Neville Goddard on Romans 6:3-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 6 in context

Scripture Focus

3Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?

4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

5For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

Romans 6:3-6

Biblical Context

Romans 6:3-6 teaches that through baptism we identify with Christ's death and burial, so we may walk in newness of life. It declares that the old self is crucified and the power of sin is broken, freeing us to live as the risen self in consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Understand that the baptism Romans speaks of is an inner identification with the Christ within, not a ritual sprinkled on an outer scene. When you say you are baptized into Jesus, you are declaring, I align my I AM with the risen Christ. The death is the relinquishing of the old man—the habits, fears, and separative self-image. As you willingly align, you are buried with him in a symbolic grave of ultimate awareness; and as you walk in newness of life, you live from the inner light that rose him. The promise that we are planted together in the likeness of his death means the two lives—his and ours—share the same pattern: dying to limitation, rising to freedom. Knowing this, the body of sin has no real power, for it is dissolved in your renewed sense of I AM. Henceforth you do not serve sin; you serve the glorious life already present in your consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine the old self as a dried husk sinking away; then feel your I AM rise, like a new body formed from light. Repeat: 'I am planted in the likeness of his death and raised in the likeness of his resurrection,' feeling the new life now.