26 Ways We Talk Ourselves Out of Obeying God's Word

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26 Ways We Talk Ourselves Out of Obeying God's Word

Tim Conway | 1:08:58 | James Part 7

July 2, 2024 • Tim Conway • James 1:21–22

In this sermon, Tim Conway exposes 26 mental gymnastics we perform, 26 excuses we make after the sermon, and 26 ways we talk ourselves out of obeying God's Word, even when convicted by its truth. Drawing from James 1:21-22, he'll reveal the gap between hearing and doing, challenging us to move beyond mere conviction and into active obedience.

0:00 Introduction and Reading Text

2:30 Where We Will Go Next Time: What is the Perfect Law of Liberty?

3:38 Have an Anger Problem or a Problem with Rampant Wickedness?

12:35 Be Hearers of the Word, Not Hearers Only

14:54 How Many Did Not Look in a Mirror Today?

24:49 The Mindset Behind Why People Hear and Don't Do

26:11 1 - The Casual Listener

27:39 2 - Listening on Behalf of Someone Else

29:23 3 - Create a Category Where the Text Does Not Apply to Us

33:16 4 - We Wait for God to Do Something

34:12 5 - We Imagine Someone Else Is Going to Do It

36:06 6 - I Am Praying About It

37:16 7 - The Wretched Man Complex

38:17 8 - Always Looking for the Next Mentor or Counselor

39:52 9 - The Person Easily Offended and They Reason Themselves Out of Obeying

42:00 10 - Living on Past Obedience

43:41 11 - Living on Future Obedience

45:18 12 - Living on Someone Else's Obedience

46:14 13 - The Imputed Righteousness Excuse

48:09 14 - It Is Just the Preacher Saying It, He Didn't Prove It from the Bible

49:11 15 - Because of Exceptions to the Rule You Dismiss the Entire Obligation

51:23 16 - I Can't Understand It, So I Don't Need to Worry About It

52:21 17 - You Lie to Yourself About You Doing What You Are Not Truly Doing

53:28 18 - Others Do Not Obey So I Don't Need To

53:58 19 - I Am Partially Obeying So It Is OK...

55:10 22 - Doctrine Instead of Obedience

55:39 23 - Discouraged by Past Failures

57:07 24 - Disobeying God by Obeying Man-Made Legalistic Commandments

57:36 25 - Or the Scriptures Are So Broad in an Area That You Miss Applying It

58:48 26 - I Am in a Trial So God Cannot Expect Me to Obey in That Area

1:00:20 Where Can I Run Faster for Christ?

1:03:08 27 - Our Mindset of American Christianity Makes Us Not Think Like the Bible Does

1:07:29 Closing Prayer

How Faith Produces Works

November 13, 2024 • Tim Conway

Brethren, this isn’t about whether works save us—that’s not the point here. James is not contradicting Paul. The issue is this: true faith, the kind that actually saves, is never alone. It’s completed by works. That’s what James is saying. Look at Abraham—he believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness. But it was when he acted, when he offered Isaac, that his faith was shown to be real. Faith without works? It’s dead. It’s like a body without the spirit—there’s nothing there. The question James is asking is this: can a faith that has no works really save you? The answer is no, because real faith is always proven by what it does.

Dead Faith Crumbles; Living Faith Conquers Giants

November 8, 2024 • Tim Conway

Tim Conway | James Series | The believer lives by faith, facing situations like Israel entering the Promised Land. Do we have a faith that trusts God in the face of great opposition, or one that crumbles when things get tough?

The Christian Phenomenon: From Selfishness to Genuine Mercy

October 15, 2024 • Tim Conway • James 2:1–12

This sermon from James 2 invites us to reflect on the significance of partiality in our lives and its deeper implications. Tim focuses on how favoritism violates the royal law, "Love your neighbor as yourself," and stresses that partiality is not just a small flaw but a serious matter of love, law, mercy, and judgment. James connects partiality to judgment, reminding us that mercy triumphs over judgment, and that God will look for this mercy in His people on the final day. The message explains how true Christianity is a phenomenon—a transformation from selfishness to genuine compassion.