<p>8:49 <i>Jesus answered: I do not have a demon. I honour my Father, and you dishonour me</i>- When He was wrongly accused of being a Samaritan, Jesus did not deny it (Jn. 8:48,49 cp. 4:7&ndash;9) even though his Jewishness, as the seed of Abraham, was vital within God&rsquo;s plan of salvation (Jn. 4:22). Even when the Jews drew the wrong conclusion (wilfully) that Jesus was &ldquo;making himself equal with God&rdquo; (Jn. 5:18), Jesus did not explicitly deny it; instead He powerfully argued that His miracles showed Him to be a man acting on God&rsquo;s behalf, and therefore he was <i>not</i> equal with God. The miracles of Jesus likewise showed the error of believing in demons. But here He does baldly deny the accusation that He 'had a demon' and was mad; because such dishonour of Him personally was a dishonouring of God. Attitudes to the Son were a statement about the Father. He therefore implies that by dishonouring Him, they were not honouring the Father; whereas He was all about honouring the Father. He is explicit in 5:23 that honour of the Son is honour of the Father, and vice versa. One cannot therefore claim to be honouring God when they are not honouring His Son. This means that all non-Christian religions are not offering any legitimate relationship with God the Father; for they do not honour His Son.</p>