Televangelist Jesse Duplantis recently defended his wealth as a “blessing from God” and called poverty a “curse.”
Televangelist Jesse Duplantis recently defended his wealth as a “blessing from God” and called poverty a “curse.” “Let me give you a classic example of why I don’t care what people think about me or what I have. Come on, look at me. Look at me. I’m very He is a man who is blessed with many things,” Duplantis said online.Boardroom chatI had a session with my wife Kathy earlier this month.
according to christian postDuplantis’ estimated worth is approximately 20 million dollarsand wealth comes with private jets and 40,000 square foot mansion In Louisiana.
“Kathy and I are very blessed. I’m blessed mentally, physically and financially.” [blessed]. More people started criticizing me about that jet plane. They still can’t get over it. Please criticize me about my house. they didn’t pay for it. I paid. Do you understand what I’m saying? he asked.
2018, Duplantis received Backlash over his attempt to raise money from his followers to buy a $54 million jet.
During a “Boardroom Chat” session, Duplantis argued that disobedience is the cause of most people’s problems.
“Most people’s problems occur because people don’t comply. It’s simply true: wars, rumors of wars, people are always angry about someone,” he said. “That’s usually what I call someone who has enough power to change the way people think. Especially in the church, I call it Christian propaganda. ”
He pointed out what he considered to be propaganda in the church.
“Did you know that ‘poverty is a blessing’?” That’s a lie. Poverty is a curse. There is no heaven, there is no heaven at all,” he said, citing a common phrase some Christians use in opposition to the prosperity gospel.
“‘Jesus was poor.'” Have you ever heard the Lord say, “I don’t have enough to eat today?” [because] I don’t have anything? ”
Additionally, Duplantis said people are frustrated that they give financially to ministries and are not blessed, and that they are emotionally manipulated into giving rather than giving out of biblical obedience. He hinted that there was.
“If you emotionally move people to give, and you do it over and over again in poverty, why don’t you move people to simply obey God’s glorious word that He does what He says?” ” Duplantis argued. “A lot of people are using people’s emotions to raise money, so they don’t get the blessing.”
Televangelists tried to use Psalm 49:16 This is to argue that Christians should not worry about how much other people have. The Bible and subsequent verses he read seem to warn against becoming addicted to financial wealth.
“Do not be in awe when others become rich because the luxury of their homes increases; they take nothing with them when they die, and their glory also descends with them. ” says the Bible. “While they are alive, even though they think they are blessed, when you succeed people praise you, but they join the ranks of those who have gone before them, and they never live again. “Those who have wealth but have no understanding are like beasts.” They will perish. ”
Duplantis also reported that Christians shared their thoughts on turning the other cheek. Matthew 5:38-48. He argued that believers should not interpret Bible passages as asking Christians to become pacifists because he does not believe in such a view.
“I’ll be honest with you…I’ve been spat at, slapped, and all sorts of things when I’m preaching, but when someone comes up to me and slaps me… “I’m not preaching, I just want someone to slap me,” he said.
“Something’s going bad, so you better believe in a cure. … Don’t be fooled by this small stature. If you have to, I’ll get you a baseball bat. You know what I’m saying?” I’m not saying this proudly, but…I know what I can do with a baseball bat.”
As explained in christianity.com: “This verse does not tell us to let people do whatever they want us to do. Rather, it says that God will take care of it.”
“Jesus’ command to turn the other cheek is simply a command to abandon retribution for personal crimes. Jesus did not set the government’s foreign policy, and he did not abandon the judicial system,” the ministry said. Not even,” he points out. “Crimes may still be prosecuted and wars may still be waged, but followers of Christ need not defend individual ‘rights’ or avenge honor.”
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Milton Quintanilla is a freelance writer and content creator. He is a contributor to his Crosswalk Headlines and host of the For Your Soul Podcast, a podcast dedicated to sound doctrine and Biblical truth. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Alliance Theological Seminary.
