Inner Idolatry and Imagination

Romans 1:18-23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Romans 1 in context

Scripture Focus

18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Romans 1:18-23

Biblical Context

Paul states that God's wrath is revealed against ungodliness for suppressing truth and turning to idols; creation reveals God's power, yet people replace it with images, their imagination grows vain, and their hearts darken.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within every soul lies the obvious awareness of the I AM, the living God within. The scripture speaks not of distant judgments but of your current state of consciousness: when you 'hold the truth in unrighteousness' you cling to a separated, limited picture of life, dimming the inner light. The 'invisible things' of God are not beyond reach; they are the order and power inherent in your own consciousness, discernible by the structure of your inner imagining. If you insist on images—forms of God as distant, or life as lack—you replace the living reality with carved idols, and your heart grows dark, your thoughts become vain, and you feel the so-called wrath as inner tension. The remedy is simple: return to the one unchanging reality—the I AM. Let your imagination be governed by truth, gratitude, and acknowledgment of God as your immediate presence. When you revise every picture that confines life to idol-made forms and affirm the living God within, you awaken to the orderly power that creates and sustains you.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit in quiet, assume 'I AM' is your present reality; revise any idol-like image about God or yourself and feel the truth as real right now.

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