Neville Goddard on John 5:19-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 5 in context

Scripture Focus

19Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

20For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

John 5:19-20

Biblical Context

The passage shows the Son does nothing of himself but what he sees the Father do, and the Father loves the Son and reveals all his works, promising greater things. It suggests your inner Self mirrors the divine will and that inner seeing births outward acts.

Neville's Inner Vision

John 5:19-20 speaks of a unity of action between Father and Son. In Neville’s tongue, the Father is the I AM you are awareness, the Son is your conscious self appearing in the world through what you imagine. Observe that the Son can do nothing by himself, but only what he perceives the Father doing in the inner picture; when the Father loves the Son, he reveals all his works to him, even greater works to come. Your life, then, is the drama of inner seeing. As you awaken to the truth that the Father’s activity is your own awareness, you begin to act not from lack or ego but from the inner pattern that already operates in you. The greater works are not distant miracles but shifts of consciousness and harmonious outcomes that unfold as you align with the Father’s will. Practice is the decision to dwell in the assumption that you and the Father are one, that you are shown what to do by your own I AM, and that your feeling of this reality births external appearances.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and repeat: I am the Father within; I see as He sees. Then visualize one ordinary action guided by inner seeing, and feel it as already done.