Ibiyeomie’s Unconventional Take: “Jesus Hated Poverty & Never Visited The Poor”.
According to Pastor David Ibiyeomie, the founder of Salvation Ministries, poverty and Jesus Christ were comparable.
The cleric claims that Jesus Christ made it clear that he detested poverty and shunned intimate relationships with the impoverished.
In a video that went viral on Sunday, he spoke to his audience and said that Christ’s death and resurrection were meant to not only save people but also to lift them out of poverty.
He said; “Jesus never visited any poor person in his house, check your bible. That means he hates poverty. He visited Lazarus, they were not poor, they were giving him food.
“He visited a sinner, Zacchaeus, who was rich. Tell me one poor man Jesus entered his house. He hates poverty, that’s the meaning.
“He hates people who are poor. He died for you not to be poor. How can you now come to church with some kind of mentality?
“You can come poor but you’re not permitted to remain poor. There’s nothing wrong with you coming to Christ as a poor man, but it’s wrong for you to remain poor. It is wrong.”
