Neville Goddard on Romans 7:7-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 7 in context

Scripture Focus

7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

10And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

13Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

Romans 7:7-13

Biblical Context

The passage states the law is not sin; it reveals sin by forbidding coveting, and when the commandment comes, sin rises and life feels dead. Yet the law itself is holy and good, and sin twists that goodness to magnify itself.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the law as a mirror in the mind of I AM, not an external foe. The commandment doesn’t condemn you; it reveals what you already secretly desire. When it says thou shalt not covet, you do not sin by desiring; you are waking to truth. Sin is not a separate power, but a misidentification of your true self with lack. The life the commandment seems to threaten is your inner energy waking in consciousness. By seeing the law as holy, you stop resisting and begin to revise: you are the one who assigns meaning; you are the cause inside your dream. So assume a state where the law is on your side, where you, the I AM, feel wholeness, and already living the life you seek. Feel it real: let the sense of lack vanish in the recognition that your imagining creates form. The sin becomes exceedingly sinful only when you forget who you are. You are the I AM who commands the inner world, and the entire scene yields to your aware choice.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, assume the state of I AM, and feel-it-real wholeness; revise any urge as a summons to greater consciousness, dwelling in that feeling for a minute.