In this bold, verse-by-verse study of the Sermon on the Mount, Dr. Michael Youssef reveals that true happiness is not found in earthly gain—but in total surrender to Jesus Christ. Drawing from Matthew chapters 5–7, this 8-part series exposes the lies of cultural religion and calls believers to embrace the radical righteousness of the Kingdom. Dr. Youssef teaches how to be salt and light in a decaying world, how to control anger, reject lust, love purity, and judge rightly. These are not optional suggestions—they are the marks of those who truly belong to Christ. With clarity and conviction, Dr. Youssef urges us to live under the authority of God’s Word, forsake self-righteousness, and pursue the blessed life found only in full obedience to the King.

In this opening message, Dr. Michael Youssef confronts the modern Church’s failure to be salt in a decaying world. Preaching from Matthew 5:13, he declares that only those who have climbed the ladder of the Beatitudes—marked by brokenness, righteousness, purity, mercy, and persecution—are true disciples empowered by the Holy Spirit to preserve society from moral collapse. Salt is not optional; it is the believer’s mandate. But when we mix with the world, we lose our saltness—and our usefulness. Drawing from Jesus’ words and the context of the Sermon on the Mount, Dr. Youssef calls believers to repentance and a renewed commitment to bold, uncompromised witness. Christ commands us: be salt—or be trampled.