Leper's Faith, Inner Cleansing

Matthew 8:1-2 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Matthew 8 in context

Scripture Focus

1When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
2And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Matthew 8:1-2

Biblical Context

A leper approaches, worships, and expresses belief that healing is possible if it is the will. The scene centers on faith and the inner posture of receptivity.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the leper is not a weak man seeking a miracle, but a symbolic state of consciousness awaiting recognition by the I AM. The act of worship is inner alignment with God within, a surrender to the I AM that already contains the healing power. Saying 'if thou wilt' is the mind’s recognition that the future is a present state of consciousness—healing is not imposed from without but remembered from within. When you descend from the mountain of external striving into the quiet worship of your true nature, cleansing occurs as a natural movement of awareness. The leper’s healing is the appearance of a state once acknowledged as already real: your wholeness reveals itself as you persist in the assumption that you are clean. The crowd that trails represents stray thoughts and fears; they cannot override the certainty of the blessed inner state. Your task is to live from the end, to feel the end result now, and allow the outer to align with that inner shift.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: In a quiet moment, close your eyes and declare, 'I am the cleansing presence; I am whole now,' and feel the truth saturate your chest until it seems undeniable.

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