Stop tying prosperity to giving—Damina warns believers

Apostle Abel Damina recently shared his views on the Honest Brunch podcast. He questioned the belief that giving money to God leads to financial prosperity. He argued that this idea misrepresents the true intent of the Bible.

“It is not what you give to God that makes Him give anything to you,” he stated. “How much can you even give to God?”

He pointed out that if God were hungry, He wouldn’t ask for help. If He needed a house, He wouldn’t live in yours.

Apostle Damina emphasized that everything believers have comes from God. Divine blessings cannot be earned through offerings. “All I want is your heart—that’s what God says,” he added.

He challenged common interpretations of scriptures used in prosperity teachings. For example, he discussed Isaac sowing during a famine. “People say Isaac sowed and reaped a hundredfold, but check it,” he explained.

Isaac was a farmer who planted literal seeds, not money. “Don’t let somebody make you foolish,” he warned.

Regarding Deuteronomy's verse about wealth, Apostle Damina clarified its context. It was given within a specific covenantal framework.

“God told Israel to remember how He sustained them in the wilderness,” he said. Their money didn’t buy food or water; God provided manna and water from the rock.

He cautioned against applying such verses universally as it distorts their meaning. “You’re not on the way to the promised land,” he concluded. “You’ve already received the promise through Christ’s resurrection.”