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John Follette (1883 - 1966)
Read freely text sermons and articles by the speaker John Follette in text and pdf format. Follette was a gifted Bible teacher and author, who had both perspective and spiritual depth in his interpretation of the Word. He was an illuminated spirit in the field of spiritual reality, and had an unusual ability to impart “spirit and life” into those who sat under his ministry.
He received the Baptism in the Holy Spirit in 1913 while a student at a Bible School in Rochester, New York, and later became a teacher there until the school closed. He also taught for many years at Southern California Bible College. During the later years of his life, he was called into a wider field, ministering in conferences and retreats which took him around the world. He passed into his eternal reward in 1966 at the age of 82.
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Peter After
The second incident which I think is one of "these things" spoken of in the opening phrase, is found in John 18:15-19. Here is the sad picture of Peter's failure. He has denied his Lord and is now among His enemies. He has made a fearful botch of t ... read more
Peter Before
This afternoon I want to talk to you about Jesus. I want you to see Him in action that you might see how He handles certain situations. He is unique in the way He deals with people because He has such wisdom and tact.
The story I want to take up is ... read more
Pools of Heshbon - His Reflectors
THE SACRAMENT OF THE HILLS
I have seen beauty my heart cannot sing!
How can I tell in words the sacrament
Of truth God spreads upon the autumn hills?
How strange the silence deep within my breast
When I beheld this miracle of grace!
... read more
Prayer and Intercession
Touch Him when you don't know how to read the Bible, but touch the Word -- touch Him; know His will; know God; know His purpose. Keep up a wonderful fellowship with the Son of God.
You can read a lot of books on prayer, some of which are quite materia ... read more
Principles of Faith
Many Christians approach the realm of the Spirit as if it were a "happy hunting ground" in which they
are free to move as they please, regardless of spiritual laws. Then they mistakenly expect to have a
well-balanced Christian experience.
In our ... read more
Realm of Spirit
The most real thing in the world is a life in the Spirit; most detaching, because our spirit is released. Keep that spirit open, as a sensitized plate that's exposed continually to God. Then that application of God, flowing and moving over us continually ... read more
Redemption
Paul, with regard to his body, spoke of its majesty as a "temple of God", a sacred, wonderful thing. Paul gave it the elevation it needed. "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God?" He will dwell in it, and there will be temple worship. He will dwel ... read more
Resurrection
The resurrection of Jesus was God's seal and act of approval signifying that His death was sufficient. Jesus never resurrected Himself -- God raised Him from the dead. God the Father was pleased, and satisfied with His victorious life and death. In raisi ... read more
Samson Slays a Lion
Out of the Strong
Up from the vineyards of Timnath
A young lion came one day--
The flesh in its strength and beauty--
And roared as he sought his prey.
Snarling and growlinq from hunger
He moved down life's dusty road,
And roa ... read more
Satan
When the devil looked at Calvary, he saw his Waterloo -- his defeat. That's what is the matter with him. The devil is conscious of his defeat. That is why, in the closing of this dispensation, the wroth of the enemy is being felt all the time in more int ... read more
Second Coming
In regard to the Second Coming, the believer does not need the external signs such as the Jew returning to Israel. Those are for the ones who need to be aroused by great signs -- but the believer is looking for these spiritual signs:
1. When the cup o ... read more
Spiritual Development
I keep warning young people, and I often say to them, "Listen, this is the only time you will have to make certain decisions, surrenders, and choices in your life. These decisions and choices that you make now govern marvelously things which will happen ... read more
Spiritual Food
"... Lord, feed me with food convenient for me." (Prov: 30:8b) People are choicy, they want the things they want. They may not need a thrill; they may need a pill! A child can't diagnose his need; the wise parent has to feed him. "... Lord feed me wit ... read more
Spiritual Laws
I want to help you so that when trouble comes, or when you have difficulties, you will not cast away your faith, but be able to have it stabilized in God, and take of the grace of God, which He has freely given, and does give to tide us along. I want you ... read more
Substance and Evidence
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Heb. 11:1).
Faith makes the unseen things for which we hope, certain to the soul. Concerning faith we must always remember three things. These are true in any cas ... read more
Suffering
Suffering brings us into the fellowship of the Trinity:
1. Father -- Disciplines us as sons, and we recognize Him as our heavenly Father. Discipline entails or spells suffering, which is necessary and needed; otherwise we are bastards.
2. Son --Jes ... read more
Teachers
The reason why Paul taught as earnestly as he did, was because his great field was that of a teacher. He was a missionary -- that was the external manifestation of the work which he did, but underneath all of that, there was the most profound urge and dri ... read more
Teaching
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." (Prov. 22:6) I have learned a lot of things you parents don't know. Your proximity hinders you. Does it say 'tell' a child what he should do, and when he is o ... read more
Testing and Proving
I always deal with God. I never deal with the devil. We say: "I defy the devil!" It takes the LORD to rebuke him! He is loose, but God is back of him. I get right behind Jesus; He is my Elder Brother. He will take me through, and He is my glorious High ... read more
The Camels Are Coming
The spiritual lesson I wish to bring to you from this story is based upon a dramatic and picturesque incident in the life of Rebekah; namely, her dealing with the camels. Therefore I will not go into detail with the beautiful analogy of spiritual trut ... read more
The Four Questions of God Part One - Two Questions from the Old Testament
I greet you again this morning in the lovely name of our Lord, and I trust that this may be true, that as
we expose our hearts to Him and open to Him, He will find the access that He wants to find. God is
seeking us. Sometimes we think we’re seek ... read more
The Four Questions of God Part Three - Two Questions from the New Testament
I can’t spare myself for the sake of people in a single thing. Why? Because of people. Peter does not
think of that.
What is it? And they said, we go also. How many of you get it right away? We will go along with you.
He didn’t ask them. ... read more
The Four Questions of God Part Two - Two Questions from the New Testament
Now I want to talk about two other questions which are asked, and both of them are asked when the
Lord knows exactly all about it, and yet, He goes and asks it. As we found yesterday, there is a reason
why He should do that. Not for His benefit; it ... read more
The Insatiable Desire of the Redeemed
IDENTIFICATION
I am a flame born of celestial fire
I bear a name, Insatiable Desire.
1 wear in heart an image all divine,
Past human art, not traced by mortal line.
I hear God call to taste His heavenly powers
I give my all to b ... read more
The Last Adam
Man was to exercise his power of choice and in so doing reflect the likeness and image of God. He possessed an unfallen human nature as a gift of God in the act of creation. The moral character or likeness and image of God was to come or be made manif ... read more
The Power of a Disciplined Spirit
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" 2 Timothy
1:7.
There was a manifestation of the life of Christ in the early Church that was powerful enough to move an
entire nation. Rome was greatly ... read more
The Power of Truth
Presently, we are being made ready for that greater day in which we will be released from the Adamic
and moved into our right habitat - that for which we were designed and are now being trained and
disciplined. Then the Lord will become all in all a ... read more
The Prayers of the Prodigal
I wish to share with you some of the thoughts suggested by reading once more the story of the prodigal son as told by Luke in the fifteenth chapter of his Gospel. This incident makes rich appeal to almost anybody, good or bad, rich or poor, old or you ... read more
The Process of our Spiritual Growth
We become partakers of the divine nature purely on the basis of a gift. The atonement of Christ on
Calvary's cross was God's gift to a lost mankind, that whosoever believes and accepts this gift will enter
eternal life.
The Lord gives salvation ... read more
The Purpose of Adam's Test
In 1Peter 2:2 we find a very suggestive statement or command, "As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby." Some people seem to think it reads, "That ye may be happy thereby," or "That ye may be refreshed." O ... read more
The Spiritual Purpose and It's Attainment
I like to know what I am doing and why. I must have design or purpose in what I do. This I have in the simplest matters of daily living. Some I know are not constructed so, and life to such is generally a series of accidents or unrelated circumstances ... read more
The Stroke of God
Struck Dumb
Struck dumb by God! how cruel seem the words
And yet thrice blest the heart where falls the blow
for life transformed is his who suffers thus,
For it is given only such to know
The rapture of the mighty wings of faith
Which ele ... read more
The Unfolding Purpose of the Lord
The Lord has satisfied our spiritual hunger to some extent. No one of us should be satisfied, but
holding our spirit before the Lord, seeking more. There is so much available to us from the One who is
the source of all life and truth. There is yet ... read more
The Value of His Dealings
"For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate
to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He
might be the firstborn among many brethren" Rom 8:29.
Our being predestinated is related to the foreknowledge of God. He chose us because ... read more
The Voice of God
"And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and
his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden"
Genesis 3:8.
"They heard the voice of the Lord God walki ... read more
Trouble -- A Servant
Did you ever test yourself as to how you react to trouble or tragedy? In life's school we often find that God uses trouble or misfortune to prove our faith or to test our character. Trouble has a way of stalking down the road and meeting us so many t ... read more
Truth
I have given out plenty of Truth, and yet some say, "Oh, give us more." What have you done with what I have already given? You enjoy the Truth, but sometimes there is a fascination in its revelation that bewitches you, and you want to know more about th ... read more
Types
There are no non-essentials in God's Word. The Word is full of types, symbols, Pictures; all have deep, peculiar, spiritual meaning.
The Tabernacle in the wilderness is a revelation of Truth -- an object lesson of spiritual Truth. It is the revelation ... read more
Understanding His Ways
There are three questions that Christians often ask.
First, there are those who are always concerned about the time element in the Lord's dealings with
them. For example, the Lord may have indicated that He intends to do something, and it appears ... read more
Vision
The world is geared so that it wants everything done right now. But you can't do the work of God that way.
We need perspective in our thinking; in our studying; in our approach to God.
I am so thankful for what I call perspective in my vision of Tr ... read more
Waiting Upon God
"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."--Isaiah 40:31.
This is a very familiar promise, and one which most of u ... read more
What Would You Do With Your Second Choice?
I believe the Lord has laid on my heart a message of encouragement. So I would like to talk to all those who have problems and difficult matters to settle. While we should all be spiritually minded and inclined, we should be able at the same time to t ... read more
Will of God
The highest expression of our spiritual life is, in the last analysis, back again to God. That is what we were made for. In the pattern and design for our living, God said He made us in His OWN IMAGE and LIKENESS. We were created for His glory and His ple ... read more
Word
Oh, the majestic, untouched will of God moving down through the ages! When we move in the will of God, it answers the thousands of questions we may ever have.
The most marvelous prayer we can ever pray is: "Have your way. Thy will be done. Speak, Lord ... read more
Worship and Praise
In true worship, we become detached from self and are lifted by the Spirit into the realm for which we
were created, to worship and adore God.
In real adoration, there are only three words which can be used in English, "worthy, worthy, worthy;"
"g ... read more
Worship Then and Now
Isn't it nice when we do things in the Spirit without being told: "Now we will lift our hands etc..." No, lift them in the Spirit when He lifts them.
Worship isn't conducted by machinery; it is born of the Spirit. It is not mechanical, but upliftin ... read more
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