What does it actually mean to be blessed?
Most people answer that question with a list of things they have — health, family, financial security, a sense that life is going well. Jesus answered it differently. Radically differently.
In the most famous sermon ever preached, Christ opened with eight declarations that turned the world's definition of blessing on its head. He called the poor in spirit blessed. The mourners. The meek. The persecuted. Not the successful, the celebrated, or the comfortable — but people the surrounding culture would never put on a platform.
Complete: The Life Jesus Called Blessed is a deep, readable exploration of the Beatitudes and the Greek word at the heart of them: makarios — a word the ancient world applied to its gods, meaning a state of sufficiency so complete it cannot be touched by outward circumstances. When Jesus used it to open His Sermon on the Mount, He was not describing a feeling. He was describing a condition. A person. A kind of life.
This is a book about who you are becoming, not just what you are doing.
