What does First B Jackson teach about pride?
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 pride keeps returning to a single conviction drawn from both Peter and James: God opposes the proud and gives grace to the humble. That is not a gentle warning. Pastor Carl, preaching through Obadiah, pressed the point by showing what it looked like on a national scale. Edom had wealth, strong alliances, and homes built high in the rock, and all of that security had produced arrogance. Their attitude was "Who will bring me down to earth?" God's answer through Obadiah was direct: I will. The same principle that brought down a nation applies to anyone who builds their confidence on what they have rather than on who God is.
Pastor Ray, working through 1 Corinthians 4, traced pride to a failure of basic accounting. Everything a person has, the ability to lead, to speak, to work, to give, came from somewhere outside themselves. The passage's central question is "What do you have that you did not receive?" and the honest answer leaves nothing to boast about. Pastor John, in 1 Corinthians 5, made the uncomfortable observation that the congregation's pride could be just as serious as the individual sin Paul was addressing. The church at Corinth was puffed up when it should have been mourning, and Paul treats that corporate pride as the quieter, harder-to-see version of the same problem.
The consistent remedy the teaching offers is humility understood not as low self-esteem but as an accurate view of reality, one that keeps God's hand over everything. Pastor Nathan and Pastor Brian both worked through 1 Peter 5 and landed on the same imperative: humble yourselves, which is a command, not a suggestion, and one that carries the weight of Peter's own personal history with pride. Casting anxiety on God is presented as the practice that keeps humility from being merely theoretical. The point is not to think less of yourself but to stop pulling back what you have already handed over.
Taught from Obadiah 1 · 1 Peter 5:6-11 · 1 Corinthians 4:1-21 · 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 · James 4:6-10
The passage taught · 1 Peter 5:6-11
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
7 casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
9 Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.
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The messages that teach on it
- November 9, 2025 The Kingdom Will Be the Lord's Obadiah's brief, pointed prophecy against Edom warns that pride invites God's judgment, while humility opens the door to grace and restoration.
- June 12, 2022 Humble Yourselves Under the Mighty Hand of God Peter commands humility, sobriety, and resistance against the devil. Pastor Carl walks through 1 Peter 5, showing what we do and what God promises in return.
- November 11, 2018 Humble Yourselves Under the Mighty Hand of God Pastor Nathan walks through 1 Peter 5:6-11, showing what believers are called to do about anxiety and pride, and what God promises to do in response.
- August 24, 2014 Expel the Wicked Person From Among You The pastor walks through 1 Corinthians 5, showing why church discipline is an act of mercy toward the individual and an act of faithfulness for the whole congregation.
- August 17, 2014 What Do You Have That You Did Not Receive? Pastor Ray walks through 1 Corinthians 4, showing how pride fuels division, why every gift comes from God, and what faithful, humble service actually looks like.
Mentioned along the way
- November 23, 2025 The Book of Nahum - The Minor Prophets Pastor Ramon walks through the entire book of Nahum, showing how God's patience with proud nations runs out, and why the gospel is the only refuge from his judgment.
- November 2, 2025 Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters Amos called God's people to justice and humility, not religious pride. The preacher's sermon traces the prophet's warnings, visions, and the hope waiting at the end of the book.
- February 14, 2024 Women's Bible Study - February 14th, 2024 - Live with Purpose Deborah teaches James 4 at First Baptist Jackson, exploring pride, slander, submission, and what it looks like to walk the narrow path with God.
- December 3, 2017 Let This Mind Be in You Philippians 2 shows how Christians get along: by following Jesus, who left heaven's glory, emptied Himself of His rights, and died on a cross for us.
- December 27, 2015 My Grace Is Sufficient for You The pastor walks through 2 Corinthians 12, where Paul's heavenly vision and thorn in the flesh point to one truth: God's grace is sufficient in our weakness.
- December 27, 2015 My Grace Is Sufficient for You Pastor Ray walks through 2 Corinthians 12, where Paul's thorn in the flesh and God's promise that His grace is sufficient speak directly to our present struggles.