He Knew What Was in Man

John 2:24 says Jesus "did not commit himself unto them." Same crowd who just saw the miracles. Same people who believed on His name. He looked right at their faith and said: I don't trust it.

Don't read past that.

He didn't distrust them because He was cynical. He distrusted them because He was right. The next verse tells you why — "for he knew what was in man." Not what man presented. Not what man promised. What was actually in there.

Think about open heart surgery. The chest is opened, the sternum split, the heart exposed — and it looks nothing like the one you drew in third grade. It's complex. It's messy. That's what Jesus sees when He looks at you. Not the cleaned-up front you walk in with. The actual beating mess underneath.

Most people come to Jesus the way a desperate mother comes to a healing service — they want what He can do, not who He is. They want the fix. The miracle. Jesus knows that. He knew it then, He knows it now.

But here's what wrecks me: He knows it all, sees it all, and still went to the cross.

The greatest miracle was never a healing. It was that He could look at everything He saw in you and still say I'll take your place.

Don't come to Jesus for what He can give you. Come to Him because of who He is. Everything else is just managing your symptoms.

Pastor Fortunato
Founding Pastor & Preacher of the Word.
Pilgrim Baptist Church — Cookeville, Tennessee

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