What does First B Jackson teach about body of christ?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At First B Jackson, the teaching on the body of Christ starts with what Paul means when he says the church is one body with many members. In the 1 Corinthians 12 series, the point was pressed hard: the body image is not just a tidy organizational metaphor. When Jesus asked Saul on the Damascus road why he was persecuting him, what Saul had actually been doing was going after the church. Christ identifies so completely with His people that the body of Christ describes what the church actually is, not simply how it is arranged.
Both the Romans 12 and Ephesians 4 messages returned to the same ground. Each member belongs to the others, and that cuts directly against the pull toward individualism and self-sufficiency. The parts that seem weakest are often the ones the body cannot do without, whether that is the person who quietly sets up and cleans the building every week or the bereavement ministry that showed up to serve a grieving family. In the Ephesians 4 series, Pastor Josh traced the word behind "equipping" to the idea of fine tuning, an exact adjustment, and his point was that recognizing each person's particular fit is part of what equipping looks like in practice. Different people are wired differently, and the Spirit already knows that.
The unity of the body is given, not manufactured. Only God establishes it, but any one person can ruin it. Pastor Van was plain about what that means for Protestant Americans who are practiced at dividing and denominating. What holds the body together is not uniformity but the shared ground of Christ's work, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all. Suffering and honoring one member is felt everywhere else in the body, and the communion table was presented as the fitting place to receive that truth together, equal at the foot of the cross, receiving grace by no merit of their own.
Taught from 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 · Ephesians 4:1-16 · Romans 12:3-8 · 1 Peter 4:10 · Ephesians 4:12
The passage taught · 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
1 Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant.
2 You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.
3 Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is accursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” but by the Holy Spirit.
4 Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
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The messages that teach on it
- April 26, 2026 Fine Tuning the Saints The pastor teaches Ephesians 4:11-13, showing how God equips every believer with gifts for real ministry, whether at church, at work, or in the community.
- April 19, 2026 Walk Worthy of the Calling The pastor preached through Ephesians 4:1-16, tracing Paul's call to walk worthy, maintain unity, and use God's gifts to build up the body of Christ.
- April 19, 2026 Walk Worthy of the Calling Ephesians 4 opens with a call to walk worthy of Christ, exploring unity, spiritual gifts, and what it means to grow up together as one body.
- March 15, 2026 Be the Church God Wants to See in the World The pastor walks through Ephesians 1:15-23, the second longest sentence in the New Testament, exploring what it means for the church to be the living body of Christ in the world.
- September 4, 2016 By the Mercies of God Ray McDaniel walks through Romans 12, showing how spiritual gifts like serving, teaching, giving, and mercy flow from God's mercy and call believers out of self-centered living.
- September 4, 2016 By the Mercies of God, Present Yourself Romans 12 calls every believer to present themselves as a living sacrifice. Pastor Ray walks through spiritual gifts and what faithful service looks like in the church.
- January 4, 2015 One Body, Many Members A sermon on 1 Corinthians 12 exploring spiritual gifts, unity in the body of Christ, and why every believer's gift matters for the common good.
Mentioned along the way
- March 15, 2026 Be the Church God Wants to See in the World Paul's prayer in Ephesians 1 covers past, present, and future: God's calling, our inheritance, and the power he gives his church to carry his mission forward.