Finiteness and sin make it impossible to gain adequate knowledge of God through human effort alone. God in mercy makes himself known through the incarnation of the Son and the illumination of human minds to understand him.
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God is known fully only through Jesus Christ
Heb 1:1–2; 1 Jn 5:20
See also Jn 17:3; Jn 1:14–18; Col 1:15–20
The impossibility of fully knowing God without revelation
God is beyond unaided human knowing
John 1:18 (NASB 2020)
No one has seen God at any time; God the only Son, who is in the arms of the Father, He has explained Him.
See also Is 55:8–9; Ex 33:20; Jn 6:46; 1 Jn 4:12
The human mind is limited
Job 11:7 (NASB 2020)
“Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?
See also Ps 145:3; Is 40:28; Ec 3:11; Ro 11:33; Job 37:23; Job 36:26; Job 9:4; Ps 139:6; Job 9:10; Job 23:3–9; Job 26:14; Job 37:5; Is 40:13–14
The human mind cannot discern God of its own accord
2 Corinthians 4:4 NASB 2020
in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they will not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
See also 1 Co 1:21; Jn 1:5; Ro 1:18–32; 1 Co 2:14; 2 Co 3:14; Eph 4:17–18