Neville Goddard on John 9:1-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 9 in context

Scripture Focus

1And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

2And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

John 9:1-5

Biblical Context

Jesus encounters a man blind from birth; the disciples ask about sin, but Jesus reframes it as a display of God's works, and declares himself the light of the world.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this scene the blind man stands as a state of consciousness—one born into limitation, not through fault but as a field for God’s works to unfold. The disciples' question about sin mirrors the habit of blaming conditions on the past; Jesus corrects that the concern is not punishment but revelation. The purpose of the sight is to manifest the works of God through you here and now. When he says I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day, he points to the immediacy of action taken from the I AM, not from fear or waiting. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world is not a geographic claim but an inner declaration—the light resident in your own consciousness. Your healing, then, is the shift from seeing lack to recognizing the divine activity within you, the Father’s order moving through your thoughts, feelings, and choices. The night represents the old belief that you are separate; the day is the realized unity that creates sight.

Practice This Now

Practice: Close your eyes, rest your attention in the I AM, and declare I am the light of the world. Then revise any sense of lack by affirming I see by the light within and act from divine sight.