They said therefore to him, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?"
      (b.) It follows then, by way of inference from this, that  every man  that has  heard and learned of the Father comes to Christ,  ; John 6:45. [a.] It is here implied that none will come to Christ but those that have  heard  and  learned of the Father.  We shall never be brought to Christ but under a divine conduct; except God by his grace enlighten our minds, inform our judgments, and rectify our mistakes, and not only  tell  us that we may  hear,  but teach us, that we may  learn  the truth as it is in Jesus, we shall never be brought to believe in Christ. [b.] That this  divine teachingdoes so necessarily produce the  faith of God's elect  that we may conclude that those who do not  come to Christhave never  heard  nor  learned  of the Father; for, if they had, doubtless they would have come to Christ. In vain do men pretend to be  taught of God  if they believe not in Christ, for he teaches no other lesson,  Galatians 1:8-9. See how God deals with men as reasonable creatures, draws them with the  cords of a man,  opens the understanding first, and then by that, in a regular way, influences the inferior faculties; thus he comes in by the door, but Satan, as a robber, climbs up another way. But lest any should dream of a visible appearance of God the Father to the children of men (to teach them these things), and entertain any gross conceptions about hearing and learning of the Father, he adds (; John 6:46):  Not that any man hath seen the Father;  it is implied, nor  can  see him, with bodily eyes, or may expect to learn of him as Moses did, to whom he spoke  face to face;  but God, in enlightening men's eyes and teaching them, works in a spiritual way. The Father of spirits hath access to, and influence upon, men's spirits, undiscerned. The Father of spirits hath access to, and influence upon, men's spirits, undiscerned. Those that have not seen his face have felt his power. And yet there is one intimately acquainted with the Father, he  who is of God,Christ himself, he hath  seen the Father,  John 1:18. Note,  First,  Jesus Christ is of God in a peculiar manner, God of God, light of light; not only sent of God, but begotten of God before all worlds.  Secondly,  It is the prerogative of Christ to have  seen the Father,  perfectly to know him and his counsels.  Thirdly,  Even that illumination which is preparative to faith is conveyed to us through Christ. Those that  learn of the Father,  forasmuch as they cannot see him themselves, must learn of Christ, who alone hath seen him. As all divine discoveries are made through Christ, so through him all divine powers are exerted.