Neville Goddard on Romans 14:15-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 14 in context

Scripture Focus

15But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

16Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

18For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

19Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

20For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

21It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

Romans 14:15-21

Biblical Context

Paul cautions that if eating grieves a brother, you are not walking charitably. The true kingdom is not food but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit, lived by serving Christ and edifying others.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the verse as a map of the inner state. When you sense offense in another’s palate or in your own preferences, you are not resisting a person but a belief about what satisfies you. The brother grieved by thy meat points to a mind where freedom is mistaken for license, and therefore your sense of 'I am' must awaken to something higher. The true kingdom of God is not a rule about food and drink; it is a state of consciousness in which righteousness, peace, and joy rise within as real as any appetite. To serve Christ is to sustain these states where they can be felt and shared, not to impose external habits that crush another's harmony. Follow after the things that make for peace—this is the law of your inner field: edification through love, not collision through preference. If you eat to confirm separation, you destroy the work of God; if you revise the impulse with the awareness 'I am the I am,' you align your actions with the kingdom, and your neighbor experiences the mood of grace and ease.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: In a moment of potential offense, close your eyes, assume the state 'I am peace within' and revise your action to honor harmony. Feel it real by repeating, 'I am righteousness, I am joy, I am edifying' until it settles as your moment-to-moment awareness.