Inner Unity Through Appetite

Romans 14:20-21 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Romans 14 in context

Scripture Focus

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 14:20-21

Biblical Context

Romans 14:20-21 teaches that all foods are pure, but eating in a way that offends a brother or makes him weak is evil. The passage urges restraint to protect unity and avoid causing others to stumble.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your life is an inner theater, and meat and drink are symbols of the appetites you entertain within. In this reading, the 'work of God' is the divine aliveness you are, the I AM that governs perception. To destroy that work by eating with offence is to contradict the very law you are seeking to awaken. All things are pure in principle, yet to eat in a spirit of judgment or to indulge in a way that makes your brother stumble shows you are still living from a split mind. When you imagine the self that does not offend—when you assume a state of unity where another's weakness does not define your choices—you revise your appetite. The outer act becomes a mirror of your inner alignment; by consenting to a consciousness that loves and protects, you dissolve the sense of separation. The true work of God is not damaged by externals but is nourished by the decision to view every eating, drinking, or pleasure as an expression of the one life within you. So, choose, now, to envision harmony and let that inner state rule your actions.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM is in charge of your appetite. Tonight, revise your next meal by silently declaring that no action will offend or stumble your neighbor, and feel the unity rise in your chest as you eat.

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