Believe in Jesus, Why?

I was asked this question and I wasn't sure how to answer, besides the "that's what the Bible says" rebuttal. I'm not sure if there is a thread for this already. I know salvation is believing that Jesus died and resurrected, etc. and repenting but the question was :

Why do you have to believe in Jesus to be saved?

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men, by which we must be saved.
Acts 4:12

He fulfilled the law perfectly, He took the judgement and offered up His righteousness, His was the sacrifice without blemish
He died for you
By faith, we trade our sin and its accompanying death penalty for His righteousness and life
Through His atoning work you can be restored and in fellowship with God

I was asked this question and I wasn't sure how to answer, besides the "that's what the Bible says" rebuttal. I'm not sure if there is a thread for this already. I know salvation is believing that Jesus died and resurrected, etc. and repenting but the question was :

Why do you have to believe in Jesus to be saved?

Thanks, the question was posed by a 14 yr old, that is questioning why we're suppose to believe everything the Bible says. I've explained, that it boils down to faith. I'm not sure that answer satisfied her curiosity.

Something Had to be done about sin imputed from Adam.

Romans
3:22 Even the righteousness of God [which is] by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
3:25 Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Faith is being persuaded....the 14 year old would need to reach that point......I am sure there are many things that your 14 year old is already persuaded about sometimes drawing out those connections helps.

Thanks, the question was posed by a 14 yr old, that is questioning why we're suppose to believe everything the Bible says. I've explained, that it boils down to faith. I'm not sure that answer satisfied her curiosity.

Perhaps it is more difficult for little ones to sense their spiritual neediness.

Children's curiosity oftentimes challenges me, but in a good way. My daughter asked me last week why we're here, that got me thinking, as in how to explain that to an 8 year old.

I think explaining using circumstances the teenager can relate to makes it easier for them to comprehend or a visual representation of some sort. Most teens tune out after a while and the words you speak fall on deaf ears.
If they have little or no understanding of the fallen state of the world and the need of a Saviour maybe start there, sometimes going back to basics is necessary.

I agree that conviction within the person has to be there.

A scripture comes to mind
1 Cor 2:4-5
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Think of how different Christianity would be if Jesus did not come down from Heaven. Yes, He died on the Cross, but He also did sooo much more.

I was asked this question and I wasn't sure how to answer, besides the "that's what the Bible says" rebuttal. I'm not sure if there is a thread for this already. I know salvation is believing that Jesus died and resurrected, etc. and repenting but the question was :

Why do you have to believe in Jesus to be saved?

Jesus, Yeshua,swers all questions on eternal truth.

Do you meditate on the Word. Have you not kept in your heart the teaching that we should not judge by appearances but with right judgment?

Have you never read and meditated on the teaching that some peple are disobeient by God's will?

Have you studied and meditated on the writing tht some pagans are obedient by their own nature with their own conssciences accusing or excusing them as they act?

God is Love, and He is always just. I do not need to be proven thiis truth for I KNOW by faith.

Yea, she said, " I guess, I just need to get convicted."

I was asked this question and I wasn't sure how to answer, besides the "that's what the Bible says" rebuttal. I'm not sure if there is a thread for this already. I know salvation is believing that Jesus died and resurrected, etc. and repenting but the question was :

Why do you have to believe in Jesus to be saved?

I was asked this question and I wasn't sure how to answer, besides the "that's what the Bible says" rebuttal. I'm not sure if there is a thread for this already. I know salvation is believing that Jesus died and resurrected, etc. and repenting but the question was :

Why do you have to believe in Jesus to be saved?