Many believed into His Name, but He was not entrusting Himself to them. They had a kind of faith, but not genuine saving faith. It was a starting place, perhaps, but it was not salvation… because the essence of salvation is to come into a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Why would Jesus not be entrusting Himself to them?
He knew their hearts. There is a kind of belief to which Jesus responds and there is a kind of belief to which He does not give Himself. True faith will manifest itself in fruitfulness. It is not just a matter of intellectual assent or experience. Many had this kind of shallow faith. They were coming to Jesus with a mindset that recognized Him as Messiah on their own terms; in terms of their own needs and desires.
The peril of shallow faith is avoided by having a right view of self and a right view of Christ.
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