Neville Goddard on John 11:4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 11 in context

Scripture Focus

4When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

John 11:4

Biblical Context

Jesus states that the sickness is for the glory of God and is not unto death, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it. The emphasis is on a divine purpose guiding the appearance toward a higher manifestation of life.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville Goddard frame, the sickness is a symbolic state of consciousness, not a final fate. God is the I AM—your eternal awareness that witnesses the scene. The illness serves as a signaling movement within mind, a threshold through which the Son of God—the higher self—may be glorified. The glory of God is the radiance of your true identity breaking into experience, not a distant event but your present awareness. Do not seek to force change from without; revise the inner state so that your sense of self aligns with wholeness. Trust Providence as the ongoing guidance of consciousness toward greater unity with the divine I AM, and you will find the apparent condition yielding to the inner revelation. The outer appearance becomes a mirror of your inner state, and the glorification occurs as your awareness expands into its divine nature.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: close your eyes, place a hand on your chest, and softly affirm, 'This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby,' then feel the truth as your immediate experience. Hold that feeling and imagine the inner state already in wholeness, letting it gently alter outer appearances.