Inner Temple, Outer Oaths
Matthew 23:16-22 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Matthew 23 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jesus rebukes the blind guides for claiming ritual objects—temple, gold, altar—make oaths valid. He shows that the greater thing is the inner reality that sanctifies these forms.
Neville's Inner Vision
Beloved, this teaching unveils that oaths and sacred things are only as powerful as the consciousness that uses them. The temple, the altar, even the heaven above, are but symbols of your inner state. To swear by them while your awareness remains unchanged is to worship external signs, not the I AM that dwells within. The contrast—gold versus temple, gift versus altar—points to a higher truth: the value lies in the life of your awareness that sanctifies form. If you claim one thing by outward signs while you fear lack or feel separate, you are blind. The remedy is simple: return your attention to the I AM, imagine yourself already at rest in the throne of God, and let the form follow the reality you have assumed. When you revise your belief and feel it real that you are the temple and the throne, you end the allegiance to outward ritual and awaken true worship: inner fidelity expressed as outward peace.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and revise by declaring, I am the temple and the throne of God within me; the gold of worldly status serves the inner sanctity I already possess. Feel this real until the outer signs align with that inner truth.
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