Lest anyone imagine, by misunderstanding Jesus’ quote from Isaiah, that human beings directly encounter God through God’s “teaching,” Jesus reemphasized a foundational truth to the gospel: No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father (6:46). Such a claim cannot be classified as trivial, or as dealing merely in speculative theology. It goes to the heart of the question, “How can human beings come to know God and be saved?” The answer points directly to Jesus
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