- We wouldn’t have a perfect example
- I Peter 2:21-22
- John 8:46; Hebrews 4:15
- Our example in manner of life
- Our example in speech
- Our example in faithfulness to the Father
- Our example in unselfish service (Matthew 20:26-28)
- We would not have an incomparable teacher
- John 8:32,36
- John 3:2
- Parables
- Sermon on the Mount
- Wonderful, incomparable teachings
- We would not have the right view of humanity
- Matthew 16:26
- We would be without an atonement for sin
- We would not have the promise of the remission of sins
- Hebrews 9:22; Leviticus 16:7-22
- Hebrews 10:4
- Matthew 26:28
- Colossians 1:13
- I John 1:7
- Revelation 1:5
- We would not have a savior
- Matthew 1:21
- Acts 4:12
- Man needs a savior
- Romans 3:23 – Because all have sinned! Jeremiah 10:23; Isaiah 64:6
- Who then could become man’s savior?
- Not angels
- Someone who was both God and man
- The Christian would not have a mediator
- I Timothy 2:5
- John 1:1-3,14; Philippians 2:6; Hebrews 4:14-16; 7:25
- We would be without a righteous judge
- John 5:30; II Corinthians 5:10
- We would have no door of hope beyond the grave
- Job 14:14
- John 10:10
- John 11:25-26; 14:19
- Three great matters concern all mankind
- Life death
- Eternity
- Revelation 1:18
LB
August 17, 2014
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