Neville Goddard on Romans 9:30-31 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 9 in context

Scripture Focus

30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

Romans 9:30-31

Biblical Context

Gentiles attained righteousness by faith, while Israel pursued the law of righteousness and did not attain it.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your present moment is the stage where Romans 9:30-31 plays out as your inner drama. Righteousness is not something earned by rules; it is a state of consciousness—the awareness that you are the I AM, already complete. The Gentiles in the verse found righteousness by faith because they ceased to measure themselves by performance and began to feel the inner consent of God within. Israel's pursuit of 'the law of righteousness' represents the old habit of tightening the external grid of rules, hoping to arrive at integrity from without; yet such striving can never reach the inner law that recognizes you as whole. So the contrast is not about history but about your inner posture. When you assume the feeling of being righteous now, you align with the living law that governs all becoming. Imagination becomes your instrument: you imagine from the end, you feel the truth of your worth, and outward appearances rearrange to reflect that inner alignment. The gift is available to you whenever you turn from rule-keeping to consciousness.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, claim I am righteousness by faith, and feel the assurance in your chest as if already true. Then revise any lack by visualizing a moment where you act from that inner state, and watch conditions reflect the result.