Note 72 at Jn. 15:23: This is one more verse in a growing list of scriptures where Jesus equated any form of rejection of Him or who He claimed to be, as a rejection of God the Father (see note 8 at Jn. 5:23, p. 98; see note 3 at Jn. 10:30, p. 280). Any group who claims to have access to God the Father without exalting Jesus to an equal position is completely deceived.