John 2:12-25

“But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men.”

{John 2:24} (NIV 1984)  

The Bible is very clear about humans. There is nothing good in any of us. Of course we don’t believe this. Although God’s Word makes it so plain, time and again, as it records the failures of the giants of our faith, and the utter depravity of the wicked, the good we see in ourselves always outweighs any bad we might have pointed out to us, by the Holy Spirit or by other people. 

How can we be so blind? This blindness leads billions of people to hell. They work on their goodness and think to themselves that when they stand before God, they will be able to bargain off their goodness against their badness. “Yes I have done bad things, but really, I am a good person inside.” Friend if that is what you are thinking- wake up! Listen to God the Creator and Sustainer of all life. The One you will stand before on the day of judgment, has told us in Genesis 6 that every inclination of the thoughts of human hearts was only evil all the time! He has told us in Isaiah 64 that all of our goodness and righteousness is as filthy rags to Him. So you think that when you lay out your best, your very best (the things you think make you look good). You think that your best will impress God in any way? God tells us the opposite; that when we stand before him trusting in ourselves and our actions, we are shaking our fists in rebellion to Him, and He will destroy us! Oh friend, repent of this dependence on yourself. 

Throw yourself at the foot of the cross and ask for the righteousness of Christ to be applied to you. His Spirit will enter you, goodness and righteousness, will be placed within your heart and you will begin the journey of change, from a depraved sinner to a holy righteous person, a person conformed to the image of Christ. You think- Well that is the God of the Old Testament- Jesus is the God of grace. Yet in this verse we have the truth. Jesus is God, the same yesterday, today and forever, and He knows what is inside of human. He will not entrust himself to us, He knows everyone of us. He came to die for us. We need to entrust ourselves to Him!