Two teachings in one. First the exposition of "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever," in light of "do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings;" Secondly a look at the strange teaching of the word faith movement. audio available at http://edthepastor.podbean.com/e/rain-clouds-hebrews-138-14/?token=4a3f1babca0d0e2aed88ba756f72e03e

2. Hebrews 13:8–14
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and
forever. 9 Do not be carried away by varied and strange
teachings; for it is good for the heart to be
strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which
those who were so occupied were not benefited. 10 We
have an altar from which those who serve the
tabernacle have no right to eat. 11 For the bodies of
those animals whose blood is brought into the holy
place by the high priest as an offering for sin,

3. are burned outside the camp. 12 Therefore Jesus also,
that He might sanctify the people through His own
blood, suffered outside the gate. 13 So, let us go out to
Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach. 14 For here
we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the
city which is to come.

4. Familiar Verse
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and
forever.
Hebrews 13:8
Who was the book written to?

5. A little more Jewish please
Christ is from the Greek “Christos” which means
“anointed”
This is the word in Hebrew which means “Messiah”
Jesus is Messiah, yesterday and today the same and
forever.

6. That is, the Yahweh of the Old
Testament is the Jesus of
Nazareth of the New. And that
Person is the Messiah, the
unchangeable One. Those who
had the rule over the recipients
of this letter, those who had
spoken the Word of God to
them, they were the ones who
had lived and died in the faith
that Jesus is the Messiah.
Statement of
Faith

7. Not Western but Eastern
Not the unchangeableness
of Jesus.
Declaration statement that
Jesus is Yahweh.

8. Unchangeableness
BUT YOU ARE THE SAME, AND YOUR YEARS WILL NOT COME TO AN
END.” Hebrews 1:12b
“for I, the LORD, do not change; Malachi 3:6a
…Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or
shifting shadow. James 1:17b

9. A warning
Do not be carried away by varied and strange
teachings; for it is good for the heart to be
strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which
those who were so occupied were not benefited.
Hebrews 13:9

10. Carried Away, Drift Away, Shrink Back
• Denial of the Messiahship
of Jesus.
• Judaism superseding
Messianic sacrifice.
• Ceremonial observances
vs Inward change
• Gnosticism-Philosophy
combined with the truth
• Worship of angels
Kosher eating

11. Food for thought
Colossians 2:16 (NASB95)
16 Therefore no one is to act as your judge in
regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival
or a new moon or a Sabbath day—
Romans 14:14–15 (NASB95)
14 I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus
that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who
thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is
unclean. 15 For if because of food your brother is
hurt, you are no longer walking according to
love. Do not destroy with your food him for
whom Christ died.
It’s irrelevant
Acts 15:19–20 (NASB95)
19 “Therefore it is my judgment that we do not
trouble those who are turning to God from
among the Gentiles, 20 but that we write to
them that they abstain from things
contaminated by idols and from fornication and
from what is strangled and from blood.

12. A Reminder
We have an altar from
which those who serve
the tabernacle have no
right to eat.
Hebrews 13:10
Jesus the better high
priest, of the heavenly
sanctuary, offering the
better sacrifice,
continually before God at
His right hand

13. What our savior did
Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people
through His own blood, suffered outside the gate.
Hebrews 13:12
New Info!
Ex 29:14; Lev 16:27;

14. Our Response
So, let us go out to
Him outside the
camp, bearing His
reproach.
Hebrews 13:13

15. Last restatement
For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are
seeking the city which is to come.
Hebrews 13:14

16. Varied And Strange Teachings
These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love
feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring
for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by
winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead,
uprooted;
Jude 12

17. Varied and strange teachings
Positive Confession-
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: And they
that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Proverbs 18:21
(KJV 1900)
Declaration becomes our reality
Speak into existence
Our words have power just like God.
All words have power

18. Negative confession
“See, God knows the power
of our words. He knows we
prophesy our future, and He
knew Zacharias' own
negative words would stop
His plan.”
“But let me encourage you:
don’t make the mistake of
verbalizing those thoughts.
The moment you speak
something out it takes on a
whole new meaning. See,
one of the main ways we
release our faith is through
our words. That’s how we
give life to our faith.”

19. Varied and strange teachings
Substance of Faith
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 (KJV 1900)
Actual substance
Faith in faith
God has to react

20. Varied and strange teachings
Little gods Doctrine-Christians are “little gods” All
things reproduce after their kind. God can only produce
little ‘g’ gods.
The fall occurred because man desired to be like
God.
Satan tried to exalt himself above God

21. Varied and strange teachings
The Fall
Adam was an exact duplicate of God
Adam sinned
Adam’s “godhood” was transferred to Satan.
God lost His legal right to earth and was banished.
Satan is the legal god of earth
We gain our godhood back at salvation

22. Varied and strange teachings
Softening of Sin
Not achieving your best
Change the way we think
Disappointing God

23. Varied and strange teachings
Jesus Christ
Jesus did not come as God
Just a man, he discovered himself in the word
Jesus is not the only begotten son, we are also

24. Varied and strange teachings
The spiritual death of Jesus Christ
The physical death of Jesus did not atone
A spiritual death had to occurs
Jesus was tortured for 3 days
Freed himself with a word of power