John 12:48

One that judgeth. Compare ch. 5:45. Here it is not Moses, but the word of Christ, that judges. The fact that the contemporaries of Jesus had heard from Him the truth concerning His identity and mission left them without excuse. They could not claim ignorance as to the requirements for salvation. If they had not heard the truth, they would not have been held responsible (see on ch. 9:39-41). Thus it is with those who hear the Word of God today. Great is the responsibility placed by God upon the hearers! They may ridicule and even despise sermons, but they will find to their sorrow at last that they must give an account of what they of what they have done in view of what they have heard.