Neville Goddard on Romans 10:14-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 10 in context

Scripture Focus

14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

16But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

Romans 10:14-16

Biblical Context

Paul outlines a chain: one must believe to call on God, hear in order to believe, and hearers need a preacher; yet not all respond to the gospel.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, the 'they' and the 'preacher' in Romans 10 are not distant people, but states of your own consciousness. To call on God you must believe, and to believe you must hear; hearing is your inner attention drawn to the message your own I AM is delivering. The preacher is not another, but your own imaginative act empowered by the I AM within. When you report to yourself a truth—'you are believed'—you awaken the hearing state and become the messenger who carries peace to your interior world. Sent does not mean distance; it means you have allowed a new state to be sent forth from your awakening consciousness. The beautiful feet symbolize the arrival of that truth in your life—the moment your inner disposition aligns with the gospel you choose to preach to yourself. Some do not obey the gospel because you have not rehearsed the report long enough; persistence in imagination makes belief real. Therefore, the method is simple: assume the desired state, dwell there with feeling, and let your inner messenger carry the news to your own mind until it stays.

Practice This Now

Practice: choose a belief you want to embody. Sit quietly, imagine you have been sent as the messenger to your own mind, and hear yourself declare, 'You are believed.' Dwell in that felt truth until the scene remains real after you open your eyes.