Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 16:9

"of sin, because they believe not on me;" — John 16:9 (ASV)

Of sin, because they believe not on me;

What must be the depth of human wickedness that sinners will not accept a Divine Saviour! This is the crowning, crushing proof of human guilt: They believe not on me.

Of sin, because they believe not on me;

The greatest sin in all the world is not believing on Jesus. Our Lord did not say, "Of sin, because of the evil of drunkenness." That is a great sin, a cursed sin, and there are other great sins; but Christ said, Of sin, because they believe not on me; That is the root sin, the foundation sin, the sin that keeps a man in his sin.