Neville Goddard on Luke 3:7-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 3 in context

Scripture Focus

7Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Luke 3:7-9

Biblical Context

John warns the crowds to show real repentance by their deeds, not by boasting of Abrahamic lineage; God can raise life from stones, and every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down.

Neville's Inner Vision

To me, this scene proclaims that your true nature is not measured by outward pedigree but by the state of your inner being. The crowd’s 'wrath to come' is the alert of your subconscious waking to a new alignment. The fruits are not moral tales but the living results of your assumed state. Do not cling to the identity, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for God can awaken a line of life from the stones of your own earth when your I AM asserts itself. The axe at the root symbolizes a decisive pruning of stale beliefs and habitual thoughts that block the inner Christ from appearing as your lived reality. Judgment is not punishment but a calling to correction: it reveals what your present consciousness is producing. When you revise your sense of self to be one with the divine life, you will see the outer world conform to that inner fruit. The outer becomes the echo of the inner assumption.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, in the I AM that you are, 'I am the fruitful offspring of God now.' Feel the inner root strengthened, and imagine the tree of your life bearing good fruit, while old branches fall away.