Doctrinal Statement
The doctrinal statement of Harvestime International
Network focuses on the spiritual principles of harvest
revealed in God's Word.
THE WORD OF GOD
The Seed
The seed Is the Word of God... (Luke 8:11)
The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the
true Word of God, the foundation of Christian faith,
understanding, life and ministry. The Scriptures are
without error and are not to be added to, taken from, or
changed by tradition or supposed revelation:
For ever, O Lord, thy Word is settled in Heaven.
(Psalms 119:89)
THE TRIUNE GOD
The Lord of the Harvest
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the Harvest...
(Matthew 9:38)
The Godhead consists of God the Father, God the Son
Jesus Christ, and God the Holy Spirit:
For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the
Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost: and these three are
one. (I John 5:8)
God The Father: There is but one God, unlimited,
eternal and perfect, Creator of Heaven and earth:
For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens;
God Himself that formed the earth and made it; He hath
established it, He created it not in vain; He formed it
to be inhabited; I am the Lord, and there is none else.
(Isaiah 45:18)
God The Son, Jesus Christ: Jesus Christ was
supernaturally conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of
the virgin Mary. He was the perfect sacrifice for the
sin of all mankind through His death and the shedding of
His blood. He arose from the dead in His own glorified
body, appeared to many, ascended into Heaven, and will
return to earth in power and glory. He is now the Head
of His Body, the Church, victor over all the powers of
darkness, and is at the right hand of God making
intercession for believers:
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and
given Him a name which is above every name: That at the
name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in
Heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians
2:9-11)
God The Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit
inspired the Word of God, anointed Jesus Christ for His
ministry, filled the Church with Pentecostal power, and
will transform the mortal bodies of believers in the
glory of resurrection. The Holy Spirit convicts the
world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, unites man to
Jesus Christ in faith, brings about the new birth, and
dwells within the believer. The Baptism of the Holy
Spirit is available to all who believe in Jesus Christ
and will be evidenced by the ability to be a powerful
witness of our resurrected Lord as well as the
confirming sign of Acts 2:4:
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto
me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria,
and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (Acts 1:8)
The gifts of the Spirit are available to the
believer through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, who
bestows them on every man as He will:
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame
Spirit, dividing to every man severally as He will. (I
Corinthians 12:11)
The Holy Spirit also makes possible the fruit of the
Spirit, enabling the believer to grow in sanctification:
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness,
temperance... (Galatians 5:22-23)
MAN
The Sower
Behold there went out a sower to sow. (Mark 4:3)
Man was created by God in the image and likeness of God.
Through the original sin of Adam and Eve, all men became
sinful in nature. Man is totally incapable of returning
to God in himself, and is lost without hope apart from
the salvation of Jesus Christ:
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a
living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that
which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is
the Lord from Heaven. (I Corinthians 15:45-47)
SALVATION
The Harvest
But he that received seed into the good ground is he
that heareth the Word, and understandeth it; which also
beareth fruit...(Matthew 13:23)
Salvation is the gift of God through grace and faith in
Jesus Christ. There is no name except that of Jesus
Christ by which mankind may be saved. By turning from
sin, bringing forth the fruit of repentance, and
trusting in Christ and His death for the sins of all,
man is born again to eternal life by the Holy Spirit.
Through this redemptive act comes forgiveness of sin,
liberation from bondage of the world, and freedom in the
Spirit of God.
For it is by free grace (God's unmerited favor) that
you are saved (delivered from judgment and made
partakers of Christ's salvation) through (your) faith.
And this (salvation) is not of yourselves--of your own
doing, it came not through your own striving--but it is
the gift of God; Not because of works (not of the
fulfillment of the Law's demands), lest any man should
boast.--It is not the result of what any one can
possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take
glory to himself. (Ephesians 2:8-9, The Amplified Bible)
THE CHURCH
The Laborers
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that He
will send forth laborers into His harvest. (Matthew
9:38)
The Church is the Body and Bride of Christ. The primary
mission of the Church is to teach all nations and to
make disciples, taking the Gospel of the Kingdom to all
men and nations with confirming signs:
And He said to them, Go into all the world and
preach and publish openly the good news (the Gospel) to
every creature (of the whole human race). He who
believes-- (that is,) who adheres to and trusts in and
relies on the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth--and is
baptized will be saved (from the penalty of eternal
death); but he who does not believe--who does not adhere
to and trust in and rely on the Gospel and Him Whom it
sets forth--will be condemned. And these attesting signs
will accompany those who believe: In My name they will
drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; they
will pick up serpents, and (even) if they drink anything
deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands
on the sick, and they will get well. (Mark 16:15-18, The
Amplified Bible)
THE CONSUMMATION
The Final Harvest
Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come
for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
(Revelation 14:15)
The consummation [the end] of all things includes the
visible and glorious return of Jesus Christ, the
resurrection of the dead, and the translation of those
alive in Christ unto the judgment of the just and the
unjust. Satan with his hosts and all men outside Christ
will be separated from the presence of God to endure
eternal punishment while the redeemed will be in the
presence of God for eternity:
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren,
concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not,
even as others which have no hope. For if we believe
that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which
sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. For this we say
unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are
alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not
prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself
shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice
of an archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead
in Christ shall rise first; Then we which are alive and
remain shall be caught up together with them in the
clouds to meet the Lord in the air... (I Thessalonians
4:13-17)
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God;
and the books were opened: and another book was opened,
which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out
of those things which were written in the books,
according to their works. (Revelation 20:12)
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