Makarios

Pastor Ben continues a Matthew series by introducing the Sermon on the Mount as Jesus’ teaching on life in the Kingdom of God, emphasizing that “heaven invades earth” and that the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3–11) are kingdom values. Focusing on “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” it explains spiritual poverty as recognizing the inability to secure identity and satisfaction through false treasures, especially self-sufficiency/success, others’ approval, and moral superiority. It argues people become poor in spirit by experiencing the emptiness of these pursuits, and that the kingdom offers the spiritually poor wealth, rest, and a true home in God’s love.