Neville Goddard on Romans 4:13-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 4 in context

Scripture Focus

13For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

14For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:

15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

Romans 4:13-15

Biblical Context

Romans 4:13-15 explains that the promise to be heir of the world is earned by the righteousness of faith, not by the law; the law generates wrath and nullifies faith, since where there is no law there is no transgression.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the stillness of your consciousness, the promise to be heir of the world is not a future payment but a present fact—through the righteousness of faith. The law, seen as external rule or moral measure, does not grant the heirship; it breeds limitation and wrath by declaring transgression where you identify with separation. When you dwell in the I AM, your awareness, there is no law to transgress and no lack to be filled. Faith becomes the state of being you inhabit, and in that state the promise actualizes as your experience. Abraham’s seed is the stream of thoughts aligned with consciousness, not a genealogical sequence; therefore, your life shifts to reflect the truth that you are the possessor of the world by inner rightness. The shift is not earned by observance but awakened by recognizing you already possess the blessing in your inner state. Let the imagination become the instrument by which you align with this royal lineage, proving that the law’s constraints dissolve in the light of faith.

Practice This Now

Imitate the state: close your eyes, declare quietly, 'I am the heir of the world through the righteousness of faith,' and feel that you already possess all that you seek as present fact.