Lake - John G. Lake On Healing

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Publishers note: The sermons, letters, and pamphlets contained here have been excerpted from John G. Lake: The Complete Collection of His Life Teachings, which was compiled by Roberts Liardon, originally published by Albury Publishing, and is currently published by Whitaker House. Both Albury Publishing and Whitaker House made all possible efforts to secure permission and to insure proper credit was given for every entry within this book. The words, expressions, and sentence structure of the text have been gently edited for clarity and readability.

All Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible. All words in bold italics within Scripture quotations are the emphasis of John G. Lake.

John G. Lake on Healing

ISBN: 978-1-60374-408-9

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2009 by Roberts Liardon

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lake, John G.

[Selections. 2009]

John G. Lake on healing / by John G. Lake ; compiled by Roberts Liardon.

p. cm.

Summary: A compilation of John G. Lakes sermons, letters, and other published materials on the subject of healing, this book provides a thorough history of his healing ministry and the life he lived for GodProvided by publisher.

ISBN 978-1-60374-162-0 (trade pbk. : alk. paper) 1. HealingReligious aspectsChristianitySermons. 2. Spiritual healingSermons. 3. MiraclesSermons.
I. Liardon, Roberts. II. Title. III. Title: On healing.

BT732.L25 2009

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Chapter 1

Sermon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

January 30, 1914

If there is something wrong with a mans spirit, he goes directly to God, but the next day he has a pain in his back, and he goes down the road to the doctors. Where do you get your right to do such a thing?

There is a wretched looseness about consecration to God. Christians do not seem to know what consecration to God means. What would you think of Jesus Christ, if you saw Him going down the road and into a doctors office for some dope? Why, you would feel like apologizing for the Lord, wouldnt you? Well, He has just as much reason to apologize for you. When you became a Christian with a consecrated body, soul, and spirit, your privilege of running to the doctor was cut off forevermore.

Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17). This young man who testified says he suffers because of an appetite for cigarettes, and he hopes that we will pray so that the next time he wants to smoke he wont. I tell you, God says, Quit your sins and then come to Me, and I will pardon. He doesnt say, You come on with your sins, and I will pardon you. He says, You quit your meanness, you quit fooling with the doctor and the devil, you quit your secret habits and come to Me, and I will deliver you. That is the only road to God; that is the way in God.

So a Christians consecration is not just a consecration of his spirit to God, not of his soul to God. Its a consecration of body and soul and spiritthe entire man, everything there is of usand it cuts us forever plumb off from looking for help from the flesh, the world, or the devil.

There are three enemies of man: the world, the flesh, and the devil. Our nature has three departments: spirit and soul and body. What would you think of the Christian who would go to the devil or to some deceitful spirit to find balm for his spirit? Why, you would think he was not a Christian at all, nor would he be. Suppose a man wants peace for his soul (mind), and he appeals to the spirit of the world or the flesh to get it. You would not think he was a Christian at all. Then how will you consider a man who wants healing for his body and goes to the world and man to get it?

I am going to preach to you for five minutes out of the fifth [chapter] of James. He is very explicit in this matter. He is not laying down rules for the people of the world. He is talking straight to the Christians. Is any among you [Christians] afflicted? let him pray (James 5:13), not let him go to the devil or the doctor or some human source.

Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church (verse 14) means this: if you have prayed and deliverance has not come, unquestionably it is a weakness of your faith. You need help. Then the next thing is, Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord (James 5:14).

When I was preaching in Washington, D.C., recently, an old sister said she had anointed her little girl the night before and she had put a whole bottle full of oil all over her. So you see, she was not looking to God to heal; she expected the anointing oil to heal. Satan is a subtle old devil, but the Lord gives us fight. He says not the anointing of oil, but the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up (verse 15). That is why I never use oil except when requested to do so, because people are looking to the anointing oil instead of to the Lord God. Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, not the anointing oil. The use of anointing oil is a matter of obedience. It is a symbol of the Spirit of God, and that is all it is. So we place upon the individual the anointing oil in order that we fulfill the symbol of the Spirit of God as the Healer, and that is all.

The prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him (verse 15). Thus, he goes on and makes the teaching broader.

One of the beautiful things about the gospel of Jesus Christ is that it is progressive in its revelation and application. First, we were asked to pray if we are afflicted. Second, we were asked to call for the elders. Then, the Lord goes down to the real business in a mans heart. Confess your faults one to another (James 5:16). Get your old tattling, blatting tongue tied up, and confess to the other party that you have been tattling.

If all the Christians had that gag in their mouths, there would not be half as much shouting in the meetings as there is. Now listen, I dont want to pound people on the head, but I want to teach you a lesson. Here is the broad principle of the gospel: Confess your faults.