Blessed Doers: Living Out the Perfect Law

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Blessed Doers: Living Out the Perfect Law

Tim Conway | 1:03:14 | James Part 8

July 10, 2024 • Tim Conway • James 1:21–24

James 1:22-25 - But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

0:00 Introduction and Overview

3:20 What Is the "Perfect Law of Liberty"?

11:06 We Don't Glance but We Look at God's Word

18:51 Blessed Are Those Who Hear and Obey

21:33 Let Us Look in God's Word at the Weighty Matters

35:41 What Pleases God?

37:01 What Is Justice According to God's Perfect Law?

39:58 Christianity Is Not Primarily About What You Do Not Do

46:26 How Do We Implement This Into Our Lives?

50:04 You Are Called to Do What You Can Do

55:18 Where Is Grace in All of This?

1:02:00 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.