A popular Nigerian Pastor has said that failure to pay tithe is not only punishable but attracts curses.
Pastor David Ibiyeomie who is the general overseer of Salvation Ministry hinted that the failure of Christians to pay tithes by Christians is criminal.
The Cleric described those who fail to remit their tithes, (10 percent of all their incomes) to church as criminals, stressing that the offense is punishable.
Ibiyeomie disclosed this while speaking at the church’s service in Port Harcourt on Sunday, saying that some Christians experience near success syndrome (failure at the edge of breakthrough) because of their reluctance to pay tithes.
He added that failure to pay tithes attracts curses.
Hear Him: “Tax is the government’s share, so you don’t say I want to give the government my tax, you say you want to pay tax, that is how the tithe is God’s own. Leviticus 27:30. God is the owner of the tithe. So, what do you do?
“You pay, it’s only in Nigeria you don’t pay tax and they can leave you, in the Western world it is a big criminal offense if you don’t pay tithe, you are a criminal, your offense is punishable, the tithe is simply one-tenth of your income, 10 percent of your income goes to God.
“Near success syndrome will not happen. If you’re experiencing near success syndrome don’t go for deliverance, you’re not a tither. Anything that I do, when it is close to manifestation, the thing will just go off, you’re not a faithful tither.
“Many deliverance ministries, they just go for deliverance, this is the problem, they don’t pay tithe faithfully. Yet, they will say anything I want to do, when it is about to click it will just go off.
“It is near success syndrome. Correct it from tithing, don’t correct it from seven days deliverance. Hear this, tithe must be paid first otherwise the curse will remain,” he said.
