15:22
“ If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.” This does not mean they would somehow have been totally innocent if Jesus had not come to them! Rather, it means that Jesus coming to them and speaking the truth highlighted their sin, brought their rebellious nature to the surface. They now had no excuse for their sin. Previously they could have said they were trapped in their sinfulness with no way of escape. They would still have been guilty. However, now they had been presented with the way of escape and had rejected it.
15:23
“Whoever hates me, hates my Father also”. This is a two way relationship, for Jesus is the perfect representation of the Father. So if someone hates God, they will also hate Jesus. And if someone hates Jesus, then they will also hate the Father, for they already know exactly what the Father is like. Note the frequent use of “hate” in this passage. Man’s sinfulness is not just a matter of the occasional failing, but rather of hatred of God.
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