1. IF JESUS HAD NOT DIED EPHESIANS 1:3 TEXT

2. IF JESUS HAD NOT DIED  THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO PERFECT SACRIFICE  HEB. 9:24-26 – Not just any sacrifice  HEB. 10:1-4 – Blood of bulls and goats  HEB. 10:9-14 – Offered one time  HEB. 10:26-30 – Do not take for granted the sacrifice of Christ

3. IF JESUS HAD NOT DIED  THERE WOULD BE NO GRACE AVAILABLE  JN. 1:17 – Full of grace and truth  EPH. 1:7 – Riches of his grace  EPH. 2:4-10 – Dead in sin but made alive in Christ by the grace of God  TITUS 2:11-14 – Grace teaches us

4. IF JESUS HAD NOT DIED  THERE WOULD BE NO JUSTIFICATION  TITUS 3:4-8 – Justification not possible w/o grace  ROM. 5:1-2 – Justified by death of Christ  1 COR. 6:9-11 – Note the previous condition of the Corinthians  ROM. 4:25 – W/O the resurrection

5. IF JESUS HAD NOT DIED  THERE WOULD BE NO ULTIMATE EXAMPLE OF LOVE  EPH. 5:1-2 – Walk in love  PHIL. 2:5-11 – Jesus left heaven  ROM. 5:6-11 – Love of Christ and God expressed

6. IF JESUS HAD NOT DIED  THERE WOULD BE NO CHURCH  2 TIM. 2:10 – Salvation is only in Christ  EPH. 1:22-23 – The spiritual body of Christ  ACTS 2:47 – The saved are added to it  EPH. 3:21 – No glory

7. IF JESUS HAD NOT DIED  THERE WOULD BE NO PERFECT EXAMPLE OF OBEDIENCE AND NO ACCESS TO HEAVEN  PHIL. 2:8 – Note what Paul wrote about Christ  HEB. 5:8-9 –Thoughts of the Hebrew writer  REV. 22:14 - Heaven

8. IF JESUS HAD NOT DIED  CONCLUSION  IF JESUS HAD NOT DIED WE WOULD BE ETERNALLY LOST IN HELL!!!  THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL IS THAT JESUS DIED FOR YOU AND ME.  ARE YOU TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE DEATH OF JESUS?  SALVATION IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN CHRIST – OBEY HIM TODAY!!!