Prisoner of Christ: Inner Greeting

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that Paul says he is a prisoner of Jesus Christ. In Neville's reading, 'prisoner' is not imprisonment but a fond confession of the state of consciousness in which all action flows. The I AM is the sovereign speaker; Jesus Christ is the power by which you are held to your highest function. Timothy appears as a brother, a sign that companionship and unity exist within this inner state. Philemon, 'our dearly beloved, and fellow labourer,' is your own inner disposition toward love and diligent work in the consciousness that cherishes unity. The greeting is not an external ceremony but an invitation to align your inner life with a single purpose: to labor with and through the Christ presence, in a state where separation collapses into harmony. When you recognize this, every person you meet is an aspect of your own consciousness, and every task is a cooperation of the self with the divine. The outward scene—prison, greeting, fellowship—becomes a mirror of the inner kingdom: one mind, one love, one mission, freely expressing as you through the I AM.