Burning Sermons by
John G. Lake
Building on a Firm Foundation
Lake was a builder as a young man, and so got to know all about deep
foundations for the new skyscrapers of Chicago.
"For the Church of God and Christian faith to become strong
and to be built up in God, it is necessary to get a good foundation. It
is a greater problem with most builders to get the old rubbish out of the
way than to do the building. If we will look at our own lives, we will observe
this: that the things that have been rooted and grounded in our hearts
- some tradition of the Fathers, some of it misconception of the meaning
of the Word of God; much of our teaching is fragmented - these form the
greatest obstacles to the engrafting of the living Word of God."
6 pages by John G. Lake
Triune Salvation
"There was perfect fellowship between God and Adam. He was a sinless
man. He could look right into the face of God, and his eyes
nor his spirit did not draw back. The purity of God did not startle
him. He was just as pure as God was pure. That was the original man."
Here Lake shares with us his challenging view of God's reality as it
relates to divine healing of spirit, soul and body. Lake travelled
especially to London and Washington D.C. to present this special address
to the assembled Anglican clergy. 8 pages
by John G. Lake
The Real Christian
"AChristian is unique. He stands alone. He supersedes all who have gone
before. He will not have a successor. He is man at his best and God's best
effort for mankind.
When the conception of a Christian has been established within our spirits
as the New Testament establishes the ideal Christian, we will understand
then how it is that men have been ready to abandon all else in the world
in order to attain Christ, in order to attain His character, in order to become
the possessor of His Spirit." Here Lake expalins the nature of the
truly authentic believer by giving accounts of some remarkable incidents
in South Africa. 7 pages by John G. Lake
The Second Crowning
Lake discusses the secret of the peerless spiritual authourity
given to His servants: "Beloved, the secret of Christianity is the secret
of the Christ possessing the heart of man; man being yielded to Him
so that His victory, His consciousness, and His power possess your spirit
and mind. Then, bless God, we are kings. Not because we say we are kings,
but because we know we are kings and because we feel we are kings by the
grace of God and His inworking power.
We speak of mastery, not because we are endeavoring to lift our consciousness
into the place where we can possibly conceive of mastery, but because the
spirit of mastery is born within the heart. The real Christian is a
royal fighter. He is the one who loves to enter into the contest with
his whole soul and take the situation captive for the Lord Jesus Christ."
8 pages by John G. Lake
Moses' Rebuke
Lake believes that much religion and certainly most of our prayers
are strategies that the believer has devised to actually avoid his responsibilities
before God. This short article on spiritual authority is one of the
most challenging on this website. Read at your peril! 4 pages
by John G. Lake
Sanctification
"I believe a real conversion is the awakening of the spirit of man
to the consciousness of the Fatherhood of God through Jesus Christ. In order
to be aware of that consciousness of union with God, it is necessary that
everything be removed that hides that consciousness and dims the knowledge
of God." Entering His Rest is the conversion so that one may become
a real Christian. 5 pages by John G. Lake
The Power of Consecration to Principle
"In the day that God puts the spirit of mourning upon Pentecost, it will
be the gladdest day that heaven ever knew. Blessed be His precious name!
First we see that the kingdom is based on principles. Principles are greater
than doctrines. Principles are the foundation stones upon which all other
things rest. Doctrines are the rules, the details by which we endeavor to
carry out the things that the principles contain; but the principles are
the great foundation stones upon which all things rest." 7 pages on
consecration to the uttermost by John G. Lake