The Purifying Fan Within
Luke 3:17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Luke 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage depicts a divine purifier who separates truth from illusion, gathering the grain into a storehouse and burning away the chaff.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within Luke's verse, the Father is not an external judge but the I AM that you are here and now. The fan in his hand is your focused attention, the light of imagination you apply to the thoughts and memories sweeping the floor of your consciousness. Purification comes when you cease identifying with thoughts that do not reflect your true worth and begin to keep company with the wheat—the enduring desires, talents, and states you claim as yours in awareness. Gather the wheat into your garner by dwelling in the assumption that you already are the perfected state you seek. The chaff, burned with unquenchable fire, disappears as belief yields to deeper realization; fear, doubt, and old identities lose their hold the moment you align with the I AM. This is not vengeance but restoration: as you persist in being the awareness that purifies, your inner landscape becomes clear, and the harvest stands in your consciousness here and now.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: In a quiet moment, assume the state of the purifying observer; imagine you hold the fan and sweep your mind, identifying one limiting belief and feeling it dissolve into truth.
The Bible Through Neville










Neville Bible Sparks









