Adam, where are you?
Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”
Gen. 3:9

Introduction.
When I was a young man, I heard a song by Don Francisco explaining how God began the human race with Adam and Eve. God gave to them the power to reign over the world and to walk in obedience to Him. They were rulers of a kingdom never marred by any shame. However, the master of deception, which is the devil, began his deception of the Word. He used subtly and craftiness to twist the simple truths they heard. While hanging in the balance was a world that was placed at their command. And as they disobeyed God all of their unborn children died spiritually as they bowed down to Satan’s hand.
Hiding from God
Scripture says that God came looking for them and they heard Him calling but they hid. This grabs my attention because how many times do, we try to drown out the voice of God? People use everything and anything to not respond to God’s calling. Are you that person trying to hide due to your shame? But remember that throughout eternity God the Father is still calling your name.
Redemption is by Blood Sacrifice
We are a bloody religion. It says in Hebrews 9:22 ‘without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin.’ You find the symbol of blood in every religion. It says Leviticus 17:11 for the life of the flesh is in the blood. Why blood because God wants us to see the price He paid for our salvation.
• In the Old Testament when they sinned Adam and Eve were given coats of skin. Cain and Abel in Genesis for Abel ‘s sacrifice was accepted because he brought a bloody sacrifice. Genesis 8:20 Noah offered burnt offerings on the altar to the Lord. Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 22:13 what is the offer his son up to the Lord God. You see the Doctrine of Blood over and over again throughout Scripture.
In Egypt the Israelites had to put blood upon the lentil of their houses so the angel of death would pass over and the plague will not be upon them.
• In the New Testament the cross is a symbol of sacrifice in blood. Communion again speaks of the blood. John the Baptist spoke about the Lamb of God would take away the sin of the world.
In the death of Christ, He wept over Jerusalem, He sweat tears of blood in the garden, He gave his blood on the cross. 14 times Jesus predicted his own death. The death of Christ as mentioned 255 times in the New Testament.
• I Peter 1:18-19. ‘it says we are not redeemed with corruptible things of silver and gold, but we are deemed with the precious blood of Christ the lamb without blemish or without spot.’

Meaning of Redemption
Redemption means buying someone back from slavery. We are slaves to sin before we come to Christ and Christ gave his life as a ransom for all those who believe.
Only Christ can bring deliverance. We are justified by the blood Romans 5:9 says. The blood of Christ makes us all equal. The blood of Christ gives us peace. The blood of Christ cleanses us from our iniquities and sin. The blood of Christ reconciles us back to God.

The Curse was Broken.
The curse against mankind was broken long ago by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ but men are still prisoners of their fears. People continue to rush to destruction with their fingers in their ears. The Father’s voice is calling with an urgency I never heard before. Come in from the darkness before it’s time to close the door!
The blood of Christ reconciles us back to God. The question is today with all that you’ve heard are you going to except Christ as your Lord and Savior or reject him as many have done.
The Father is calling, where are you? He is a loving Father waiting for you to answer His call. Don’t try to hide any longer. He is waiting for you.

Assassin turned Saint!
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
2 cor. 5:17

Introduction.
Is there anything too hard for God to do? God can change a person’s heart if they are willing. The Apostle Paul was a willing man to do God’s will.

I think it’s quite ironic I worked so long in law enforcement that now I’m working in prisons teaching to the same type of people that I took into custody. And working in law enforcement can make one very hard and jaded. I used to think people in jail did not deserve a chance to turn their lives around. I know that God has giving me this opportunity see those who are incarcerated in a different light.

This was the transformation of the apostle Paul from darkness to light. If you remember Paul was in charge of persecuting and killing Christians. After his conversion to Christianity he became one of the most important apostles in the New Testament.

Paul could now understand the frailty of human nature which blinded him previously by his own pride. He could now see his own shortcomings and sin, that separated him from God the Father.

You see to God sin is sin. The consequences here on earth for our sins differ drastically. It can be from a slap on the hand as a child for lying or stealing or going to prison as an adult for something worse.

I think when we can truly understand our own sinfulness before a holy God, we are less likely to judge others for what they have done. We should look at them with eternal eyes of what they may become once transformed by the power of God.

God looked at Paul who was an assassin with eternal eyes. God knew that Paul would become one of the most important individuals in the New Testament church. That is what looking at people with eternal eyes means. Many are bound by past sins and shortcomings. Some think there’s no way out. They think they’re too far gone for God to help.

Paul learned not look to at his past but look towards his high calling that he received in Christ Jesus. Paul understood that Gods eternal eyes are mercy in action. Can you see the same?

Harvest Evangelistic Association
Claudia & Dr. Timothy Emerick
HarvestEvangelisticAssociation.com

Invisible Barriers to Healing.

Introduction

Invisible Barriers to Healing!
We must understand that everything that manifests itself in the physical realm has its roots in the spiritual realm. Sin, sickness, and disease has its connection to the spiritual realm. Many people don’t understand why they don’t receive either their physical or emotional healing that the Lord Jesus Christ paid for on the cross of Calvary. In this teaching we’re going to go over a lot of the different areas that are considered barriers for someone to receive their healing. Sickness and suffering are not of God. Scripture stated that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. Acts 10:38. We are the temple of God. He expects us to treat our temple with respect. Much illness is self-caused. Fear, anxiety, worry, being overweight, lack of exercise, lack of eating properly, etc. Remember, whatever is not of Faith is Sin. Rom. 14:23.

Ignorance of What we Have

Many people don’t understand that the Lord Jesus Christ already paid for our healing and the cross of Calvary. It states in Galatians 3: 13 states the following: ‘Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written; cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree’.
Rebellion
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge.
Hosea 4:6

Doubt
‘And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
Heb. 11:6

See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. Heb. 3:12-13.

Unforgiveness

And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. Mark 11:25.

Involvement with the Occult

The common occult practices are fortune-telling, Ouija Board, Horoscopes, Superstition, Some kinds of music, Drugs, etc. All these open the door to Satan.

Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces. 25 Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span. Exodus 23:24-26

Family or Generational Curses.

Curses over a family or a generational curse might include but not necessarily mental and emotional breakdowns. Repeated and chronic illnesses that are especially hereditary. Repeated miscarriages or female problems like Barreness. Breakdowns of family and marriage alienation. Continue our financial insufficiency. And finally suicides are a unnatural deaths.

Demonic Oppression or Possession

At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one, he healed them. Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah. Luke 4:40-41.
• Spirits of Infirmity, crippling pain, etc.
• Curvature of the spine.
• Spirit of death. Always looking on the dark side, morbidity, dressings darkly.
• I will live and declare of works of the Lord. Ps. 118:17

The Great Commission

And go into all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation; he who has believed and has been baptized will be saved; and he who has not believed will be condemned. And signs will accompany those believing these things: they will cast out demons in My Name; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they may drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will be healed. “Mark 16: 15-18

Repentance and Confession.

Thank you Lord Jesus, that on the cross you were made a curse for me that I might be redeemed from the curse and receive the blessings. And because of what you did Lord Jesus in your precious name I release myself from every disease and curse over me and my family. I will treat your temple correctly. I will eat right, I will exercise, I will get enough sleep, I will not worry, I will not be anxious. And I claim the blessings that you have purchased for me and the cross of Calvary with your blood. Thank you Lord Jesus.

Don’t settle for less!

Gen. 11:31-32 & Gen 12: 1-2,

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran’s son), and Sarai his daughter-in-law (his son Abram’s wife) and set out with them from Ur of the Chaldees for the land of Canaan. But when they got as far as Haran, they settled down there. Terah lived 200 years. He died in Haran.  The Lord said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.

This is the tale of two men. This is a story of how the son followed God and his father chooses not to. Both received from God a call to leave their country and go to the land of Canaan but one obeyed and the other did not. Canaan represents the blessing of God. A land of fruitfulness. A place of plenty and peace. A place where one can fulfill their dreams. A place where your very presence will be a blessing to others.

Why did Terah (Abraham’s father) traveled towards Canaan but settled halfway? Why does a person not reach out for the very best God has to offer? Why do some find it easier to complain about their circumstances and wallow in self-pity? We all know people who will continually have a pity party for themselves. They are always complaining about something however others blossom no matter where God calls them to be. Why is this? I believe that it has to do with the attitude of our heart. We all have been knocked around by life. We have all had many hardships and trials. Why do some settle for mediocrity and others for total victory?  Terah gave up when it got difficult. He settled in and died in the land of mediocrity. He never experienced God’s best. Anything that is worth anything takes a lot of persistence and hard work. But Tereh did not have it within him to continue on. Why? Maybe because he was a cry baby? Don’t ever give up. That is easy. Don’t have a pity party when things get tough.

God has great plans for each and every one of us. He wants to bless us and fulfill our dreams. He wants to take you further than you have ever dreamed. But He needs your complete trust. He needs for you to look to Him and believe that all things are possible for those who trust in Him.

Don’t be a quitter! Be steadfast in God and in His power and you will eventually overcome all obstacles.

 Dr. Timothy Emerick

HarvestEvangelisticAssociation.com

The Cross in Your Life– Part 4 –
Deuteronomy 33:25–27
VI. Application of the Cross
A. Delivered from this present evil age (Gal. 1:4)
1. We don’t get it all in this age
2. Satan is the god of this age (2 Cor. 4)
3. Do not be conformed to this present age, especially in our thinking (Rom.
12:2)
B. Deliverance from the law (Gal. 2:19)
1. Our old man was crucified
2. Righteousness not received by keeping rules
3. If you are led by the Holy Spirit you are sons of God (Rom. 8:14; Gal. 5:18;
Rom. 6:14)
4. Map or guide?
C. Deliverance from self (Gal. 2:20)—death of:
1. Personal ambition
2. Denominational rivalry
3. Nationalism
D. Deliverance from the flesh (Gal. 5:24)
1. Flesh = the nature inherited from Adam = rebellion
a. Just one remedy: execution
b. Execution carried out in the death of Jesus on the cross
2. Crucifixion causes suffering to the flesh
3. To suffer the Lord’s way or the devil’s way?
4. Jesus is returning for those who have crucified their flesh
E. Deliverance from the world (Gal. 6:14)
1. The world = those who refuse the just rule of Jesus Christ in their lives.
2. The world is crucified to me and I to the world.

The Cross Obscured– Part 3 –
V. Jesus Administered a Total, Eternal, Irreversible Defeat over Satan
A. Satan’s only option: to obscure the work of the cross
B. No longer able to see the reality of the crucifixion of Jesus (Gal. 3:1ff)
1. Begin to rely on the works of the law, not the sovereign operation of the Holy
Spirit = Legalism
2. Begin to rely on the flesh = Carnality
3. Under a curse (Gal. 3:10 [Jer. 17:5–6])
C. The remedy: Christ crucified (Gal. 3:13–14)
1. Jesus became a curse that we might be redeemed
2. He took our rebellion; He endured all its evil consequences
3. Confess grieving the Holy Spirit

The Perfect Sacrifice– Part 2 –
1 Thess. 5:23–24
IV. Why Do We Need the Cross?
A. Consider the work of Jesus, a perfect work—perfect in every respect, perfect in
every aspect
B. Contrast priests of Old Testament with Jesus the high priest of the New Testament
(Heb. 10:11)
1. The priests of the Old Testament always stood, never sat down—task never
finished
2. Jesus—after one sacrifice—sat down at the right hand of the Father—it is
finished
3. For those who are being sanctified (1 Thess. 5:23)
4. Jesus sanctified by the Father (John 10:36; 17:19)
But He also sanctified (set apart) Himself
C. The Christian life is the transition from the legal to the experiential (John 1:12)

The Four Aspects of the Cross.
Eph. 6:1–12)
God’s Remedy for Guilt– Part 1 –

I. Two Basic Problems in the Christian Church
A. We have displaced the cross from the center
B. We have displaced Jesus from His position as head
II. Begin with Spiritual Warfare—End with Intercession (Eph. 6:1–12)III. Why Is There a War?
A. Lucifer set up a rival kingdom in the heavenlies
1. Lucifer reached up—and fell
2. Jesus stooped down—and was exalted (Phil. 2:9; Luke 14:11; 1 Pet. 5:6)
B. Adamic race created
C. Satan tempts Adam, Adam falls
D. Satan has access to the presence of God—to accuse and make us guilty
E. Jesus poured out His blood as a guilt offering for our rebellion (2 Cor. 5:21 [Is.
53:10]
1. Our righteousness is as filthy rags (Is. 64:6)
2. We are clothed with salvation and God’s righteousness (Is. 61:10)
F. Guilt vs. conviction of sin
1. Conviction is from the Holy Spirit—brings repentance
2. Guilt is from Satan, the accuser of the brethren—only remedy is the robe of
righteousness
3. Romans 8:1—No condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus

This is a letter we just received from an inmate who is part of the Bible Institute. We have not been able to go in and have services due to Covid for approximately three weeks. We send in to the paid CDCR Chaplin weekly teachings to be passed out to the inmates. Please pray that the doors will be opened soo for our return.
Dr. Emerick

This is a letter we just received from an inmate who is part of the Bible Institute. We have not been able to go in and have services due to Covid for approximately three weeks. We send in to the paid CDCR Chaplin weekly teachings to be passed out to the inmates. Please pray that the doors will be opened soo for our return.
Dr. Emerick