Neville Goddard on Luke 1:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 1 in context

Scripture Focus

3It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

4That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

Luke 1:3-4

Biblical Context

Luke explains that he wrote an orderly account to give Theophilus certainty about what he had been instructed. The message is that true belief rests on an inner understanding that becomes outward order.

Neville's Inner Vision

Luke’s note that he wrote with perfect understanding points to the truth that all scriptures are states of consciousness in operation. The phrase 'having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first' is not a record of outer happenstance but an inner posture: a mind that has already settled the end in view. To write 'in order' is to order the events of experience into alignment with that settled state. The recipient, Theophilus, stands as symbol for every seeker within, a person who desires certainty about what has been taught. When you rest in this inner certainty, the things you were instructed in become not rumors but living facts within your I AM. Providence is simply the assurance that the imagination can and does form reality when faith is constant and unflinching. The writer’s confidence is the reader’s invitation to dwell in the implied end: you already know the truth because you are the truth you seek. Cultivate this by returning to the state you desire and letting the present reflect it.

Practice This Now

Practice: Assume you are the author who already understands perfectly; feel that certainty as present reality and silently revise any doubt until it feels true. Then let that feeling guide your day and shape the actions you take.