Neville Goddard on John 5:17-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 5 in context

Scripture Focus

17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

18Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

John 5:17-18

Biblical Context

Jesus states that he and the Father are at work together; the religious leaders react, accusing him of blasphemy for claiming God as Father and equality with God.

Neville's Inner Vision

John 5:17-18 invites you to observe the inner law in operation. The Father worketh hitherto, and I work, speaks not of distance but of the I AM within you acting harmoniously with every thought you entertain. The 'I' you call self is the doorway to the one Life, and when you affirm 'I work' you acknowledge that your imagination is the instrument the Father uses. The Jews’ fear of blasphemy mirrors the ego's resistance to seeing yourself as co-creator with God; it seeks to keep you under the Sabbath of limitation rather than in the freedom of consciousness. To claim God as Father is to own your divine sonship and the equality of your inner state with the Source. Your thoughts, feelings, and choices become the visible form of that unity. The inner counsel, not external rules, governs your world when you live from the premise that you and the Father are one in action. Practice this now: abandon the sense of separation, and let the inner current of I AM guide your every move.

Practice This Now

Assume the sentence 'I am the I AM within; the Father and I work through me now.' Feel the surge of inner alignment as you perform one simple task today as if God is guiding your hand.