Neville Goddard on John 8:21-24 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 8 in context

Scripture Focus

21Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

22Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

John 8:21-24

Biblical Context

Jesus says he goes away, and his listeners will die in their sins unless they believe he is the I AM. He contrasts being from above with being from beneath, and asserts that belief in him is the condition for redemption.

Neville's Inner Vision

To hear John 8:21-24 in Neville’s key is to recognize that the Christ within is not a future event but the I AM that is already your waking awareness. The warning about dying in sins is not punishment; it is the natural result of identifying with a consciousness that is still defined by limitation. Jesus claims to be from above and declares you are from beneath; this is the inner distinction of states of mind, not geography. If you insist that your present persona is who you are, you remain bound to the world, and the higher state cannot come into daily life. But if you awake to the truth that I AM is your true self, you begin to reside in a higher level of consciousness where sins lose their grip and redemption becomes a felt actuality. Your sense of self is shifted from the old story to the living Presence that Jesus embodies. The moment you believe that the I AM is speaking in you, you die to the old self and rise in a new creation.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and declare, 'I AM the Presence here and now.' Then revise a limiting belief by feeling your awareness already dwelling in a higher state, seeing your life through that I AM lens as real.