Consider:
“Let Us make man in Our image…” — Genesis 1:26
“The love of God (I AM) in Christ Jesus our Lord (Imagination).” — Romans 8:39
Neville Goddard taught that the Bible is not a secular record of past events, but a spiritual manual—a symbolic drama playing out in the consciousness of every individual. In that light, the creation of man, the nature of Christ, and the working of salvation all speak to the same creative mechanism: the union of awareness and imagination.
This inner dynamic is the true “Us” by which man is made in God’s image.
The “Us” in Genesis: Conscious and Subconscious in Creative Union
When Genesis 1:26 says, “Let Us make man in Our image,” Neville interprets this not as a conversation between divine beings, but as a psychological statement: it refers to the conscious and subconscious mind—the two aspects of the self involved in the creative act.
According to Neville:
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The conscious mind (God, the “I AM”) is directive. It selects the state to be assumed.
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The subconscious mind (Christ Jesus, or Imagination) is receptive and creative. It gives form to what is impressed upon it.
“The conscious generates ideas and impresses them on the subconscious; the subconscious receives these impressions and gives them form.”
— Feeling Is the Secret
Together, this inner pair—awareness and imagination—form the divine “Us.” Creation happens each time you assume a new identity with feeling, and persist in that belief. That’s what it means to be made in God’s image: you are always being shaped by the assumptions you unite yourself with inwardly.
The Love of God in Christ Jesus: Function, Not Sentiment
This same spiritual process is mirrored in Paul’s words:
“The love of God (I AM) in Christ Jesus our Lord (Imagination).”
For Neville, this “love” is not emotional affection—it is functional fusion. The “love of God” is the moment your awareness of being (God) unites with the state you choose to dwell in (Christ). It’s a psychological marriage.
Each time you say “I am [a new state],” and feel it as true, you are loving God in Christ Jesus. You are allowing the conscious and subconscious—God and Christ—to create in you and through you.
Why Christ Jesus Equals Imagination
Neville radically redefined Christ Jesus—not as a figure in history, but as a living pattern within you: the redemptive power of imagination.
1. Christ Is God’s Power and Wisdom in You
“Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.” — 1 Corinthians 1:24
Neville states that this power is your imagination—not abstractly, but literally. When you assume a new identity and persist in it, you are using Christ, the power of God, within.
2. Jesus Christ Is the Pattern of Redemption
He says:
“Jesus Christ is your own wonderful human imagination—awakened and personified.”
In this symbolism:
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Jesus means salvation—liberation from limitation.
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Christ means the anointed, the awakened creative force.
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Christ Jesus is imagination in action—redeeming you from your old state by embodying a new one.
3. Christ Must Be Revealed in You
“When it pleased God… to reveal His Son in me…” — Galatians 1:16
This is not an external encounter—it’s an internal awakening. Christ is not revealed to Paul, but in him. Neville takes this to mean that your own imagination, once recognised, is the Saviour you’ve been seeking.
4. Assumption Is the Act of Redemption
The Law of Assumption teaches that whatever you assume to be true becomes your reality.
“Let Us make man in Our image.” — Genesis 1:26
“The love of God in Christ Jesus.” — Romans 8:39
Both statements are describing the same act: when you identify with a new state, and feel it as natural, you are creating through the union of awareness (God) and imagination (Christ). You are being made in the image of what you now believe yourself to be.
“Imagination is the only redemptive power in the universe.”
— Neville Goddard
In Summary
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God = I AM, your awareness of being
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Christ Jesus = Imagination, the redemptive creative force within you
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The “Us” in Genesis = Conscious (I AM) and Subconscious (Imagination) acting as one
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Creation = Assuming a new state and persisting in it
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The love of God in Christ Jesus = The fusion of awareness and imagination
Christ Jesus is not worshipped—He is awakened and applied. He is not a historical figure—you are His unfolding when you dare to assume your desire is already fulfilled.
You do not beg God to intervene.
You become what you ask for—by letting awareness and imagination agree.
“Let Us make man in Our image.”
And so you do, every time you say “I AM” and believe it.
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