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Jesus used the metaphors of salt and light to describe the impact on society of God’s people who walk out the 8 Beatitudes (Mt. 5:13-16). Jesus sees the world as filled with moral decay and spiritual darkness. He describes believers as salt and light and unbelievers as the earth and world.

This teaching covers the deeper meanings behind the 3 beatitudes: poor in spirit, those who mourn, and the meek. Learn what it means to walk in desperate longing for more of God’s working in your life.

To be poor in spirit is to be aware that we are in great need of experiencing spiritual growth in our heart, ministry, church, and society. It is to see ourselves as spiritually poor instead of spiritually rich, in terms of our ability to experience and impart spiritual life without the Spirit.

The Sermon on the Mount is the constitution of God’s kingdom. It is Jesus’ most comprehensive statement about a believer’s role in cooperating with the grace of God and is the “litmus test” to accurately measure our spiritual development and ministry impact.

God invites everyone to be great in His kingdom. But we must define greatness according to what the Scriptures say success looks like. God put within each of us a longing to be great and successful in life.

In the book of Ephesians, Paul highlighted three important dimensions in our relationship with Jesus: being seated with Christ in heavenly places, walking worthy, and standing firm.