Inner Obedience, Outer Judgment
Jeremiah 35:16-17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Jeremiah 35 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jonadab's sons obey their father, but the people do not hear the Lord. The passage warns that disobedience and ignoring inner guidance bring forthcoming judgment.
Neville's Inner Vision
Observe that Jonadab’s sons kept their father’s command, while the people would not heed the Lord. In Neville’s terms, the Father is the I AM within—awareness that commands your states. The people’s disbelief is an inner resistance, a refusal to heed the inner command of your own consciousness. Obeying outwardly without aligning with inner reality yields a split, and the stated judgment is simply the natural result of neglecting living awareness. The cure is simple: assume you are already obedient in your inner life, that the inner command has been heard and acted upon by your higher self, and feel that alignment right now. When you treat your present circumstances as the fruit of that inner agreement, your outer world follows the call you have heard. You are not condemned; you awaken by embodying the decision within. Thus judgment becomes an invitation to revise the inner state, and the outer becomes the evidence of a consciousness fully attentive to the I AM.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and assume you have already obeyed the inner command of your I AM; feel the alignment in your chest and imagine your surroundings reflecting that harmony. Keep this feeling until it lingers.
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