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John 5:39-40 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read John 5 in context

Scripture Focus

39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
40And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
John 5:39-40

Biblical Context

John 5:39-40 invites study, yet life is not found in external words. True life comes when you turn inward to the I AM and come to the inner Christ.

Neville's Inner Vision

The verses reveal that the written words are not external barriers but signposts pointing to your own consciousness. They testify of me not as a distant figure, but as the I AM within you—awareness that you are. When you engage the scriptures with only outward rigor, you remain in the outer search and miss the life they hint at. Neville’s psychology teaches that life is present as your current state of awareness. To truly 'come to me' you must revise the belief that life resides in pages and places; instead, dwell in the assumption that you are already the living Christ within. See the 'eternal life' spoken of as a present condition of consciousness, awakened by faith in your own I AM. The words become vivid when your imagination supports this inward shift, and your feeling-state aligns with the truth of being. The test and testimony of scripture then unfold as your inner recognition, not external evidence. In this light, coming to Christ means returning to your own heart and affirming that you are the life the scriptures testify of.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume the feeling 'I am life now.' Revise the belief that life comes from outside you, and imagine the I AM within warmly inviting you to rest in permanent consciousness of life.

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