Neville Goddard on Romans 9:1-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 9 in context

Scripture Focus

1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

2That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

4Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Romans 9:1-5

Biblical Context

Paul asserts his truth in Christ and laments deeply for his kinsmen, wishing himself accursed if that could save them. He enumerates Israel's privileges—the adoption, glory, covenants, law, service, and promises—and notes that Christ came from them.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how Paul’s burden reveals the inner rhythm of your own consciousness. The heaviness and continual sorrow are not external conditions but the tug of a state you mistake for yourself. When he says he could wish to be accursed for his brethren, he is naming the willingness to identify with a particular inner state long enough to awaken others. The Israelites and their privileges symbolize your inner kingdom: the adoption as your sense of being chosen, the glory that rests in your very awareness, the covenants as agreements made with your I AM, the giving of the law as the disciplined mental patterns you use, the service of God as your active devotion, and the promises as the felt assurance of fulfillment. Christ, who is over all, represents the supreme awareness that transcends every particular form of doctrine or lineage. In truth, the text invites you to recognize that these blessings already reside in you as states of consciousness and that God blessed forever is your own unassailable I AM. Your task is to align with that reality through your imagination, not to chase outward signs.

Practice This Now

Assume you already possess what the verses describe—adoption, glory, covenants. In a quiet moment, revise any sorrow by affirming, 'I am the I AM now,' and feel that state as real.