Doers Not Hearers (Self Deceived)
Channel: South Austin church of Christ
Date: 2023-03-21

James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
James 1:6
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
James 1:7
For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
James 1:8
he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.


James 1:16-18
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.


James 1:21
Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
James 1:22
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 1:23
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.
James 1:24
For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
James 1:25
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.
James 1:26
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.


Romans 2:11-13
God shows no partiality. For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

Romans 2:14
For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
Romans 2:17
But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God
Romans 2:18
and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law;
Romans 2:19
and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
Romans 2:20
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth--
Romans 2:21
you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?
Romans 2:22
You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
Romans 2:23
You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law.
Romans 2:24
For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

Romans 2:28-29
For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.



2 Peter 1:8
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:9
For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.
2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.