Scriptures Testify Within
John 5:39 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read John 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
John 5:39 urges you to study the scriptures because they testify about Jesus. The real life you seek is the inner Presence—the I AM—already within.
Neville's Inner Vision
To Neville, the verse is not history but a doorway. When John 5:39 says the scriptures testify of Me, the Me is the living I AM already awake in you. The texts are not external proofs; they are signs lit by your own inner light. When you study them with the assumption that you are the one spoken of, you awaken the truth they testify to. The eternal life you seek is not in a future event but in the present recognition of your true nature. Imagine and feel yourself as the Christ, the individual who reads and is read by the words. The outer world then reshapes to reflect that inner state. Your faith is a revision of yourself—the changing of state from lack to the fullness of the inner Son. Practice this by returning to the present I AM, by saying, 'I am the Life within,' and dwelling there until the outer scenes align with that consciousness. The scriptures guide you inward; you are the living testimony they describe.
Practice This Now
Assume the state: 'I am the Life within.' Sit quietly, repeat the phrase until it feels true, then read John 5:39 and notice how the sense of inner testimony grows.
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