by Lisa Dunn B.A.

1975 – 2002

Monday November 5th 2001

I was receiving some insight into the ‘Name of Jesus’. Most Christians do not realize what embodies the ‘Name of Jesus’ and what can happen when the Name is used in a command. It is Not just a name that you can say because it refers to God’s Son; the Name IS God’s Son, who Jesus is, what He embodies, and what He can do, are all encapsulated in His name, all to be released when His Name is spoken.

However, if a Christian does not understand all these things concerning the Name of Jesus, they will not speak His name forth with the boldness, the faith, and the authority that are required for achieving the results that can be achieved through His Name.

Jesus had, and has, authority. His Name is the person, so His Name also has the same authority. You can bring all of this back to the subject of ‘God’s Divine Authority Structure’.
Sickness and disease has a certain amount of authority, which is given by the flesh when it is accepted as fact. The flesh of man (the mind, will and emotions) also has a certain amount of authority, in that it has to be put to death in order for a higher authority, the Spirit of God, to reign in someone’s life. The Name of Jesus ranks the highest in authority over the other two.

You will notice in Acts 3: when Peter and John approached the man at the gate Beautiful that Peter spoke the Name of Jesus out first before he commanded the man to rise up and walk. By doing this, Peter established the supreme authority figure first over the situation. Then he commanded the man’s flesh to reject the infirmity ie. the lesser authority, and obey the higher authority.

When the Name of Jesus was spoken, which is the container of the highest authority that exists, the sickness had no choice but to leave, and the flesh had no choice but to obey. This becomes a tangible reality when the one speaking the Name of Jesus has an inner awareness of the magnitude of power, authority, and anointing that is released and directed when the Name of Jesus is spoken in faith.

Authority Structure
The Name of Jesus
The Flesh
Sickness and Disease

“Queen Wilhelmina of Holland entered the state of motherhood six times, but was never able to carry the child to maturity. All the science of Europe could not bring the child to birth.

There was a dear lady in our congregation in South Africa who had formerly been a nurse to Queen Wilhelmina. Her son was marvellously healed when dying of African fever, when he had been unconscious for six weeks. Being a friend of the Queen, she wrote the story of her son’s healing, and after some correspondence we received a written request that we pray God that she might be a real mother.

I brought her letter before the congregation one Sunday night, and the congregation went down to prayer. And before I arose from my knees, I turned around and said, “All right mother, you write and tell the Queen, God has heard our prayer; she will bear a child.” Less than a year later the child was born, the present Princess Julianna of Holland.”

― John G. Lake, The John G. Lake Sermons: On Dominion Over Demons, Disease And Death

The ministry of John G Lake touched every level of human existence, from the savannahs and forests of Africa to the royal houses of Europe, his message and methods were the same. He exercised his authority and dominion over sickness and disease and commanded them to leave in the name of Jesus.

During his ministry in South Africa his influence was felt beyond the Christian sphere. Among the many giants of history who were touched by Lake were such people as Cecil Rhodes, Louis Botha and Jan Smuts. It is on record that John Lake made a significant contribution to the formulation of the South African Constitution.

But the driving force behind the man was his determination to demonstrate the Power of God wherever he saw the opportunity. No matter the location, whether a Queen’s palace or a tribesman’s mud hut, the outcome was the same – the oppressed were set free.

“GOD ALWAYS WAS THE HEALER. He is the healer still, and will ever remain the Healer. Healing is for YOU. Jesus healed, “all that came to Him.” He never turned any one away. He never said, “It is not God’s will to heal you,” or that it was better for the individual to remain sick, or that they were being perfected in character through the sickness. He healed them ALL. Thereby demonstrating FOREVER God’s unchangeable will concerning sickness.”
― John G. Lake, The Collected Works of John G. Lake

People make promises and break them. We have become conditioned to that and almost come to expect it and, because of that, deep down we are not sure if God will keep His promises.

But it states in the scriptures, ‘I am the Lord, I change not’. People like John Lake knew that and that was one of the secrets of their ministry. He knew that once God declared Himself to be the healer, He was the healer for all time. Once He healed one person the precedent was set for all to be healed.
The only thing that stands between us and our healing is trust in the fact that God will do exactly what He said He will do!