Neville Goddard on Philippians 3:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Philippians 3 in context

Scripture Focus

8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

9And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

Philippians 3:8-9

Biblical Context

Paul says he counts all things as loss to gain the knowledge of Christ Jesus. He seeks not his own righteousness by the law but the righteousness that comes by faith.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this letter you are asked to behold the Christ not as a distant event, but as the living principle of your own awareness. When you say 'the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord,' you tune your I AM to recognition rather than memory; you realize that the God-quality within you is already divine, and the righteousness you seek is the righteousness of God, received through faith. The law’s demands melt away as you rest in the conviction that you are found in Him, not by your own striving but by the fidelity of consciousness to its own source. Paul did not discard the law so much as he discovered that the law’s power lies in the consciousness that yields to faith—the trust that God is operating now within you, gracefully aligning every facet of life to His purpose. To count everything as loss is to release your old self-image and to live from the assurance that the Christ within you eternally measures up to God’s standard. In that interior surrender, righteousness is no longer earned but affirmed by faith.

Practice This Now

Close the eyes, place a hand on the heart, and declare: 'I am found in Christ; the righteousness of God by faith is mine now.' Hold that feeling and let it realign your sense of self with the I AM.