Jesus and Beliefs

Theories like this are quite popular in Progressive Christianity so, in light of these claims, here’s one or two things Jesus said about belief, taken from Logos Bible software.

sense:="to trust in Jesus" INTERSECTS speaker:person:Jesus in ESV

• Jn 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
• Jn 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
• Jn 4:48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.”
• Jn 5:44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
• Jn 6:29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
• Jn 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
• Jn 6:36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.
• Jn 6:40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
• Jn 6:47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.
• Jn 6:64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)
• Jn 7:38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ ”
• Jn 8:45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.
• Jn 8:46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
• Jn 9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
• Jn 10:25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me,
• Jn 10:26 but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep.
• Jn 10:37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me;
• Jn 10:38 but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
• Jn 11:15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
• Jn 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
• Jn 11:26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
• Jn 11:40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?”
• Jn 12:44 And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.
• Jn 12:46 I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
• Jn 13:19 I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he.
• Jn 14:1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
• Jn 14:12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
• Jn 14:29 And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe.
• Jn 16:9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;
• Jn 16:31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?
• Jn 17:20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
• Jn 20:29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

sense:="to believe (trust)" INTERSECTS speaker:person:Jesus in ESV

• Mt 8:13 And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment.
• Mt 9:28 When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”
• Mt 17:20 He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
• Mt 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
• Mt 21:21 And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
• Mt 21:22 And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
• Mt 21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.
• Mk 1:15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
• Mk 4:40 He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?”
• Mk 5:36 But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”
• Mk 9:23 And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”
• Mk 9:42 “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
• Mk 11:22 And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.
• Mk 11:23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.
• Mk 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
• Mk 16:16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
• Mk 16:17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
• Lk 8:12 The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
• Lk 8:13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away.
• Lk 8:50 But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.”
• Lk 11:22 but when one stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted and divides his spoil.
• Jn 1:50 Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”
• Jn 3:12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
• Jn 3:15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
• Jn 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
• Jn 4:21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
• Jn 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
• Jn 5:38 and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent.
• Jn 5:46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me.
• Jn 9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
• Jn 12:36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.
• Jn 14:1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
• Heb 2:13 And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again, “Behold, I and the children God has given me.”

To be clear, not all of them are about believing in Jesus, but... Well, read them for yourself.