your own awakening, mirrored in the other, through the compassionate imagination that restores life to the whole drama.
Practice This Now
Assume the person is already living in their true wholeness. Revise your mental story about them to match that state, and feel that reality as you would a vivid present-tense truth for a few minutes.
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