Inner Law Of Romans 7:17-20

Neville's Inner Vision

Romans 7:17-20 speaks of a split consciousness—the I AM that wills good and the inner habit that acts as if from another power. In Neville's light, the 'I' you are is the awareness that can revise its own state; sin is not a separate force but a mistaken identification with a mind-stale pattern dwelling in your fleshly persona. The good you intend resides in that higher I AM, waiting to be acknowledged and lived through a fresh assumption. Rather than fighting the old error, declare the end you desire and feel it as already done: you are the one who wills and does good, now, in your present consciousness. The moment you refuse the thought 'I am powerless' and adopt 'I AM able' you dissolve the old habit. As you persist in the felt reality of the fulfilled good—seeing it, feeling it, acting from it—the old sin-dominated scene drops away and a new, obedient mode of being becomes natural.