Harvest Fire Worship Center Statement of Faith

We Believe…

SECTION I – HOLY SCRIPTURE
That the Holy Scripture is the inspired, infallible Word of God and the supreme and final authority on all matters upon which it teaches. (II Tim. 3:16-17 ; II Peter 1:21 )

SECTION II - THE GODHEAD
That there is one God, Creator of  Heaven and Earth, who exits eternally as three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit, each fully God yet each distinct from the other. (Deut. 6:4 ; Gen 1:26 ; Mat 28:19 )

SECTION III - JESUS CHRIST AND HIS WORKS
That the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God came into the World that He might manifest God to men, fulfilled prophecy, and become the redeemer of a lost world. (John 1:1 , 14 , 18 ; Phil. 2:5-11 )
 
That Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless human nature, and willingly took upon Himself all our sins in order that He may restore man back to God. (Luke 1:30-35 ; Heb. 4:15 )
 
That Jesus was crucified, buried, resurrected on the third day and ascended to the Father with the promise of His return, according to the Scriptures. (John 20:20 ; Phil 3:20-21 )

SECTION IV- THE HOLY SPIRIT
That the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Trinity, dwells in every believer immediately after he places his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and that God provides, through the Holy Spirit, power to live the Christian life. (Rom. 5:5 ; 8:9-11 ; Gal. 5:16-25 )
 
That the Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin and draws people to Christ.  He also indwells and empowers all believers to live a Christ-like life, through the spiritual gifts and by the fruit of the Spirit.
 
That the gift of the Holy Spirit is to edify the church empower the believers to witness to the lost and dying world and should be operational in the local church. (Acts 1:8 )
 
SECTION V– SALVATION & BAPTISM
That all has sinned and fall short of God’s Glory and that all people are spiritually lost and deserve the judgment of God. We believe however that through the atoning death of Jesus Christ on Calvary man’s redemption is now complete; he/she has access to enter the Kingdom through the Blood of Jesus Christ. (John 3: 7-18 ; Rom. 4: 4-5 )
 
That salvation is a free gift of God through grace and upon receiving Jesus Christ by faith the believer passes from spiritual death into spiritual life, thus fellowship with God. (John 1:12 , 5:24)
 
SECTION VI – THE CHURCH
That the Church, the Body of Christ should be a beacon in this dark world, reaching out to those who are oppressed caring for and giving hope to those who are lost. (Mat. 5: 13-14 ; Mark 9:50 ; John 8:12 )
 
That the purpose of the local church if to fellowship with God and fellow believers; for instruction in the Word of God and to pursue the mandate of Matthew 28:19-20 in making disciples by becoming a witness to the unsaved world. (Roman 12:5 ; Acts 2: 42-47 )
 
It is every believer’s responsibility to support the local church, through the tithes and the offerings as mandated by Scriptures. (Mal 3:8-12 ; II Corinth. 9:6-11 )
 
SECTION VII  – CHURCH ORDINANCES
That after confession and forgiveness of sins the next step is water baptism by immersion of the believer in water in the name of the Father Son and Holy Spirit. (Acts 8:25-39 ; 10:47-48 )
 
That the Lord Jesus institutes the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper to be observed by all believers and is a privilege given to all believers to celebrate our Lord’s death until His glorious return. (I Cor. 11:23-28 )
 
SECTION VIII – THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH
We believe in the imminent rapture of the Church when Jesus will come in the air to receive and gather unto himself all those who are alive as well as those who died in the Lord. (I Thes. 4:13-17 )
 
We believe after the rapture of the church a period of tribulation will come upon the earth and will culminate by the return of the Lord Jesus to the earth. (Zech 14: 4-11 )