What does First B Jackson teach about easter?
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 Easter keeps returning to one conviction: the resurrection is not one piece of Christian belief among many but the foundation the whole faith stands or falls on. Brad Yates worked through 1 Corinthians 15 to press exactly that point, arguing that without the resurrection, faith is empty and Christians are more pitiable than anyone. The empty tomb is the engine, not optional equipment. Alongside that, both Pastor Mark and Pastor Josh have walked the congregation through the entire week leading up to resurrection Sunday, treating Easter not as an isolated morning but as the climax of a story that begins with the raising of Lazarus, moves through the triumphal entry, the cleansing of the temple, the upper room, and the cross, and only then arrives at the empty tomb.
The preaching here leans heavily on the Old Testament prophecies that preceded the resurrection by centuries. Isaiah 53, written roughly seven hundred years before the cross, described a pierced and suffering servant at a time when crucifixion did not yet exist as a form of execution. Psalm 22 gave David's words about bones out of joint, a heart like wax, hands and feet pierced, and soldiers casting lots for clothing, words Jesus himself began to quote from the cross. The resurrection, the teaching consistently says, was not an improvisation. It was the fulfillment of a plan announced for thousands of years.
Pastor Carl has pressed the personal weight of the resurrection through John 20, paying close attention to each person who came to the tomb and what their response says about belief. He traced Mary Magdalene's devoted grief, Peter's headlong entry into the tomb, and the moment John saw the undisturbed grave cloths and believed. The detail of those neatly left wrappings matters, Carl said, because John included it as evidence, and the whole purpose of his gospel is to bring readers to belief. Whether the message is coming from Brad, Pastor Mark, Pastor Josh, or Carl, the question being pressed is the same one the angels asked Mary at the tomb: why are you looking for the living among the dead?
Taught from 1 Corinthians 15 · John 20:1-18 · Isaiah 53 · Psalm 22 · John 3:16-17
The passage taught · 1 Corinthians 15
1 Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,
2 by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
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Messages that go deeper
- April 5, 2026 Eight Days That Changed the World The pastor walks through Holy Week day by day, from Palm Sunday to the empty tomb, showing how ancient prophecy and the resurrection still matter today.
- April 5, 2026 It Is Finished: Walking Through Holy Week A Holy Week walk through scripture and art, tracing Christ's final days from Palm Sunday to resurrection, and the finished work that makes salvation possible.
- April 20, 2025 He Is Not Here: The Tomb Is Empty A Wyoming pastor walks through John 20 on Easter Sunday, tracing Mary Magdalene's grief and joy at the empty tomb and explaining why the resurrection matters for everyone.
- April 20, 2025 He Is Not Here, He Is Risen Carl walks through John 20:1-18 on Resurrection Sunday, showing what the empty tomb, the grave cloths, and Mary hearing her name meant for those first witnesses and means for us.
- March 31, 2024 He Is Risen: The Map to Get You Home Brad Yates preaches on 1 Corinthians 15 at Easter, making the case that the resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of Christian faith and the source of real, unshakable hope.
- March 31, 2024 Christ Is Risen: The Map to Get Home Brad Yates opens God's Word on Easter Sunday to show why the resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of Christian hope, not just a seasonal celebration.
- April 21, 2019 It Is Finished Tracing the story of Holy Week through Scripture and art, the pastor follows Jesus from the triumphal entry to the empty tomb and the finished work of the cross.
- April 21, 2019 It Is Finished Easter sermon on the resurrection of Jesus Christ, tracing prophecies from Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53 to the empty tomb and the hope believers carry forward.
- April 5, 2015 He Is Risen: Past, Present, and Future Easter sermon from First Baptist Jackson on the resurrection of Jesus, what it means to believe, and how that belief shapes the way we live today and into the future.