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What Jesus Says

What Jesus Says

September 13, 2026 · Darren Gaudreau

MESSAGE SUMMARY

Darren Gaudreau titled this message "What Jesus Says," built around the idea that Jesus speaks with total authority, but always in love, compassion, and truth — and that the goal of hearing God's word is to actually hear what Jesus is saying to the individual heart, not just to hear the speaker. The message unfolds in two parts.

The first half traces personal encounters where Jesus's words transformed the person he spoke to: the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4), who received the offer of "living water" and was met with truth rather than condemnation about her past, and went on to bring her whole town to faith; and Nicodemus (John 3, John 19), the religious ruler who came to Jesus by night questioning how a man could be "born again," and who was later transformed enough to publicly help bury Jesus's body alongside Joseph of Arimathea. Gaudreau frames both as proof that Jesus shows no favoritism — reaching the outcast and the educated alike.

The second half moves from what Jesus said to people, to what Jesus said about Himself — walking through several of the "I AM" statements in John's Gospel: the bread of life (6:35), the light of the world (8:12), the door of the sheep (10:7-10), the good shepherd (10:11-18), the resurrection and the life (11:25-26), the way, the truth, and the life (14:5-12), and the true vine (15:1-5), along with the "before Abraham was, I AM" declaration in John 8:48-59. Gaudreau also shared a personal testimony about a serious highway accident two weeks earlier involving himself and his wife Josephine, crediting God's protection for them walking away unharmed, and closed with an appeal for listeners to respond to whatever Jesus is personally saying to their hearts, citing James 4:7 on resisting the devil.

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED

  • John 1:1-5 read in full to open the message; the Word who was with God and was God
  • John 14:8-17 Philip's request to see the Father; "he who has seen Me has seen the Father," the promise of "greater works," and the promise of the Holy Spirit as Comforter
  • John 4:13-15 Jesus offers the Samaritan woman "living water" that becomes "a fountain... springing up into everlasting life"
  • John 4:23-24 true worshipers will worship the Father "in spirit and in truth"
  • John 4:25-26, 28-30, 42 Jesus reveals Himself as Messiah to the Samaritan woman; the Samaritans of the town come to believe
  • John 3:1-7 Nicodemus's night visit to Jesus; "except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God"
  • John 19:38-42 Nicodemus, with Joseph of Arimathea, brings myrrh and aloes to bury Jesus's body
  • John 8:48-59 the Jews accuse Jesus of having a demon; Jesus's declaration "before Abraham was, I am"
  • John 6:35 "I am the bread of life"
  • John 8:12 "I am the light of the world"
  • John 10:7-10 "I am the door of the sheep"
  • John 10:11-18 "I am the good shepherd... I lay down My life for the sheep"
  • John 11:25-26 "I am the resurrection and the life," spoken to Martha
  • John 14:5-12 Thomas and Philip's questions; "I am the way, the truth, and the life"
  • John 15:1-5 "I am the true vine... without Me you can do nothing"
  • James 4:7 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you"

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The Precious Promises of Peter — Part 3

The Precious Promises of Peter — Part 3

September 6, 2026 · Pastor Brian Charles

MESSAGE SUMMARY

Continuing the "Precious Promises of Peter" series, Pastor Brian Charles goes deeper into the precious blood of Christ from 1 Peter 1:18-20 — believers aren't redeemed by silver, gold, tradition, or works, but by the blood of a spotless Lamb foreordained before the foundation of the world. He walks through specific places the blood was shed and what each purchased: in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus sweat great drops of blood under the weight of mental and emotional pressure, so believers could apply that blood to their minds and take authority over intruding thoughts rather than let the enemy — pictured as the "Lord of the Flies" — torment them the way flies burrow into an unshepherded sheep's ears. Under the crown of thorns, Jesus redeemed believers from the curse on the ground (Genesis 3:17) and made them kings and priests (Revelation 1:5-6, 1 Peter 2:9) — a kingly anointing to exercise authority over darkness, and a priestly anointing to minister before God.

He shares personal testimonies of walking in that authority — demons recognizing him in an elevator and in a Tim Hortons parking lot after time spent "prayed up" — and reminds the church that identity isn't based on feelings but on what God says: "I am what God says I am, regardless of how I feel." Pastor Charles closes by pointing to Psalm 23 as a picture of present relationship with the Good Shepherd who restores the soul, then leads communion, tying 1 Corinthians 10:16 to the blood that unites believers to Christ and to one another, before an altar call inviting anyone watching to come to the Father the only way there is — through Jesus.

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED

  • 1 Peter 1:18-20 redeemed not by silver or gold but by the precious blood of Christ, foreordained before the foundation of the world
  • Revelation 12:11 the church overcame Satan by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony
  • Romans 8:6 to be carnally minded is death, but spiritually minded is life and peace
  • Psalm 23 the Lord as shepherd, present relationship, he restores the soul
  • Genesis 3:17 the ground cursed because of Adam's sin
  • Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us
  • Revelation 1:5-6 Jesus washed us from our sins in his own blood and made us kings and priests unto God
  • 1 Peter 2:9 a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, his own special people
  • 1 Corinthians 6:17 he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit
  • Hebrews 10:21 having a high priest over the house of God
  • Hosea 4:6 my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge
  • Colossians 2:10 ye are complete in him
  • 1 Corinthians 10:16 the cup of blessing and the bread as communion/participation in the blood and body of Christ
  • 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 the Lord's Supper instituted "in remembrance of me"
  • John 14:2-3 in my Father's house are many mansions; I go to prepare a place for you
  • John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man comes to the Father but by me
The Precious Promises of Peter — Part 4

The Precious Promises of Peter — Part 4

September 9, 2026 · Pastor Brian Charles

MESSAGE SUMMARY

Continuing the "Precious Promises of Peter" series, Pastor Brian Charles closes out the teaching on the precious blood of Christ before turning to the believer's identity as kings and priests. He revisits the blood shed in Gethsemane (mental and emotional healing), the crown of thorns (the curse on the ground reversed, and believers made kings and priests), and grounds the believer's new identity in 1 Peter 2:9 — a chosen generation, royal priesthood, holy nation — tying it to being one spirit with God (1 Corinthians 6:17) and complete in Him (Colossians 2:9-10).

He then moves to the blood shed at the whipping post, walking through the healing scriptures in sequence: Isaiah 53:4-5 prophesied by Isaiah centuries in advance, fulfilled and confirmed in Matthew 8:17, 1 Peter 2:24, and Hebrews 4:15, and pictured typologically in the bronze serpent of Numbers 21 and John 3:14-17 — sin and sickness as the serpent's bite, healed by looking to what was lifted up. He emphasizes speaking what God's word says (Mark 11:23) rather than merely believing it silently, resisting the devil rather than reasoning with him the way Jesus did in the wilderness, and staying "kingdom minded" through pressure, illustrated by Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego's refusal to bow. He closes on 2 Corinthians 5:21 — Christ made sin who knew no sin — describing the weight of that exchange, then gives an invitation for anyone watching who doesn't know Jesus to come to Him today.

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED

  • 1 Peter 2:9 chosen generation, royal priesthood, holy nation
  • 1 Corinthians 6:17 he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit
  • Colossians 2:9-10 complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power
  • Isaiah 53:4-5 wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities, by His stripes we are healed
  • Matthew 8:17 Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses
  • 1 Peter 2:24 who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, by whose stripes ye were healed
  • Hebrews 4:15 touched with the feeling of our infirmities
  • Acts 10:38 God anointed Jesus of Nazareth, healing all that were oppressed of the devil
  • Mark 11:23 whosoever shall say unto this mountain, and shall not doubt, shall have whatsoever he saith
  • Psalm 129:3 the plowers plowed upon my back, they made long their furrows
  • John 3:14-17 as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up
  • Numbers 21 the bronze serpent lifted up in the wilderness (narrative background for John 3:14)
  • 2 Corinthians 5:21 for He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin