Would you recognize Jesus if you saw Him? John 1-2

Note what the Apostle John has to say about how man "perceives" or has a "conscious" understanding of God ... via Christ:

John 1:5 - "... The shines in the darkness, and the darkness DID NOT COMPREHEND IT."

John 1:10 - "He was in the world and the world was made through Him, and the world DID NOT KNOW HIM."

John 1:26 - "John answered them saying, "I baptize in water, but among you stands One WHOME  YOU DO NOT KNOW."

John 1:31 - (John says this, speaking of himself) -  "I DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing in water."

John 1:33 - (Restating the previous) - "I DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM, ..."

If it were not for God's intervention in the life of man NO ONE would recognize Christ, the Savior.   Yes, God tells us in the first chapter of Romans that creation, alone, gives us enough information to know there is a God and that, coupled with our internal consciousness about good and evil, there is enough information for us to know that we NEED a Savior.   However, absent God's work in our lives, we are dead to Christ and blinded by our own sin and Satan's work in our lives (Romans 8:5-6; 2 Corinthians 4:4). We only "come" to Christ because God draws us to Him (John 12:32; John 6:44).   Left to our own skills sets and understanding NO MAN would come to Christ.  We can say all we want about "if I had lived during the days of Christ" but the truth is that we, like all men of that day, would have remained in the dark unless Christ would have opened our eyes. Even the disciples did not recognize many things until "after" Christ died and rose again (John 2:17).   So, let's make sure we rejoice in God's work in our lives - before our salvation, as He opened our hearts and eyes to see the truth that is in Christ.  You can think what you want about your salvation, but apart from God, you would be like others and NEVER RECOGNIZE HIM even though He stood right in front of you.