Inner Reconciliation of Romans 5:9-11
Romans 5:9-11 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Romans 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Romans 5:9-11 proclaims that we are justified by Christ's blood and saved from wrath; because we were once enemies, reconciliation comes through the death of the Son, and we are saved by His life, culminating in joy and the atonement through Jesus.
Neville's Inner Vision
Picture this: God is not an external judge but your own I AM, the awareness that animates every sensation. When Paul says you are justified by the blood, you are being told that the life within you has already embraced the scene you fear. The 'blood' is the vital energy of consciousness—the breath and heartbeat of being. The death of the Son is the moment you release the old, separate self; the life of the Son is your renewed sense of oneness, alive in you here and now. If, when you were enemies, you were reconciled by the crucifixion, how much more now that you are reconciled shall you be saved by the life you now live in consciousness? The atonement is not an event outside you; it is the inner realization that you and God are one, your heart swelling with gratitude and joy. This is a present-tense reality; the practice of faith, in Neville's sense, is the imaginative act of assuming you are already what you seek, feeling it as real until your inner weather matches the truth.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and assume, with feeling, that you are already reconciled to God now; declare, 'I am justified by the blood and saved by the life I live,' and feel that truth as a living vibration in your chest for several minutes.
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