Neville Goddard on Luke 15:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 15 in context

Scripture Focus

6And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

7I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Luke 15:6-7

Biblical Context

The parable shows a shepherd returning home and rejoicing over a lost sheep; Jesus adds that heaven rejoices when a sinner turns back.

Neville's Inner Vision

Behold the scene as your inner world: the shepherd is your I AM, the awakeness that surveys your field of attention. The lost sheep is a fragment of consciousness that believed itself separate. When you assume 'I am found' you reverse the dream of absence and invite the joy that heaven promises. The 'joy in heaven' is not a distant reward but the felt certainty of your unity, restored by a new assumption. Repentance becomes a simple turning of the mind toward the One Self, a shift from lack to fullness, from fear to trust. As you dwell in that state, your inner friends and neighbours appear as the chorus of your mind, celebrating your renewed sense of belonging. The point is not moral fault but the reclaiming of the I AM's dominion; in this you discover that you never left the Kingdom, you only forgot that you are it.

Practice This Now

In stillness, assume the state 'I am found' and feel the inner celebration as if the whole self has returned. Then imagine gathering your inner witnesses and dwelling in the awareness that you are forever complete.