• 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