Volume 4 - Neville Goddard Lecture Series

God's almighty power.

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God's almighty power and wisdom expresses itself most characteristically in the acceptance of what the world calls weakness or foolishness.

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Matthew tells the story of one, who knowing himself to be the personification of God's creative power and wisdom, questions himself saying, If you are the Son of God, turn the stone into bread, Matthew 4.

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Then he quoted the eighth chapter of Deuteronomy, saying, It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. Here we discover that his hunger is no longer for bread made with flour, but for the hearing of the word of God with understanding.

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The conflict recorded in this chapter is taking place in the mind of the individual, although it appears to be happening on the outside.

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Standing on the pinnacle, his adversary quoted the 91st Psalm, saying,

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If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here; for it is written, he will give his angels power to lift you up lest you dash your foot against the stone.

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Then quoting the sixth chapter of Deuteronomy he replied, It is written, you shall not tempt the Lord your God. In the third and final temptation he has shown all the kingdom of the earth and their glory.

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When the adversary said, All of these are yours if you will bend down and worship me Again, quoting the sixth chapter of Deuteronomy, he replies, It is written, you shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.

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Then the adversary departs and the great ministry begins, Who is the Lord your God that you should worship and serve?

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Your own wonderful human imagination.

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He who is one with the God who created the world.

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The richest definition of God given to us in Scripture is, The Father of the Lord our God I discovered I was God's Son by experiencing Scripture, but the Son and God the Father are

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Both the Father and the Son are defined as power, with wisdom added to the Son. In the book of Mark, the high priest said, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

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And he replied, I am, and you shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power.

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Power is capitalized in his passage, and is the name given to God. In the book of Luke, he is first called the Blessed, then power.

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I am called the wisdom of God. Matthew tells us of one who knows God has unfolded within him, and all of the characteristics of God as belonging to him.

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But he is puzzled and put himself to the test.

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Scripture tells a story as though another being appears.

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But when God unveils himself, you question yourself saying, If this is true, I should be able to do anything for all things are possible to God. But I must not tempt the Lord.

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The only way is to trust him.

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So again, let me repeat.

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God's almighty power and wisdom expresses itself, most characteristically in the acceptance what the world calls weakness or foolishness

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When I was drafted, and we as a country are at war, in the eyes of the world I was foolish to believe that I could be honorably discharged without going to war.

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As far as the world was concerned, I was in for the duration, but I didn't want any part of it.

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I firmly believe that Jesus Christ was my own wonderful human imagination, that he was one with God, and that all things were possible to him.

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I knew I could not compel God to do anything, that he would act only as I imagined First in God I slept as though I were honorably discharged and out of the army.

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I did everything in my mind's eye that I would do word of physical fact, and fell asleep in that knowledge.

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Then in vision I saw my discharge paper with the word disapproved, crossed out, and the hand of God right approved above it in bold script.

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And when I heard the words, That which I have done, I have done, do nothing.

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I did nothing.

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Nine days later I was honorably discharged and back in my home in New York City.

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Remembering what I had done to get out of the army, when I was confronted with a similar problem a few years later, I applied to the same principle to get out of the island of Barbados, like Paul.

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I knew whom I had believed, so when I was told I could not leave the island for months, I assumed once more that I am where I would like to be.

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I slept in the assumption it was true, and within hours the confirmation was mine.

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So you see, I know from experimental faith that one is whom I believe You must believe in your human imagination and make him the rock upon which you stand.

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He is the Lord your God and the only one whom you serve.

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If you are going to serve another, then you do not know God. If your boss tells you that you do what he says and eventually you will get a raise and you trust this in your boss, then you don't trust the Lord your God. Put your faith in anyone outside of your own wonderful human imagination and you don't trust God, for there is no other creative power If you put your trust in knowing the right people, having stocks and bonds, or money You are trusting false gods.

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In 1925 I was in London, dancing for 100 pounds a week.

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That was 480 US dollars.

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We had an offer to go to Paris and onto Germany if we would accept payments in Marx or Franks, but we declined, for they were of no value.

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Their money was printed so fast the paper was more valuable than that which was printed on it.