The Bible speaks repeatedly of “the living God” as a deliberate and layered declaration. To call God living is to distinguish Him from lifeless forms, idols, and abstract tradition. But more deeply, it signals that God is an active force — present, moving, and creating now, within you.
Interpreted through a spiritual framework — such as that found in the teachings of Neville Goddard — this phrase points to God not as a distant being, but as your own “I AM,” alive within consciousness.
And at the root of this living God is the name Elohim — the very first name given to God in the Scriptures. Understanding this name opens the door to seeing what living truly means.
“Elohim”: The Plural Power of God-Consciousness
Genesis 1 opens with the words:
“In the beginning, Elohim created the heavens and the earth.”
— Genesis 1:1
“Elohim” is a Hebrew word that appears grammatically plural, yet it takes singular verbs. This means it suggests a composite unity — many-in-one. Symbolically, it points to the creative power of consciousness itself, which manifests in countless forms, yet arises from a single source: awareness.
Neville Goddard often explained that God is your own wonderful human imagination — the part of you that assumes, feels, creates, and experiences. Elohim, then, can be understood as:
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The divine plurality of all assumed states,
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The creative totality of your inner world,
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The many expressions of the one I AM.
This Elohim is not static or abstract. He is the God who creates — not once, long ago, but continually, through every imaginal act.
The Living God Is Not Carved, but Creative
In contrast to Elohim, the gods of surrounding nations were idols — fixed images, incapable of response or motion. The Bible says:
“But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God…”
— Jeremiah 10:10
This means God is not dead history, but present movement. Not a system of rules, but a living law — the law that what you assume to be true will express itself.
This “living” aspect separates the God of imagination from the god of external form. The former is alive, ever-becoming. The latter is dead — bound by repetition, tradition, and fear.
To speak of the living God is to speak of the Elohim within — the plural power of imagined realities, ever-creating, ever-responsive.
God Is Living Because He Is Felt and Known Within
To say “God lives” is not to refer to a deity somewhere in the sky, but to the experience of God in the individual — in you.
“Do you not know that you are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?”
— 1 Corinthians 3:16
This is not metaphor — it is metaphysical fact. You do not observe the living God — you become aware of Him through the movement of assumption.
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When you dare to imagine something beyond the facts,
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When you persist in that vision despite appearances,
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When you praise as though it’s already yours —
— you are touching the living Elohim, the divine plural presence that creates the world through your inner activity.
God of the Living, Not the Dead
Jesus affirms this inner living God when he says:
“I AM the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
— Matthew 22:32
God is not remembered in the past — He is known in the present. He is not trapped in tradition, but encountered as direct awareness.
In this sense, to speak of the living God is to recognise that Elohim is alive within you — not as doctrine, but as imagination in motion. Every assumption you accept, every feeling you inhabit, every identity you fix in mind — that is Elohim creating.
Living God = Living Assumption
If Elohim is the many-in-one source of creation, and that creation happens through assumption, then the living God is the living assumption.
He lives whenever:
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A new identity is accepted within,
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A belief becomes so real it reorders experience,
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A person dares to claim what they have not yet seen.
You are never waiting for the living God. You are the arena in which He acts.
Conclusion: To Know Elohim Is to Live Creatively
Elohim is the first name of God because it expresses the first principle of being — that consciousness is plural in potential, singular in essence, and eternally creative.
To say “the living God” is to reject the idea of a dead or distant deity. It is to say:
"God is here. God is now. God is alive in me — as me — imagining, assuming, becoming."
Let others serve gods of stone and memory. We serve the living God — the Elohim within — who speaks as “I AM,” and whose breath is every conscious act of faith.
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