"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates Me hates My Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father. But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without a cause.'" (John 15:22-25)

Jesus is not saying that if He had not come, those evil Jews would not have had any sin at all, but they would not have had the wilful sin of rejecting Him. The works of Jesus gave those Jews opportunity to know who Jesus was, but now their personal rejection of Jesus gave them no excuse for their sin. Whenever one comes face to face with (begins to obtain knowledge of) the Christ, he must make a choice of whether he will accept or reject Him.

How about you? What is your answer to the question, "What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?"