What does First B Jackson teach about who is jesus?
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 who Jesus is starts with a claim that is meant to land with its full weight: Jesus is not one religious option among many, and the question of His identity is not a matter of personal preference. Across many messages, the church has worked through the same ground from different angles, showing that scripture opens with this question and keeps pressing it. Pastor Brian put it plainly when he said, "What you do with Jesus is the most important thing that you will ever do." The passages the church returns to most often, John 1, Hebrews 1, Colossians 1, and Philippians 2, all establish the same person: the one through whom everything was made, who is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His nature, who holds all things together right now by the word of His power, and who emptied Himself of His divine rights to take on flesh, die, and rise.
The phrase "image of the invisible God" in Colossians 1 has received careful attention, as has the title "firstborn of all creation," which some use to argue that Jesus is a created being. The teaching here has been consistent: firstborn carries the sense of preeminence, not birth order, and the verses that follow make the argument plain on their own, because all things were created by Him and for Him, which means He cannot simultaneously be one of those things. That same pattern runs through John 1, Hebrews 1, and Revelation 1, each placing Christ as the agent of creation at the very opening. The line "in him, all things hold together" has been pressed beyond the cosmic scale into the personal one: when Jesus is preeminent in a life or in a congregation, things hold together; when He is not, they come apart.
The question Jesus put to His own disciples at Caesarea Philippi, "But you, who do you say that I am?" has shaped how First B Jackson frames all of this for people sitting in the room. Natalie, teaching the women's Bible study, worked through the C. S. Lewis argument that a man who made the claims Jesus made was either Lord, a liar, or a lunatic, and that there is no fourth option that lets anyone call Him a great moral teacher and leave it there. The right answer to the question, as Peter demonstrated, does not come from human reasoning but from paying attention to God in humility. And the answer has stakes: Pastor Josh noted that "every sin that has ever been committed will either be justly condemned or mercifully forgiven," and that the one who condemns or forgives is the same righteous God who holds everything in existence.
Taught from Colossians 1:15-20 · John 1:1-18 · Hebrews 1:1-4 · Philippians 2:5-9 · Matthew 16:13-18
“You can worry or you can pray but you can't do both.”
From He Is Indeed in First Place
The passage taught · 1 John 1:8
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
World English Bible
The messages that teach on it
- September 20, 2026 He Is Indeed in First Place Colossians 1 shows Jesus as preeminent over all creation and the dead, the agent of peace through the cross, and the one who must hold first place in every part of life.
- August 2, 2026 Give Me Jesus A pastor at First Baptist Jackson preaches on Philippians 2 and five other passages showing who Jesus is, then leads the congregation in communion.
- October 9, 2024 Women's Bible Study - October 9th, 2024 - Declaring Our Faith: Who Do You Say I Am? Natalie teaches Matthew 16 and 19 at a women's Bible study, asking the question Jesus asked his disciples: who do you say He is, and what does your answer cost you?
- December 4, 2022 In the Beginning Was the Word The pastor walks through John's prologue to show how the eternal Word became flesh at Christmas, and why believing in Jesus transforms ordinary lives.
- November 27, 2022 Before Abraham Was Born, I Am Jesus declares "I am the light of the world" in John 8, and the preacher challenges us to ask honestly: are we trusting in our own righteousness, or in Christ alone?
- September 25, 2022 But You, Who Do You Say That I Am Jesus asks his disciples who they say he is. Pastor Carl explores what that question means for us today, and what it costs to truly follow him.
- December 22, 2019 Jesus Christ Really Is That Awesome A Christmas sermon from Hebrews on why Jesus Christ truly is awesome, exploring His nature, the Incarnation, and what His coming means for every person.
- December 22, 2019 Jesus Christ Really Is That Awesome Hebrews 1 and Philippians 2 show why Christmas matters: Jesus Christ really is the radiance of God, the heir of all things, who emptied himself to redeem us.
- February 5, 2017 All Things Were Created Through Him and For Him Paul's prayer for the Colossians mirrors his own prayer for First Baptist Jackson: know God's will, do it, and find in Christ the fullness of all truth and reality.
- February 5, 2017 It Is an Elephant A Wyoming pastor walks through Colossians 1:9-20, showing why Christ alone gives a complete picture of God and truth in a world full of competing beliefs.
Mentioned along the way
- November 13, 2022 Never Has a Man Spoken in This Way Jesus teaches at the Feast of Tabernacles, sparking debate over who He is, while proclaiming Himself the source of living water the prophet Isaiah foretold.
- November 13, 2022 If Anyone Is Thirsty, Let Him Come to Me John 7 shows Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, drawing a divided crowd. Who is He really? The pastor opens up the debate that still splits people today.
- February 20, 2022 A Great Prophet Has Appeared Among Us Pastor Carl traces miracles of Elijah, Elisha, and Jesus raising the dead to show how Jesus fulfills what God promised through the prophets and why that matters now.
- June 30, 2019 Psalms 1 & 2 - Contemporary The pastor walks through Psalms 1 and 2, showing how both poems point to Jesus as the only King forever and what it means to take refuge in Him.
- December 11, 2016 Christmas Pageant (3) A Christmas pageant from First Baptist Jackson shows children asking Santa the questions that matter most, and pointing each other toward Jesus as the only true gift.
- July 17, 2016 Set Your Face Toward Your Mission Eric Wachob examines Luke 9 to show how Jesus kept His mission clear and calls Christians to set their faces toward God's purposes with the same undivided focus.
- December 21, 2014 Christ Really Is That Awesome Hebrews 1 and 2 show why Christ alone is worth celebrating: Creator, sustainer, high priest, and the only one who could taste death so we would not have to.
- December 9, 2012 With Him or Without Him Pastor Ray walks through John 5:16-30, exploring what Jesus says about Himself and why that matters far more than church tradition this Christmas season.