Sharpton seems to be saying that anyone can resurrect himself through his own efforts—which is the opposite of what Christianity teaches.
“Sharpton seems to be saying that anyone can resurrect himself through his own efforts—which is the opposite of what Christianity teaches.”
Exactly!
No one can live a good enough life to earn their own salvation. Even someone like Mother Teresa wasn’t good enough to do it on her own, and most of us are nowhere near as humble and giving as she was. Even someone like her needed Christ to pay the price for her sins.
Christ also didn’t come here to fix this world—to liberate blacks in the physical sense or lift them out of poverty by wealth redistribution. This world is already condemned and slated for destruction.