Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 16:31-32

"Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and [yet] I am not alone, because the Father is with me." — John 16:31-32 (ASV)

Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone.

Whenever there is any boasting on your lips, even though you may think that you can rightly say, "Now we are sure," stop a bit, dear friends, stop a bit. We do not, any of us, have all the good we think we have; no, those who think themselves perfect are most mistaken. They are altogether mistaken, and there is some latent unbelief even where faith is strongest.

Christ still asks, "Do ye now believe?" You only need to be sufficiently tried, and to be tempted long enough, and in that very point where you think you are strongest you will fail. "Now are we sure," say the confident disciples. "Ah!" says Christ, "do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone."