Blog entries by Harvest 1874

“Write down the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that everyone may read it fluently” Hab 2:2 “Chronology is the basis of dispensational truth. The great central doctrines of the Christian religion, the Ransom, Justification and Sanctification, have stood through all periods of the Gospel...

Continued from previous post. “Now the free gift (justification to life) is not like the offense. For if through the offense of one (man, Adam) many be dead (under condemnation to death), much more the grace of God (the gracious plan of salvation), and the gift by grace, which is by one man...

“It was necessary [in accordance with God’s will] that man [should] learn obedience—not only to obey, but the importance of obedience. Man must obey not just because he is told to, but also because he WANTS to. This makes him free—the desire to comply rather than the constraints to comply. God...

Continued from our first post on the Holy Spirit. The word "spirit," in the Old Testament, is the translation of the Hebrew word “ruach”, the primary significance or root meaning of which is WIND The word "spirit" in the New Testament comes from the Greek word “pneuma”, whose primary...

First of all the Holy Spirit is NOT a “Who” it’s an “It” "A broad definition of the words "Spirit of God," or "Holy Spirit," would be—the divine WILL, INFLUENCE, or POWER, exercised anywhere and everywhere, and for any purpose in harmony with the divine will, which, being a holy will implies...

In our previous post on this subject we noted the Apostle Paul in Heb 5:12-14 reproving some in his day because they were not growing as Christians, that they were yet still babes in Christ needing to be taught the milk of the word, the first principle doctrines. Elsewhere he is found reproving...

“Then He said to them, “Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.” Matt 13:52 “The word of the Lord is indeed well compared to a rich treasure house, or a precious box of jewels. Out of this...

“It is the explicit teaching of the Scriptures that the strengthening of the inner man is not something which is accomplished instantly, but rather gradually through the years as the heart responds obediently to the Divine Word of instruction and to the providence of the Lord. Not only so, but...