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… But then this statement, but Jesus did not commit himself to them for he knew all men. Wait, what? Many believed in him when they saw the signs, but Jesus did not commit himself to them. You could translate it this way. Many believed in him, but he didn't believe in them. That's John 2. Right on the heels of that is John 3. Amazing insight. And what do we read in John 3? Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus who came to Jesus at night. And what happened with him? Well, he believed. We know that later Nicodemus became a believer. But he had this conversation with Christ. So that's a contrast. Hey, many appeared to be believing, but they were not believers. But here's this guy, the most unexpected guy, Nicodemus, the leader of the Pharisees, who actually did become a believer. We have that same picture in this story before us. Here's a man who did not want to become a believer. The last thing he wanted was Jesus. …
… it was in the career of the one who did this in John chapter 2 verse 24 we're told that Jesus Christ did not trust people because he knew what was in them you got that go home and say the pastor tonight told us that Jesus Christ didn't trust people and you know why well the text tells you because he was smart because he knew us. But he knew us. He looked to the bottom. He saw all about it. And at the end of his life, though, what did he do? He didn't go home. He didn't reject us. He's on the cross, and he's saying, my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? What's happening? He's losing the face of God. He's losing the face of his father. He's losing access to his father. He's losing intimacy with his father. And do you know what that means? I mean, in 2 Thessalonians 2, we read this. They will be punished by being shut out from the face of the Lord and from his glory. …
… We're presently in the second chapter, and this morning we're going to begin at verse 12 and read through verse 25. John chapter 2, verses 12 through 25. After this he went down to Capernaum, he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they did not stay there many days. For now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And he found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves and the money changers doing business. When he had made a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple with the sheep and the oxen, poured out the changers' money, and overturned the tables. And he said to those who sold doves, Take these things away. Do not make my Father's house a house of merchandise. And then His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for your house has eaten me up. So the Jews answered and said to Him, What sign do you show to us since you do these things? …
But if you consider what has been said, you need not wonder at it. A wise man will make no friendship with another who is very inconsistent with himself in those things wherein men are concerned with him. He will not associate himself with him, nor care to have such to communicate with him; for men know that such persons are not to be depended on. One does not know where to find them, nor how to suit them, and if they will be so inconsistent with themselves, certainly they will not be very consistent with others that trust them. God therefore justly refuses to receive such persons into union with him. It is not consistent with his divine wisdom to give himself to them in a covenant relation. No wonder that Christ will not commit himself to such persons as these; John ii. 23, 24, 25. “Now, when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man; for he knew what was in man.” Christ knew that there was no dependence to be had upon them; he knew they would not prove consistent with themselves. …