What We Believe

The following are the core beliefs of Harvest Christian Fellowship is an Ante-Nicene First Christian Church.  We base our teachings on the on the foundational truths taught in the bible and practiced by the early Church.   All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines and teachings of the first Christians.

We believe in God the Father, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  His name is Yahweh who always existed.  He is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.  He is the unbegotten maker of heaven and earth.  The Father holds all things and by Him and through Him all things consists of.  There is ONLY ONE GOD, the Father.  He is the Only and True God.  

We believe in the Logos who is God.  He is the Begotten and Divine Word.  For through and by HIM, God created all things.  There was nothing made that was made except by the WORD of the Father.  He is God by and through the Father.  He was GOD in Flesh to the Prophets and Patriarchs.  

We believe that Jesus is the WORD in the flesh.  Jesus Christ was NOT the Father in the Flesh, but rather the divine WORD.  Jesus died on the cross for our sins.  Jesus was the Son of God, both Divine and Human.  divine as the Logos the Word of God, (John 1:1) and Human as the Son of God John 3:16.

God created Adam and Eve who sinned.  Their sin infected the world and by their disobedience all were made sinners.  God gave the substitution to death and sacrifice of a lamb until the Christ would come and pay the penalty.  

Jesus Christ came to reconcile us with God the Father. He lived a life without sin and willingly died on the cross to pay the penalty for our transgressions. God raised him from the dead and now, by grace, offers as a free gift eternal life to all who follow Christ, by faith, as their Lord and Savior. That is why salvation can be found in Christ alone.

We believe that we are saved by God's grace and by faith in Jesus Christ.  We believe that we are saved for Good Works.  These include but are not limited to showing God's love and plan of salvation by witnessing, helping the needy, loving our neighbor, giving, prayer, reading the bible, and being part of the local body of believers.  A person who believes in Christ and does not have works has deceived themselves and is not saved.

The Church is meant to be the visible body of Christ, sent into the world to glorify God and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.  The Church is the local body of believers that gather for prayer, fellowship, and instruction by the Christian leaders and teachers.  We believe that all those who are Christians must belong to a local body of believers.

We believe that we will be Raptured after the Tribulation.  We believe that at the Last trumpet, which happens at the end of the Tribulation, Christ our Lord will Resurrect the saints and rapture the Church.  Jesus Christ will judge both the living and the dead and to usher in the fullness of God's kingdom to a NEW Heaven and a NEW Earth.

We believe the Bible is the Inspired Word of God.  Men were moved by the Holy Spirit to write the Words that would lead and teach all men the ways of eternal life.  It is God's Holy Word.