Jesus Did Not Commit Himself to Them

  [222 words] “…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” (John 2:23-24).  This passage has been highlighted in my Bible for a while. Early on, it seemed odd to my frail ear that Jesus would not “commit Himself” unto people who “believed in His name.” Logically, there had to be a reason for Jesus’ reaction to the faith of these folks, right?  It is interesting that the word “believed” in 2:23, and the word “commit” in 2:24, come from the same word in the Greek. One is positive, and the other is connected with “did not.”  THE POSITIVE PHRASE: “many believed in His name.” THE NEGATIVE PHRASE: “did not commit Himself unto them.”  In these two verses, I see at least two vital messages about faith in God. First, while we…