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2:1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.1 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. 9 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers2 and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.
13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
18 So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple,3 and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
[1] 2:6
[2] 2:12
[3] 2:20
(ESV)
As a teacher, my wife Melody is always trying to make her classroom at Concordia the best that it can be. That is why she loves buying General Mills products. You may have heard of their "Box Tops for Education" program where each box top you clip and mail in is worth ten cents for the school of your choice to assist them in purchasing everything from books to computers to playground equipment. And so, Melody is always reminding me, "Don't forget to clip the box tops!" And, as her dutiful and doting husband, I always assure her that I will do my best to remember.
That is why I was surprised when, a couple of months ago, I found Melody rummaging through our trash. "What are you doing?" I asked with a tinge of cynicism in my voice. "Looking for box tops," she answered. "But why?" I shot back, "I've told you that I'll do my best to remember to clip them for you." "Yes," she responded, "But you're always forgetting. I've gotten to the point where I just don't trust you to clip them anymore."
"I just don't trust you anymore." Even though these words didn't concern me all that profoundly because they were spoken about some relatively minor box tops, depending on their context, these words can rend a heart. For they usually come from a person who has been betrayed so profoundly, or hurt so deeply, or let down so consistently that all faith that they once placed in someone has now evaporated. "I just don't trust you anymore."
In our text for today from John 2, we read about a time when Jesus' ministry was skyrocketing in popularity. "Many people saw the miraculous signs Jesus was doing," John says, "and believed in his name" (verse 23). The Greek word for "believed" is pisteuo, meaning "faith" or "trust." In other words, the crowds that adored and applauded Jesus had come nowhere near the point of not being able to trust Jesus anymore.
Sadly, the same thing cannot be said for Jesus' estimation of those who so readily revered him. For John continues, "But Jesus would not entrust himself to them" (verse 24). The Greek word here for "entrust" is also pisteuo. Thus, although the people trusted in Jesus, Jesus did not trust in the people.
But why? Why would Jesus be so cruel as to say something like, "I just don't trust you anymore"? John tells us that Jesus "knew all men" (verse 24). In other words, Jesus knew of their sinfulness, he knew of their depravity, he knew of their malicious objectives, and he knew that, at the moment he did finally entrust himself to them, their shouts of adulation would quickly dissipate into cries of "Crucify him!" Thus, Jesus did not entrust himself to the people... at least not yet. But this was soon to change. Because Jesus, even though he has no good reason to trust people, for people are sinful and depraved and malicious and fickle, is nevertheless bent on trusting them anyway. He nevertheless is bent on trusting us anyway. As the apostle Paul writes, "We speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel" (1 Thessalonians 2:4). And the Greek word for "entrusted" is none other than pisteuo. Christ trusts us, Paul says. And he trusts us with something much more precious than ten cent box tops. He trusts us with the very message of his salvation. He trusts us with the very message of his cross. And he trusts us with this most precious message, not because we deserve such trust, but because he loves us.
So, now that Jesus has trusted you, the question becomes: What will you do with this precious trust of the gospel? Will you entrust it to others even as it has been entrusted to you? I pray that you will. Because if there's one thing we could all use more of, it's a little more trust.
8 Thus says the LORD:
“In a time of favor I have answered you;
in a day of salvation I have helped you;
I will keep you and give you
as a covenant to the people,
to establish the land,
to apportion the desolate heritages,
9 saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
They shall feed along the ways;
on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
10 they shall not hunger or thirst,
neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them,
for he who has pity on them will lead them,
and by springs of water will guide them.
11 And I will make all my mountains a road,
and my highways shall be raised up.
12 Behold, these shall come from afar,
and behold, these from the north and from the west,1
and these from the land of Syene.”2
13 Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the LORD has comforted his people
and will have compassion on his afflicted.
14 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me;
my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.
17 Your builders make haste;3
your destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.
18 Lift up your eyes around and see;
they all gather, they come to you.
As I live, declares the LORD,
you shall put them all on as an ornament;
you shall bind them on as a bride does.
19 “Surely your waste and your desolate places
and your devastated land—
surely now you will be too narrow for your inhabitants,
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20 The children of your bereavement
will yet say in your ears:
‘The place is too narrow for me;
make room for me to dwell in.’
21 Then you will say in your heart:
‘Who has borne me these?
I was bereaved and barren,
exiled and put away,
but who has brought up these?
Behold, I was left alone;
from where have these come?’”
22 Thus says the Lord GOD:
“Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
and raise my signal to the peoples;
and they shall bring your sons in their arms,4
and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23 Kings shall be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,
and lick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the LORD;
those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.”
24 Can the prey be taken from the mighty,
or the captives of a tyrant5 be rescued?
25 For thus says the LORD:
“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.
26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
that I am the LORD your Savior,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
[1] 49:12
[2] 49:12
[3] 49:17
[4] 49:22
[5] 49:24
(ESV)
God speaks to the Messiah to assure Him that His agony is not in vain. God answered the cries of the Messiah by making Him a covenant for the people. The Old Covenant that was broken by Israel will be replaced by the New Covenant, established by the Messiah through His death and resurrection. As a result God's people will experience the joys of heaven, depicted in these verses as earthly blessings that will accompany the return from captivity. Those who will be blessed through the New Covenant will come from all over the world, even as Jesus said: "I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 8:11) But for the present, with Assyria threatening and with the Babylonian captivity on the horizon, Israel feels forsaken. Isaiah reassures God's people of His love, reminding them: "Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you." God declares, "I have engraved you on the palms of my hands." The Promised Land that is now threatened will one day prove too small for all of the children of Abraham, and Israel will wonder where all her children came from! God assures His people that because of the Messiah, kings and queens will bring their children to her, and those who wait patiently for the LORD to fulfill His promise will not be ashamed. These verses predict both the return from captivity in Babylon and eternal release from the bondage to sin that will result in life everlasting for all who trust in Jesus the Messiah. The return from Babylon, then, becomes a type and a promise of the future eternal rescue that enables us to live with God forever in heaven, through faith in Christ.
43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly people,
from the deceitful and unjust man
deliver me!
2 For you are the God in whom I take refuge;
why have you rejected me?
Why do I go about mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 Send out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy hill
and to your dwelling!
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God.
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
(ESV)