Neville Goddard on Romans 1:18-32 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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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.

24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Romans 1:18-32

Biblical Context

Romans 1:18-32 portrays humanity knowing God yet withholding honor from Him, replacing truth with images and self-serving desires. The result is a downward drift of consciousness that leads to destructive acts and a widening separation from the divine within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Romans 1:18-32, in Neville's hearing, is not a condemnation of history but a map of inner states. The wrath described is the pressure of living out of alignment with the I AM, a pressure that grows when the mind clings to images instead of the unchanging reality within. When they knew God, they did not honor Him or give thanks, and so their imagination grew vain and their hearts darkened; they swapped the incorruptible for images of man and beasts, until perception itself curdled into self-worship. God’s allowing them to be given over to their own lusts is simply the universe mirroring the inside, a reminder that the inner state is the architect of outward experience. The cure is to reverse the process: affirm the I AM as the one reality, return to gratitude, and imagine from that truth. To assume the divine within is to dissolve the mistaken idols, clear the eyes of the heart, and awaken to a life aligned with the Creator within. In that light, judgment wanes as harmony returns to the soul.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM as your constant fact and feel it real. Revise any idol image by returning to that inner God-awareness and let gratitude anchor your mind.