And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
Albert Barnes makes much of this as a testimony to the deity of Christ. Only God can know what is in man.
John Gill lists those things He knows about man:
- That there is no good in him
- That his heart is deceitful and desperately wicked
- That their affections are on the things of earth and not of God
- He knows whether they are surrendered to the will of God
- He knows whether their consciences are defiled
- He knows the secret motivations of their heart
- He knows whether a work of grace has begun in them
Jesus needs no one to support the testimony of men, whether good or bad. He is not reliant on multiple witnesses to tell their side of the story to prove whether one is a believer or a false professor. He makes no mistakes in discerning those who are born again against those who merely play the part of Christianity.
Jesus is firmly committed to those He knows are saved. They may never be lost because they are fully in His care.
But Jesus has no such commitment to those who just saw the miracles. There is no promise of salvation upon those who come for the good things they might receive.
Once one is saved, he is eternally, forever and always saved.
But of those who have jumped onto the Christian religion hoping to see another miracle, those have never been saved.
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The Infallible Christ: The True Condition of the Human Soul
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