Know Jesus, Know God

From 1-3 John - Life in Fellowship:

1 John 2:22-23

²²Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ?

This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

²³Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father;

the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.

Know Jesus, Know the Father

Jesus Christ is the perfect representation of the Father.  The character of God is more clearly portrayed in the Person of Jesus Christ than anywhere else.  The world may be comfortable with Jesus, so long as He is not said to be the “only way” to God.  However, this is the clear message of Scripture.  It seems that John had the conversation recorded in John 14:6 very much in mind when He wrote this passage as it parallels that account clearly:

⁵Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?" ⁶Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. ⁷"If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him." ⁸Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us." ⁹Jesus said to him, "Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'? ¹⁰"Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works. ¹¹"Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves. - John 14:5-11 NASB

Christ made it abundantly clear: to know Jesus is to know the Father, and apart from Jesus there is no way of knowing the Father.  It is also important in understanding the deity of Jesus Christ.  These statements could not be made of any mere human.  The only person who could speak in such amazing terms (and about Whom such amazing things can be said) must, of necessity share the essence of God.  This is foundational to the core reality of the Trinity in Scripture.