Doorway of Inner Mercy
James 5:9 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read James 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
James 5:9 warns against grudges, for harboring resentment closes the door to your own judgment. By clinging to grievance you condemn yourself while the inner judge remains at your consciousness's threshold.
Neville's Inner Vision
All judgment is inward. When you grudge against another, you do not harm the other so much as shrink your own consciousness, for you have created a courtroom within your mind where the grievance fixes a separate self. 'The judge standeth before the door' is not a threat but a reminder that your present awareness is the gateway of your experience. Until you forgive, you live with two selves: the grievance and the one who expects condemnation. Yet you are the sovereign I AM of your life; the judge you fear is the decree you pass upon yourself. By choosing mercy, you dissolve the armor of resentment and let the Creative Power that you are move freely. When you feel mercy toward another, you awaken that mercy in you, and your outer world follows that inward harmony. Reconcile by returning to this moment, aligning your attention with your true self, and declare I AM the I AM who forgives; the door is open to peace.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, breathe, and revise the scene: see the other as evidence of your own unity, forgive them, and feel I AM approving this mercy.
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