The Precious Promises of Peter — Part 5
September 16, 2026 · Pastor Brian Charles
MESSAGE SUMMARY
Continuing the Precious Promises of Peter series, Pastor Brian Charles picks up where the previous sessions left off on the shed blood of Christ, then follows the Spirit into a wider message about actually using what Jesus has already provided. His recurring line is that provision without application changes nothing: "I have to claim what Jesus did for me, because if I don't, I won't get it."
He reviews the ground already covered — Gethsemane's drops of blood for the healing of mind, will and emotions; the crown of thorns as a two-fold redemption from the curse of the ground and the curse of the broken law; the stripes for physical healing; and the believer made a king and a priest with delegated authority. He illustrates application with a personal account of a night-time satanic attack on his mind, which lifted within twenty minutes as he applied the blood and took authority.
From there the message becomes intensely practical. Faith means believing the Word when circumstances say otherwise, as Abraham did at seventy-five. He recounts Helen refusing a prognosis of cane, walker, wheelchair and bed, and walking back through the doors healed. He warns against partnering with Satan by repeating his accusations, and describes answering slander by blessing the accused until the voices stop. He insists God does not put sickness on people to teach them: there are no wheelchairs in heaven, and believers hold a dual citizenship whose rights they are meant to claim.
The final third turns to giving. He recounts spending his own tithe, repenting, and receiving back the exact amount through four or five people; grounds the practice in Abraham's tithe to Melchizedek before the Law existed; and tells of handing over an entire preaching honorarium to the driver who collected him, and of a minister who gave away a ten-thousand-dollar offering and later found his mortgage paid in full. He closes on worship, warning against spiritual arrogance and loving a doctrine more than Christ, urging hearers to worship the Giver rather than the gifts, to submit to genuine leadership rather than church-hop, and to stay word-minded — testing every claim by chapter and verse.
SCRIPTURES REFERENCED
- Luke 22:44 Jesus sweating great drops of blood in Gethsemane; reference not stated in the message
- Revelation 12:11 overcoming by the blood of the Lamb and the word of your testimony
- Hebrews 9:14 the blood of Christ purging the conscience from dead works
- Isaiah 53:5 / 1 Peter 2:24 "by his stripes we are healed," returned to repeatedly
- Galatians 3:13 Christ taking the curse of the broken law upon Himself
- Revelation 1:6 believers made kings and priests with delegated authority
- 1 Peter 5:7 casting all your cares upon Him, for He cares for you
- Psalm 118:17 "I shall live and not die, and declare the works of the Lord," used to refute the enemy
- Matthew 11:12 "the violent take it by force," applied to Helen's healing
- Acts 17:28 in Him we live, move, and have our being
- Genesis 12 / 17 Abraham believing the promise of a son when everything was contrary
- Daniel 11:32 the people that know their God shall be strong and do great exploits
- Ephesians 6:10 strong in the Lord and in the power of His might
- Hebrews 9:27 it is appointed unto man once to die, cited against transhumanism
- Luke 19:13 "occupy till I come"
- Galatians 5:16 walk in the Spirit and you shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh
- Matthew 23:26 cleaning the inside of the cup so the outside is clean
- John 10:10 life, and life more abundantly
- Matthew 6:10 "thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" — there is no sickness in heaven
- Philippians 3:20 believers as citizens of heaven, holding a dual citizenship
- Genesis 26 sowing in famine and reaping in the same year
- 2 Corinthians 9:10 God gives seed to the sower
- Malachi 3:8-10 the tithe, the storehouse, and the one invitation in Scripture to prove God
- Genesis 14 / Hebrews 7 Abraham's tithe to Melchizedek, given before the Law was ever enacted
- Genesis 3 Adam and Eve given everything but one tree, as a pattern of covenant obedience
- Proverbs 3:9 honour the Lord with the firstfruits of your substance
- John 4:23-24 the Father seeking those who worship in spirit and in truth
- Psalm 100:1 make a joyful noise unto the Lord; hearts matter more than tune
- Philippians 2:17 / 2 Timothy 4:6 Paul's life poured out like a drink offering
- 1 Corinthians 14 the Corinthians boasting over spiritual gifts; a warning against spiritual arrogance
- 1 Timothy 4:1 doctrines of devils, applied to teaching that healing is not for today
- Exodus 15:26 Jehovah Rapha, the Lord who heals, as an unchangeable name
- Deuteronomy 8:18 it is He that gives you the power to get wealth
- Deuteronomy 19:15 / 2 Corinthians 13:1 every word established by two or three witnesses