Obedience Spreads, Simple Wisdom
Romans 16:19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Your obedience has extended to all people, and the writer rejoices in that. He then urges you to be wise toward what is good and simple about what is evil.
Neville's Inner Vision
Obedience here is not a rigid outward rule but the I AM's settled alignment with the good. When Romans says your obedience is come abroad unto all men, Neville would say this describes the inward atmosphere you carry until it becomes visible to the world of your thoughts and to the people you meet. The inner world is where this spreads; outward appearances mirror your inner posture. To be wise unto that which is good is to train the imagination to seek the noble, to test every impulse against what benefits love and truth, and to refuse complicating what is simple. To be simple concerning evil is to keep your attention away from fear, guilt, and guile, letting the light of assurance dissolve those shadows. The practice is mental: assume you already stand in the good you seek, revise any belief in power of evil, and feel-it-real that your entire being hums with simple obedience to the good, radiating without effort.
Practice This Now
Assume now that your inner state is already perfectly obedient to the good; revise any belief in evil and feel-it-real that that obedience radiates through your entire life.
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