Pastor David Ibiyeomie, the founder of Salvation Ministries, has stated that Jesus Christ strongly dislikes poverty and did not closely associate with the poor during his ministry on earth. Ibiyeomie told his congregation in a trending video that Jesus never visited the home of a poor person, which he views as a sign of God’s disapproval of poverty.
The cleric also stated that Christ’s death and resurrection served not only to bring salvation, but also to free believers from poverty.
He believed that remaining impoverished after accepting Christ was indicative of a spiritual misunderstanding.
Ibiyeomie 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.”
