You could not know the Father without the Lord Jesus Christ.
All we can know of the Father has come to us through the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus (because He also has humanity) takes God (that He knows through His Deity) ... and translates and interprets God to us, being men. In a manner that we can relate to God!
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in
closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.[He has revealed Him
and brought Him out where He can be seen; He has interpreted Him and He has
made Him known]. John 1:18
I knew a pastor who taught from the Hebrew and Greek. He wrote me and told me that the same word pastors are commanded to do in exegeting the Scriptures, is the same Greek word that describes what Jesus does for us concerning God. He literally exegetes God to man in a manner that men can relate to. Otherwise? We could not see God! He would be something foreign to us that we can not understand!
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in
closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.[He has revealed Him
and brought Him out where He can be seen; He has interpreted Him and He has
made Him known]. John 1:18
The Father has delegated His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to be all we can ever know about God for all eternity.
Philip said to Him, Lord, show us the Father [cause us to see the Father
—that is all we ask]; then we shall be satisfied.
Jesus replied, Have I been with all of you for so long a time, and do you
not recognize and know Me yet, Philip? Anyone who has seen Me has seen
the Father. How can you say then, Show us the Father? John 14:8-9
Jesus is God means of translating Himself to man, in a manner that man can fully relate to!
He is God. All the God man can ever know forever.
All creation was through Him. And, all we can ever know about God is through Him!
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in
closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.[He has revealed Him
and brought Him out where He can be seen; He has interpreted Him and He has
made Him known]. John 1:18
I hope some are getting it... Grace and peace.