The Inner Law Realized
Romans 2:12-13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Romans 2 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Romans 2:12-13 contrasts hearing and doing: all are judged by their inner alignment with law, not merely by knowing it. The key is whether one's inner state translates into lived obedience.
Neville's Inner Vision
Where Paul speaks of those who sin 'without law' and those who sin 'in the law,' consider that the true 'law' is the abiding principle of I AM within you. The 'hearers' may know the rule, yet they remain untouched by its authority until a movement of consciousness aligns with it. In Neville's terms, you do not live by outward precepts but by the inner cadence of awareness that fulfills them. If you imagine yourself as the one who already embodies the divine standard—acting from love, integrity, and justice within—you awaken that standard in the outward world. The judgment spoken of is not a decree from above but the natural consequence of your inner stance: a state of consciousness that acts as if the law is done in you, through you, as you. The so-called 'perishing' becomes the shedding of thoughts and habits that resist the inner law, while 'justified' is your inner alignment becoming your experience. Thus, righteousness is not earned by ritual but activated by the conviction that you are the law in action.
Practice This Now
Sit quietly, place attention on the inner I AM, and assume you are already acting as the doer of the divine law. Revise a recent reactive thought until you feel the inner state shifting and the outer outcome follows.
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