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

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 Text2:30 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 Only14:54 How Many Did Not Look in a Mirror Today?24:49 The Mindset Behind Why People Hear and Don't Do26:11 1 - The Casual Listener27:39 2 - Listening on Behalf of Someone Else29:23 3 - Create a Category Where the Text Does Not Apply to Us33:16 4 - We Wait for God to Do Something34:12 5 - We Imagine Someone Else Is Going to Do It36:06 6 - I Am Praying About It37:16 7 - The Wretched Man Complex38:17 8 - Always Looking for the Next Mentor or Counselor39:52 9 - The Person Easily Offended and They Reason Themselves Out of Obeying42:00 10 - Living on Past Obedience43:41 11 - Living on Future Obedience45:18 12 - Living on Someone Else's Obedience46:14 13 - The Imputed Righteousness Excuse48:09 14 - It Is Just the Preacher Saying It, He Didn't Prove It from the Bible49:11 15 - Because of Exceptions to the Rule You Dismiss the Entire Obligation51:23 16 - I Can't Understand It, So I Don't Need to Worry About It52:21 17 - You Lie to Yourself About You Doing What You Are Not Truly Doing53:28 18 - Others Do Not Obey So I Don't Need To53:58 19 - I Am Partially Obeying So It Is OK...55:10 22 - Doctrine Instead of Obedience55:39 23 - Discouraged by Past Failures57:07 24 - Disobeying God by Obeying Man-Made Legalistic Commandments57:36 25 - Or the Scriptures Are So Broad in an Area That You Miss Applying It58:48 26 - I Am in a Trial So God Cannot Expect Me to Obey in That Area1:00:20 Where Can I Run Faster for Christ?1:03:08 27 - Our Mindset of American Christianity Makes Us Not Think Like the Bible Does1:07:29 Closing Prayer