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.
The impossibility of fully knowing God without revelation
God is beyond unaided human knowing
John 1:18 NIV84
No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known.
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The human mind is limited
Job 11:7 NIV84
“Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
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The human mind cannot discern God of its own accord
2 Corinthians 4:4 NIV84
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
