Neville Goddard on Matthew 3:10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 3 in context

Scripture Focus

10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Matthew 3:10

Biblical Context

The verse declares judgment: the axe is at the root of every tree, and any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

Neville's Inner Vision

All judgments in this scripture are not external threats but laws of consciousness. The root is your core assumption about who you are—the inner state you inhabit by imagination. When that state yields no fruit, an inner axeman appears to prune, and the old form dissolves in the fire of awareness. The message invites you to shift your state: see yourself as the fruit-bearing tree, rooted in the I AM that you are. As you revise to a truth of abundance and vitality, the axe does its work on the old self, and the tree of your life is renewed from the root upward. This is not punishment, but a turning of attention from lack to divine life already present in you. Your awareness becomes the soil, the root, and the fruit alike, and judgment becomes a compassionate invitation to awaken to your true self.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are already the fruitful tree. Feel the life in your branches and let the old self dissolve as you plant a new truth in your mind.