Grace, Law, and Inner Servants

Neville's Inner Vision

Under the light of the I AM, 'the law' is a teacher of discipline, while 'grace' is the inner readiness to be governed by righteousness. Sin is not out there in the world; it is a state of consciousness you yield to, and it returns death as its fruit. When you yield to grace, you do not escape responsibility; you are invited to become the master of your inner commands. To whom you yield yourselves as servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death or of obedience unto righteousness. The choice is not between external rules but between inner states of feeling. If you identify with sin, you feel powerless, reactive, and afraid; if you identify with obedience, you feel steady, purposeful, and awake to righteousness. Grace becomes the empowerment of your imagination to reinterpret the scenes of life, not as evidence of distant mercy, but as the unfolding of your inner alignment with the I AM. Imagination creates reality; see yourself as already obedient, and the outer world will follow its reflection.