What does First B Jackson teach about remnant?
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 remnant starts with God's own faithfulness. Across several messages, the consistent claim is that there has always been a remnant of God's people, and that remnant exists not because of ethnic heritage, merit, or personal endurance, but because God keeps them by grace. Pastor Eric made this point from Romans 11 by pressing on the Elijah story: Elijah believed he was the only faithful one left, and God answered him by saying seven thousand had never bowed the knee to Baal. The sovereignty in that belongs entirely to God, and it is meant to be humbling.
Becca, teaching through the same chapter, grounded the remnant in covenant before anything else. She traced the thread from Genesis 3 through the one-sided covenant God made with Abraham in Genesis 15, where God alone walked between the pieces while Abraham slept. That covenant-keeping character is the ground on which the remnant stands. Israel, the natural branches, was not cast away permanently; the hardening is partial and for a time, lasting until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. The warning that came with all of this was direct: the same God who did not spare the natural branches will not spare the grafted ones if they do not continue in faith.
Deborah, teaching in the days after the October 7 Hamas attacks, brought the remnant question into a moment of immediate crisis. Drawing from Ezekiel 9, she pointed to God's command to mark those in the city who were genuinely grieving over evil, and to protect them. That grief, she said, is the mark of the remnant. From the story of Esther and Mordecai she drew out three qualities the remnant carries into a crisis: preparation, because Mordecai was already spiritually ready when the moment arrived; action, because Esther made a plan, called her community to fast and pray, and then moved; and a willingness to accept that their position of influence existed for a purpose larger than themselves.
Taught from Romans 11:2-4 · Romans 11:5 · Romans 11:25 · Ezekiel 9 · Romans 11:17-18
The passage taught · 2 Corinthians 5
1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
2 For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;
3 if so be that being clothed we will not be found naked.
4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
World English Bible
The messages that teach on it
- October 11, 2023 Women's Bible Study - October 11th, 2023 A Wyoming pastor teaches why Israel matters to Christians, what the Bible says about the remnant, and what the story of Esther means for believers today.
- September 18, 2016 God Has Not Rejected His People Romans 11 asks whether God has abandoned Israel. The pastor finds two answers woven through the chapter: enduring hope for God's people, and a call to humility for the rest of us.
- October 28, 2015 WWW Be Right (14) Romans 11 shows God's faithfulness to Israel and Gentiles alike, revealing a plan of mercy, covenant, and coming glory that leads the heart to worship.
Mentioned along the way
- August 14, 2016 Not All Israel Who Are Descended from Israel Romans 9 asks a hard question: has God failed Israel? Pastor Gary works through Paul's argument on divine sovereignty, mercy, and what it truly means to believe.