A Ghanaian pastor identified as the Prophet Eliezer Oswald Awuyeh used the death of Christian Atsu to preach against charity.
According to the man of God, the bible instructs its believers to pay tithing to the church and not to the poor in the name of charity. In a widely circulated video, the prophet Eliezer took the example of the late Ghanaian football player.
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“Christian Atsu people say he does good, he goes to the hospital, he goes to orphans and a man of God said, you can do all these things but if he doesn’t do it in the house of God, God’s attention is far from him,” he said.
The Pastor continued that “someone says my tithe I will go and give it to someone sitting by the roadside, someone also says my tithe I will give it to poor people. Is that where God asked you to take your tithe?”
In the video that has triggered a massive reactions from social media users, Prophet Eliezer Oswald Awuyeh added that “so when something happens to you will the poor person save you? He said bring it to my house so that there will be food in my house. You are not wiser than God, you aren’t smarter than him“.
“No matter how philanthropic you are, no matter how hospital you are, your hospitality can never bring you a heavenly reward,” he concluded in the video below.
Christian Atsu died because he used his tithe to take care of orphans – Pastor reveals
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Meanwhile, a week-long celebration in memory of the deceased Ghanaian international, Christian Atsu, is scheduled for Saturday, March 4.
This decision was the result of discussions between Atsu’s family, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the sports ministry at the player’s family home.
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Evans Bobie, Deputy Minister of Sports, led representatives of the GFA and the Ministry of Sport to offer condolences to the bereaved family.
Christian Atsu was confirmed dead on Saturday, February 18, after 12 days under the rubble following a devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria that killed more than 47,000 people.
The body of the former Chelsea and Newcastle winger was flown to Ghana from Turkey on Sunday.
