By Mick Oseji, Asaba
Controversial pastor and televangelist, Abel Damina, has stirred fresh debate with his remarks challenging the widely held belief that giving guarantees prosperity.
Speaking to his congregation, Damina described the popular saying “givers never lack” as misleading and fraudulent, insisting that such teachings are not backed by scripture.
He argued that there is no biblical basis for the claim that giving ensures financial abundance, adding that those who promote the idea are being dishonest.
“There is no scripture in the Bible that says when you give, you will never lack. Anybody who claims that givers never lack is a fraud. Nobody prospers by giving. When you give, you lack because it leaves you and creates a vacuum, then you have to work again to recover it, and sometimes you never recover it. Our mindset was wired to think that we only get rich when we give to God. I kept questioning it because I saw people who were diligently giving yet remained broke. I never saw anyone who became a billionaire simply because they tithed,” he stated.
Damina also addressed beliefs surrounding tithing, maintaining that wealth accumulation is driven by economic activity rather than religious giving.
“Even those that became billionaires while tithing did so because they had jobs and businesses. That is why they became billionaires, not because they tithed. God did not bless you because you gave tithe or anything. He blessed because He has already blessed. The reason you have jobs, turn trees into paper, extract crude oil is because God has already blessed the planet,” he said.
