52 Lies Heard In Church Every Sunday - Plain Truth Ministries

Are we blessed when we give
Yes, it is a blessing to give, if you
are giving out of faith and love for
the Lord, and from a desire to do
good for others in Jesus’ name. But
if you understand tithing to be a
set amount you must give to be
obedient to God, the answer is no.
There is no blessing to be found in
obeying a demand to give a tenth.
The blessing comes from giving itself,
just as Jesus said. The amount
depends on what the Holy Spirit
leads you to give. If you are giving
in faith and love, you will be
blessed for giving 5 or 8 or 15 percent.
We give according to our
ability. For some, 10 percent is currently
impossible. Some may consider
giving much more because of
the abundance the Lord has granted
them. Paul described it this
way: “If the readiness is present, it
is acceptable according to what a
person has, not according to what
he does not have” (2 Corinthians
8:12).
We live in a day of grace, and we
practice grace giving. Do I believe
in giving Yes. Do I believe that we
are to be generous in what we
give Yes. I can’t imagine that
grace will ever cause you to do less
than legalism will. Now we’re motivated
to give because we love. We
love the Lord Jesus Christ, and we
want to give. We want to give to
the work of the kingdom. We give
because we’ve received the love of
the Father, we have the nature of
Jesus Christ, and it is our nature to
give. I can assure you that grace
will cause us to be more generous,
cheerful givers, as opposed to giving
grudgingly from a heart that is
locked into the old covenant
teaching of tithing. We give because
we want to, not because we
have to. ❑
Taken from 52 Lies Heard in Church Every
Sunday © Copyright 2011 by Steve McVey. Published
by Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, OR.
Used by permission.
Steve McVey is the President of
Grace Walk Ministries, a discipletraining
ministry in Atlanta, Georgia,
as well as a sought-after leader of
Grace Walk conferences. Steve and his
wife, Melanie, have four children.
SPRING 2012
52 Lies Heard in Church...
Lie #1: Salvation Is Giving Your Life to
Christ
Lie #2: Christians Are Just Sinners
Saved by Grace
Lie #3: When You Became a Christian,
God Changed Your Life
Lie #4: Becoming a Christian Means
Having Your Sins Forgiven
Lie #5: Our Sins Are Under the Blood of
Jesus
Lie #6: Your Greatest Need Is to Love
God More
Lie #7: The Answer for Weak Christian
Commitment Is to Rededicate Your Life
to Christ
Lie #8: The Holy Spirit Convicts
Unbelievers of Their Sins
Lie #9: The Christian Life Is All of Him
and None of Me
Lie #10: You Can Go Too Far with Grace
Lie #11: Your Greatest Responsibility Is
to Serve God
Lie #12: Christ Wants to Have First
Place in Your Life
Lie #13: God Wants to Give You What
You Need
Lie #14: We Need to Focus on
Overcoming Our Sins
Lie #15: We Need to Continually Ask
God to Forgive Our Sins
Lie #16: When We Do Wrong, We Are
out of Fellowship with God
Lie #17: You Should Live by the
Teachings of the Bible
Lie #18: You Need to Find God’s Perfect
Will for Your Life
Lie #19: God Is Disappointed in You
When You Do Wrong
Lie #20: God Won’t Put More on You
Than You Can Bear
Lie #21: There Are Secular and Sacred
Things in Life
Lie #22: We Need Revival
Lie #23: We Should Befriend
Unbelievers in Order to Win Them
Lie #24: We Need to Pay the Price to Be
Used by God
Lie #25: We Need a Fresh Anointing
Lie #26: Repentance Brings God’s
Goodness into Our Lives
Lie #27: Grace and Truth Need to
Be Kept in Balance
Lie #28: God Only Speaks Today
Through the Bible
Lie #29: It’s a Sin to Be
Depressed
Lie #30: You Should Make Jesus
Lord of Your Life
Lie #31: We Need More Faith
Lie #32: Your Sins Can Disqualify
You from Being Used by God
Lie #33: You Need to Starve the
Old Nature and Feed the New
Lie #34: We Need to Seek
Spiritual Power
Lie #35: We Should Live by
Christian Morals
Lie #36: Your Heart Is Desperately
Wicked
Lie #37: You Need an
Accountability Partner
Lie #38: You Grow in Holiness
Lie #39: You Should Pray to Love
Christ More
Lie #40: We Are Positionally
Righteous
Lie #41: Faith Requires that We
Act Positively in Every Situation
Lie #42: Christ Empowers Us to
Keep God’s Law
Lie #43: If You Don’t Forgive
Others, God Won’t Forgive You
Lie #44: You Shouldn’t Do
Anything
Lie #45: God Needs You to
Accomplish His Work
Lie #46: It’s Better to Burn Out for
Christ Than to Rust Out
Lie #47: You Will Be Blessed
Because You Tithe
Lie #48: Sunday Is the Christian
Sabbath
Lie #49: If You Pray Long and
Hard Enough, God Will Answer
Your Prayers
Lie #50: The Truth Will Set You Free
Lie #51: You Must Forgive and
Forget
Lie #52: Grace Is a Very Important
Doctrine