The Bible says in 2 Timothy 3:16–17 that all Scripture is given for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness. Rebuke is part of it. And so when false doctrine is being projected to gullible followers of so-called “God’s generals” in a relatively primitive society like ours, with so much ignorance and herd effect, elders like us must stand up and rebuke such young men.
I listened to a young man speaking, and he quoted Proverbs 19:7 and other Proverbs that imply that wealth attracts people, and that even a poor man’s relatives abandon him, even when he pursues them.
You cannot selectively know the Bible. You cannot selectively preach Scripture to manipulate people and enslave them.
That passage is a sociological truth, not a spiritual truth.
It simply describes how societies often behave: rich people attract dependents, sycophants, and parasites, while poor people are ignored. That is sociology, not doctrine.
I have a master’s degree in the social sciences, apart from being a medical doctor, and I am also an ordained clergyman. Spiritual truth is different from sociological observation.
John the Baptist was not rich;
- He was not well dressed.
- He did not wear suits like you young pastors preaching rubbish.
- He wore camel hair, ate locusts and wild honey.
- He was not in Lagos, Warri, or Abuja.
- He was not in an air-conditioned church.
- He was in the wilderness — yet people trooped to him. Even Jesus Christ went to him to be baptised.
If it were you, pastor, you would not go there. This prosperity-gospel nonsense has entered your head. You are confused.
You people always reference Bishop David Oyedepo. I first saw him in 1985 at Living Word Training Centre, Aba. Brother Emma Okorie and Sister Chinwe Okorie invited him. He was wearing the same shoe I wore as a Youth Corps Member. He was preaching the vision of today. At that time, you would not have followed him.
Yet today he is your mentor, a global voice, and a multibillionaire. You don’t judge people by their present condition.
The Bible says anyone who mocks the poor insults God their Maker. So pastor, you are insulting God that poor pastors are following.
That passage in Proverbs was not referring to priests. It referred to general society. The priesthood had many poor people. John the Baptist’s father was not rich. Samuel’s father was not rich. Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus, could only afford two pigeons, not a lamb. Jesus was laid in a manger.
This teaching you are promoting is evil. It is offensive and irritating. It is doctrinally criminal. Poverty is a situation, not a sentence It does not define destiny.
Pastor, sit down and study your Bible. Pastor, stop preaching nonsense. Stop insulting pastors who are suffering. Stop creating desperation in the body of Christ.
Many Pentecostal pastors are poorly paid while so-called generals live in extreme luxury. Those on the war front lack bulletproof vests, while headquarters pastors drive bulletproof cars. Pastor, how much do your pastors earn
You say “don’t follow poor pastors” — yet you collect offerings from poor people.
Follow Christ. Don’t follow pastor. Don’t follow money. One with God is a majority.
All this manipulation is just to make people to come to sow seeds and tap into grace. All the grace we’ve been tapping into, yet poverty wan kill us.
