Neville Goddard on Philippians 3:18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Philippians 3 in context

Scripture Focus

18(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

Philippians 3:18

Biblical Context

Paul warns that many walk in ways that oppose the cross, and his weeping signals a grave concern about those patterns of thinking. This verse invites us to examine our own inner commitments and align them with the crucified life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the cross is not a doctrine but a state of consciousness. The 'enemies of the cross' are inner habits of mind that refuse the dying of the old self and thus block the new life. They are not merely others; they are the voices you tolerate when you tell yourself that your present sense is all there is. Paul weeps to warn you that such states walk as if they were you, yet they oppose true alignment with the I AM within. Neville teaches you to revise by assuming a higher state: see yourself as already crucified to fear and self-importance, and alive to the truth that your imagination creates reality. In this view, to condemn others becomes a moment of self-scrutiny: what belief inside me welcomes the enemy of the cross? When you persist in the assumption of your new state — that you are the I AM choosing the cross now — the old patterns fade and your life yields to alignment with truth. Your inner kingdom is not threatened by outsiders; it is clarified by the conscious choice to be the cross you live by.

Practice This Now

Identify one inner habit you call an enemy of the cross. In your imagination, declare: I am the I AM, I now crucify this belief and rise into the truth of my new self — feel it real as the old pattern dissolves.