Abide in Me: Inner Purity

John 15:3-4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read John 15 in context

Scripture Focus

3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
John 15:3-4

Biblical Context

John 15:3-4 speaks of cleansing by the word and the call to abide in the divine. True fruit comes from remaining connected to the vine.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville’s light, the Word is not a book but a current of awareness that purifies the mind. 'Now ye are clean through the word' means your present state of consciousness can be washed by the truth you hold in mind. The command 'Abide in me, and I in you' invites you to inhabit the awareness that you and the divine are one, like a branch living only in the vine. The branch does not generate life; it simply yields what the vine already provides. So your life—your choices, your feelings, your results—rise or fall with your alignment to that inner life. When you assume you are already united with the I AM, you are not forcing change from the outside; you are allowing it to express. The separation you perceive is only a belief. Rest in the feeling of belonging; the fruit you seek becomes natural because you are no longer cut off from the source. Your function is to stay aware, to remain under the governing presence, and the outer world will reflect the inward reality you affirm.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, assume you are clean through the word, and feel yourself abiding in the I AM and picture your days bearing fruit because you are connected to the vine.

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