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  EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS ON JOHN - JOHN 15:22-27
  by J.C. Ryle
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"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin.
But they no longer have any excuse for their sin. The one who hates me
hates my Father too. If I had not performed among them the miraculous
deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now
they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father. Now this
happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated
me without reason.’ When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from
the Father--the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father--he will
testify about me, and you also will testify, because you have been with
me from the beginning."

In these verses our Lord Jesus Christ handles three subjects of great
importance. They are difficult subjects, no doubt, subjects on which we
may easily fall into error. But the words before us throw much light
upon them.

We should observe, for one thing, how our Lord speaks of the misuse of
religious privileges. It intensifies man\

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/jc-ryle/expository-thoughts-on-john-john-1522-27/
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