Help the poor but don’t associate with them – David Ibiyeomie

Notable clergyman, Pastor David Ibiyeomie, has once again stirred controversy by insisting that while it’s good to help the poor, believers should not associate with them

This comes in response to the mixed reactions trailing his earlier remarks on poverty. Speaking during a recent sermon, the pastor said the Holy Spirit visited him and affirmed that his initial statement was indeed correct.

Drawing a parallel with how believers are advised not to associate with sinners, he argued that the same applies to poverty. According to him, Jesus already became poor so that His followers could become rich.

“Everybody gets angry when a believer is mixing with sinners; so also should people be angry when a believer mixes with the poor,” he said. “He said, ‘I was made poor that you might be rich.’ So poverty is not of me. He said you can help the poor but not associate with the poor. He said that if you do that, you’re saying my death and resurrection is in vain. Because I died that you may come out of poverty.

Do you like to stay with the sick? No—because Jesus became health for you. Do you like to stay with the poor? He became poor that you can help the poor. That you don’t have money does not mean you’re poor. Poverty is mentality…”

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