Why do people think they have to believe in Jesus

@Agent EXCELLENT verse.

@Agent Another...

“How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him …?”Hebrews 2:3.

@Emosaur why does it have to be the Abrahamic god. Why not just a Creator

@Emosaur Creator

@Emosaur far from hopeless my friend. Why don't you substitute for the work Creator instead of saying Abrahamic god as a cop out

@Emosaur stop avoiding the point

@Emosaur Why the Abrahamic god?

@Axeroberts
The Abrahamic God is the conception of God that remains a common feature of all Abrahamic beliefs. The Abrahamic God isconceived of as eternal, omnipotent, omniscient and as the creator of the universe. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all recognize Abraham as their first prophet. We call Judaism, Christianity and Islam the Abrahamic faiths because all trace their origins to Abraham, the first man called to a specific covenant by God.

@LadyGrace I know what it refers to but why not just a nondenominational Creator. Just a Being who created it all without any scripture associated with it.

@Emosaur A rose by any other name..

@Axeroberts
Excellent question. Because God did not want us to believe that religion can save us. Look at all the trouble and suffering that Jesus went through so that he could save us. Why would he want religions to take credit for salvation? He alone deserves recognition and praise for his great work of Salvation to save mankind. Jesus never said to follow Jewish tradition or Lutheran tradition or Baptist tradition or Catholic tradition, etc. That would imply that one could work for their salvation and God said that's not possible because man cannot save himself from his own sins. It takes a perfect sacrifice for sin and that's why God appointed Jesus as Savior of the world because he is both perfect and sinless. The only one worthy enough to forgive us of our sins. God was also specific about who could save us. That's why he just didn't say a creator can save us. He named him and called him Savior of the world, to make sure he could be easily identified and there would be no mistake who got appointed to be savior of the world. His son, Jesus. God didn't want us guessing at such an important decision as where we go after we die and what happens to our souls. Because once you cross over there's no changing that. Once you're dead you cannot come back alive here on Earth. God said that's not possible and there's no such thing as reincarnation, so we have to get it right the first time. God wanted to make sure that we knew how to have salvation. The very best way to do that, was to send His Son Jesus, down to earth so he could minister to the people and tell them exactly what they needed to know, in order to go to heaven. God did not entrust this mission to anyone else. God appointed Jesus as Savior. But Jesus was not forced to save us from our sins. Because of His great love for us, he volunteered to do so.

If you have any other questions, I'll be glad to answer them tomorrow. I can barely see the words on the screen. Have a good day or evening, wherever you are in the world. Haha

@Axeroberts Also, if God would have just said the Creator will save you, that's very vague and that would mean different things to different people. But by being specific and naming the name of Jesus, God was sure to let us know in whom we could find Salvation. He said their salvation and no other name under heaven. And in the end, God said that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord.