Neville Goddard on Matthew 12:29-30 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 12 in context

Scripture Focus

29Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

30He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

Matthew 12:29-30

Biblical Context

Matthew 12:29-30 speaks of entering the strong man's house by binding him first; not with me is against me, signaling that alignment of consciousness decides unity or division.

Neville's Inner Vision

Matthew 12:29-30 asks us to perceive the 'strong man' as a state of consciousness—a fortified belief, a habit of thought that guards a certain outcome. To enter his house is to enter the terrain of your own mind where that belief holds sway. Binding the strong man is not domination by force but a correction in awareness: you acknowledge the stronger, unconditioned life of I AM and refuse to serve the old belief. Once you have bound that false power, you spoil his goods by dissolving the conditions he sustains—fear, lack, doubt—replacing them with the realization that you already possess the kingdom of Heaven within. The declaration 'He that is not with me is against me' becomes a reminder that you are either affirming unity with the Christ-consciousness of you or you scatter your energy into discord. The 'not with me' moment invites you to align with your own inner gathering—the sense that all nourishment flows from your I AM presence, not from external circumstance.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, place attention on the I AM within, and revise a current limitation by affirming, 'I AM that which binds every false power and spoils the old story.' Then feel the new state as already real.