A Pentecostal pastor in Nigeria, Abel Damina, has said that Christians who give money to churches and in turn expect to become rich were only living in a fantasy because, “God does not multiply your money.”

“What multiplies your money is work,” Mr. Damina said in a video which has been in circulation on Facebook and WhatsApp.

From the video, Mr. Damina appeared to have dropped the message in July during a sermon in his church, Power City International, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

“Giving in the church does not bring additional money to you. What brings additional money to you is work.

The congregation could be heard in the video shouting and cheering on the pastor.

You don’t pray and fast to get money, he said. “What produces money is work. It’s called industry.

“He that does not work should not eat. You don’t faith work; you work (the) work.”

The pastor said that the earth was already blessed with plenty and that God’s first commandment to man was that he should be fruitful, multiply, subdue and have dominion over the earth.

 
He explained what he considers as the appropriate reasons behind giving in the church.

“Why do we give in church? We give because we are blessed? We don’t give to be blessed. It is part of the goodness of God that kept you healthy. It is part of the goodness of God that woke you up in the morning. It is part of the goodness of God that took you to work and brought you back…. But now you must engage yourself in work.

“There’s no future for lazy Christians because hunger will take you away.

“Somebody ask, ‘does God perform financial miracle’? Yes, he connects you to opportunities. But even if you see the opportunity you must do something. He connects you to ideas. He brings you before people that are willing to help. He brings you into favour with people that want to invest.

“Some say but Papa you used to say ‘receive money miracle’? Yes, you can receive money miracle. God can move somebody to bless you. God can touch somebody to buy a car for you, but who will fuel it?”

The congregation bursts into laughter.

The pastor continued: “It’s one thing to have a car, it’s another thing to buy fuel”

Mr. Damina attacked pastors who exchange money for “blessings” in the church, calling it a fraud and an insult to God.

“He (God) didn’t supply you grace expecting anything in return. So, when a man of God says give money to be blessed it is an insult to the work of redemption.

“It’s an insult. It’s an insult. It’s an insult,” Mr. Damina said repeatedly in the video.

“Psalm 91! $91 for 91 blessings! It’s an insult to the work of grace.

 
“Psalm 91! $91 for 91 blessings! It’s fraud!

“If you could give $91 and that would appease the anger of God, Jesus wouldn’t (have) died.”

He said asking people to pay money for God’s blessings sounds like buying goods in a supermarket.

Pentecostal pastors in Nigeria and in the world over are known to be at home with ‘prosperity’ messages which encourage congregants to give in the church so that they could, in turn, be blessed.

The message by Mr. Damina is, therefore, a surprise departure from the usual Pentecostal teaching.

“I can feel that some people are very angry right now because I say Psalm 91for $91 blessings is fraud!” Mr. Damina said. “After you finish getting angry, I repeat: it’s a fraud.”

The cleric said he didn’t mean it was wrong to give money to advance God’s work.

“Not to sound like I am boasting, the greatest portion of my income goes back to the work of God. I can’t be a giver to that extent and preach against giving.”

He said he won’t allow merchandise in the church.

“Even Jesus used a whip to stop merchandise (in the house of God),” Mr. Damina said.
SOURCE:https://bettayan.com/2017/08/14/giving-church-not-additional/

Regardless of it being a church...

Luke 6:38King James Version (KJV)

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

I'm impressed

LifeIsGuhd:
Regardless of it being a church...

Luke 6:38King James Version (KJV)

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

it is not necessary giving should be money. have mercy on others, do justice, help, do good works on others, God will do the same to u. let us play down on money in the church. it is in the market or bank that money is the most important thing. that's is the message.

waiting pastors go eat, don't you know that the god of some pastors is their stomach?! any way is good to give willingly and generously, and God will bless you

davonny:


it is not necessary giving should be money. have mercy on others, do justice, help, do good works on others, God will do the same to u. let us play down on money in the church. it is in the market or bank that money is the most important thing. that's is the message.

The word of God can't lie.Luke 6:36 was specific on giving. Yahweh needs the money for preaching of the gospel worldwide. It's the treasure Jesus talk about in laying up your treasures.Aside that good works,helping the needy and showing compassion on those who merit it is important. Infact the messages coming from the altar should be balanced not just one sided.

ysyowel:
waiting pastors go eat,
don't you know that the god of some pastors is their stomach?!
any way is good to give willingly and generously, and God will bless you

False.God has ways of taking care of his own. Some pastors don't know the principle of giving that's why they abuse it

Abel Damina's submission is not a balanced teachings. Seed sowing is Scriptural but it has not been properly presented and many men of God has used it to take advantage of the brethren.

If seed sowing is not scriptural, then Jesus lied and Apostle Paul lied also for they all taught about seed sowing.

The only clause that most preachers don't add is that the harvest don't always come back in multiple form as expected. It comes through God blessing the works of your hand which in turn produces the money you are expecting.

Just because so many don't want or love to give, they quickly hail Dr Abel's message.

Study your Bible very well. There are overwhelming evidence that supports the doctrine of Seed sowing and their are times the harvest actually come back multiplied unto you.

The subject is so broad that space and time may not permit me to give references here but it is Scriptural.

Let me just quote a few Scriptures that supports the doctrine of Seed sowing.

Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Mark 10:29-30.
29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,

30 But HE SHALL RECEIVE an HUNDREDFOLD NOW IN THIS TIME, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

2nd Corinthians 9:10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousnesswink.

Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Psalms 126:5-6.
5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

God himself applies the principle of Seed sowing. It is seen in virtually all the things he created.

When he wanted to reconcile men back to him, he gave Jesus as a seed. If Jesus had not died, he would have remained the only begotten son of God. Through his death, God now has countless number of children.

When Abraham wanted children, he asked him to give up Isaac his only son. And in a sense, Isaac died. That is why Isreal became so fruitful.

Just because a message has been abused doesn't make it wrong. There are many Pastors who have scammed countless thousands through this seed sowing teachings but the message is Scriptural. What we need is a balanced teaching on the subject.