1 John 4:20 "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?"
To the human mind, this may almost seem backwards. The human mind creates perceptions of the unseen. Often these perceptions are wrong. We think that because we haven't seen God, we can imagine what He might be like. This is idolatry, creating a "god" in our own mind, after our own thoughts.
We know what God is like. The Bible is very clear on His attributes. So even though we haven't seen Him, we know full well Who He is and what He is like. Yet we have never seen Him. We are missing that visual piece of knowledge.
The visual sense is very strong. Having seen our brothers and sisters here on earth, we know them not only by their attributes, but through sight and experience. If you do not love this earthly person whom you have seen and known, how can you say you love the God you claim to know and love?
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