The senior pastor of New Ebenezer Baptist Church tweeted (and later deleted) the "meaning of Easter" far surpasses the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the cornerstone of the Christian faith.

At the center of Christianity is Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. In His death, the Son of God became the substitutionary atonement for humanity, bearing the weight of our sins—the judgment of God—for us. Three days later, in His resurrection, Jesus overcame sin and death, granting those who accept salvation unrestrained access to God.

Warnock, whose Twitter handle bears the title "reverend," went on to share a message directly contradictory to the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus.

"Whether you are a Christian or not," the leftist senator wrote, "through a commitment to helping others, we are able to save ourselves."

The lawmaker's tweet was immediately flooded with responses from Christians calling out the heretical nature of his post, which flies in the face of the repeated and resounding message of the Gospel, which is that—no matter how hard we try or how diligently we work—salvation is forever beyond our reach, outside the person and sacrifice of Jesus. If human beings could earn their way into right relationship with God, Jesus' sacrifice on the cross would have been for nought... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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