Inner Adoption and Firstfruits
Romans 8:23 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Paul says that the ones who carry the Spirit groan inwardly as they await the full adoption—the redemption of the body. The inner longing marks the move from mere belief to the awakening of true, embodied life.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your groan is not a sign of absence but a pulse of awakening within the I AM. Romans 8:23 speaks not of future rescue, but of consciousness already seeded with the Spirit’s firstfruits. The firstfruits testify that the inner realm has begun its harvest; what you call the body to be redeemed is the alignment of your entire sense of self with that Spirit, here and now. The waiting is the disciplined patience of imagination, a divine pause where you refuse to oscillate between lack and life. When you acknowledge that you, as consciousness, are the owner of adoption, you shift from watching to declaring: I am already the son, I am already the temple, and what remains to be revealed is the outer experience of that inward truth. Do not seek salvation as something projected far off; feel the presence of God as your own aware I AM, and let that feeling expand until your body corresponds to the truth you already know in spirit.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume the end: 'I am the adopted son, full of Spirit, in this body now.' Feel the inner shift as if the redemption is already complete, and let that feeling radiate through every part of you until your outer life reflects it.
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