What does First B Jackson teach about second coming?
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 second coming starts with a simple premise: the return of Christ is certain, the timing is unknown, and both of those facts are meant to shape how people live right now. Across several series, the consistent message is that the delay is not a sign that God has forgotten or failed. Working through 2 Peter 3:9, Pastor Scott and Pastor Jason have both pressed the congregation on this: God is not slow but patient, holding back so that everyone might have the opportunity to repent. The day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night, suddenly and without warning, and the New Testament repeats that image in Jesus, Paul, and Revelation so that no one misses the point.
Pastor Ray has carried the same thread through Luke 12 and the closing chapters of 2 Peter. Jesus described a master returning from a wedding feast and finding his servants alert, and the picture that follows is striking: the master sits them down and serves them. That reward belongs to those found faithfully at work. The servant who decided the master was taking too long and began living however he pleased is cut off entirely. In the days of Noah and the days of Lot, Pastor James observed from Luke 17, life went on at full volume right up until judgment arrived. The warning had already been given. Lot's wife looked back, unwilling to release her attachment to what she was leaving, and that image carried its own weight for the congregation.
The parable of the talents, which Brad Yates taught in the context of Jesus' Olivet Discourse, puts all of this in practical terms. The master is away. The servants have been entrusted with significant resources that belong to him. The commendation waiting for the faithful is not praise for cleverness or correct theology but for faithfulness with what was directly in front of them. The servant condemned at the master's return was not guilty of dramatic sin. He was guilty of doing nothing, driven by fear into inaction. The teaching at First B Jackson holds those two things together: the return of Christ is a reason for steady, faithful work, not for anxiety, and not for coasting.
Taught from 2 Peter 3:9 · Luke 17:20 - 18:8 · Matthew 25:14-30 · Luke 12:35-40 · 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3
The passage taught · 1 John 4:16-19
16 We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
17 In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
World English Bible
The messages that teach on it
- September 3, 2023 Blessed to Be a Blessing Brad Yates preaches on the parable of the talents, showing why faithful stewardship of God's gifts matters as believers wait for Christ's return.
- September 3, 2023 Blessed to Be a Blessing Brad Yates opens Matthew 25's parable of the talents to ask what faithful stewardship looks like for followers of Jesus who are waiting for their master's return.
- August 13, 2023 The Kingdom of God Is in Your Midst The pastor preaches on Luke 17-18, connecting a Ukraine mission trip to Jesus' teaching on the kingdom of God, readiness, and persistent faith.
- April 16, 2023 Repent or Perish: Five Warnings and Two Alternatives Five warnings from Luke 12 on hypocrisy, greed, worry, division and judgment, paired with Jesus's call to repentance and trust in a patient, providing God.
- June 9, 2019 The Lord Is Not Slow in Keeping His Promise Peter warns that judgment is coming, but God is patient. The pastor walks through 2 Peter to show why repentance is urgent and what holy living looks like while we wait.
- June 9, 2019 Not Slow, But Patient A Wyoming pastor walks through 2 Peter 3 on God's patience, coming judgment, and the call to live holy lives while waiting for Christ's return.
- June 2, 2019 Y'all or a They Peter warns about false teachers who promise freedom but deliver slavery, while God's patience invites everyone to repentance before judgment comes.
- June 2, 2019 Patient With You Peter warns of false teachers who entice believers away from the gospel, while reminding us that God's patience is not slowness but mercy, calling everyone to repentance.
Mentioned along the way
- June 16, 2019 Grow in the Grace and Knowledge of Christ Pastor Ray closes out 2 Peter with a call to grow in grace, stay grounded in Scripture, and resist false teaching as we await Christ's return.
- April 28, 2019 We Are Leaky People Peter reminds believers that God's Word is not myth but eyewitness truth, and calls us to keep adding faith, goodness, knowledge, and love to our lives.