Inner Healing Through Faith

Matthew 17:14-18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Matthew 17 in context

Scripture Focus

14And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
15Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
16And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
18And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
Matthew 17:14-18

Biblical Context

A father begs for his son's healing; the disciples fail to cure him. Jesus exposes a lack of faith, rebukes the demon, and the child is healed at once.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the Neville lens, the scene is a drama of inner states. The crowd and the disciples mirror your habitual mind; the boy represents a belief that seems to be suffering. The so‑called demon is not a separate force but a thought of separation from your I AM, one you have allowed to command your senses. When Jesus calls the generation faithless, he speaks to your own doubting habit, not to a distant audience. The cure occurs not by power over others but by returning the attention to the sovereign within: bring the 'problem' to the Christ in you and command the belief to depart. In that moment the very hour becomes your moment of awakening, when consciousness ceases to identify with fear and identifies with wholeness. Healing then unravels as you realize that you are the operator of your reality; mercy flows as you relax into the truth that you are always one with the Father, and the outward result reflects your inward, changed state.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In the next moment, close your eyes, assume the feeling that the son is already healed, and quietly declare, 'I AM the I AM; this condition is dissolved in my consciousness.'

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