Inner Approval in Christ

Neville's Inner Vision

Here, the word 'approved in Christ' is not mere approval of character as judged by others but the inner acknowledgment swift and sure in your own consciousness. In Neville's language, every name on that page is a state of awareness you can assume within. 'Apelles approved in Christ' is the awareness that I AM has already authorized you in the living Christ of your own heart. When you salute Aristobulus' household, you are saluting the dispositions and habits residing within you—order, loyalty, love, and faithfulness—that function as the domestic priests of your mind. The act of greeting becomes an inner alignment, a tuning of attention to what is already true in God. If you feel separation from fellowship, revise that sense by dwelling on the unity of consciousness: I AM, and all who share that I AM, are one. The outer names in Romans become inner names in your experience: you recognize and bless what is approved in Christ, and you allow your inner household to express that approval outwardly as harmony, service, and unity.