Neville Goddard on Romans 5:12-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 5 in context

Scripture Focus

12Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

13(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

15But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

16And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

17For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

Romans 5:12-17

Biblical Context

Paul shows that sin and death came through one man. The grace of God and the gift of righteousness come through Jesus Christ and abound to many, enabling those who receive it to reign in life.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner theatre of your mind, the 'one man' is a fixed state of awareness you have accepted as yours. When you dwell in belief of separation, death reigns as limitation and fear. The law appears as contrast, yet it does not condemn your true self. Christ is the higher self that declares: I am righteousness; I am the gift you already possess. Grace is not earned later; it is a new alignment of state, a tide stronger than the old offense. Like gravity yielding to a greater current, grace overwhelms lack. Those who receive this abundant gift reign in life because they dwell from the I AM that is awareness itself. Your inner world is thus supplied with a new currency: justification by grace. When you assume this state, you do not diminish error; you simply stop counting it and begin living from the right.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and consciously assume: I am the grace-granted self, justified now. Breathe in the feeling of reigning in life until it becomes your natural mood.