Scamvangelist: Jesus Wasn’t Poor, So You Shouldn’t Be

April 29, 2024 Christianists, Religion

The Christian Post reports:

Televangelist and prosperity gospel preacher Jesse Duplantis, who has an estimated net worth of around $20 million, has called poverty a “curse” and says his wealth — which includes a private jet and a 40,000-square-foot mansion in Louisiana — comes from being “blessed” by God. “Let me give you a prime example why I don’t care what people think about me, about what I have. Now look at me. Look at me. I am a very blessed man,” Duplantis said.

In 2018, Duplantis faced widespread criticism for trying to raise money from his followers to purchase a $54 million jet. “You know that ‘poverty is a blessing’ saying?’ That’s a lie. Poverty is a curse. It’s not in Heaven, none whatsoever,” he said, quoting common phrases some Christians use to challenge the prosperity gospel. “‘Jesus was poor.’ When was He poor? Did you ever hear Him say, ‘I can’t eat today [because] I don’t have anything?'”

Read the full article. Duplantis first appeared here in 2015 when he declared that Jesus gave him a private jet so that he doesn’t have to fly with “demons.”



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