Neville Goddard on Matthew 7:15-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 7 in context

Scripture Focus

15Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

20Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Matthew 7:15-20

Biblical Context

The passage warns that appearances can deceive; true character is revealed by the fruits of what is taught or believed. You recognize deception by the outcomes it yields in life and you yourself.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this text the false prophets are not faraway foes but states of consciousness that dress themselves in pleasing robes while feeding fear, pride, or the urge to control. The fruit is the inner atmosphere and outer results that accompany a given belief. A good tree is a steadfast I AM—consciousness of unity and love—whose fruit is harmony, clarity, and actions born from compassion. A corrupt tree yields fear, manipulation, or conflict, for its root is separation. Discernment, therefore, begins not with judging others but with surveying your own inner state: what belief are you entertaining as real right now? If that state produces trust, creative energy, and peaceful action, it is the good tree. If it breeds doubt, coercion, or fragmentation, prune the belief with a new assumption and cultivate the desired fruit by feeling it real through the I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume in the present that you are the good tree bearing good fruit; revise any belief in deception by affirming the I AM as the source of reality and feel the fruit of peace now.