Inner Righteousness by Belief

Romans 4:1-3 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Romans 4 in context

Scripture Focus

1What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
2For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Romans 4:1-3

Biblical Context

Abraham's status cannot be earned by outward works; if it were, one could boast before God, but the scripture declares that Abraham's righteousness came from believing God. Paul uses this to show that righteousness is credited by faith, not by performance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider that Abraham did not earn favor by the flesh but settled into a state of inward trust. In the language of the inner I AM, his belief becomes the act that counts. The scripture is not praising a distant event but revealing a universal law: righteousness is not a ledger of deeds but a state of consciousness when the mind rests in the truth of God as I AM. Your true self is that same Abraham, not by lineage but by the act of believing in the unseen reality. When you stop measuring yourself by works and begin to feel the presence of God within as your immediate awareness, you count yourself righteous in the same way—by faith that cannot be earned but is realized. The outer world mirrors this inner alignment; attention to the inner conviction writes upon your experience as if God Himself approved of you in advance. The difference between toil and trust dissolves in the acknowledgment that belief is the price and the prize alike, counted unto you as righteousness.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume the state: 'I am righteousness in the I AM.' Feel it real now as you revise your sense of self away from effort toward trust; let belief count you righteous in this moment.

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