Amen. "I am the vine, you are the branches; apart from me, you can do nothing."

I think you're asserting an incomplete framework. Yes, believe Jesus is great and even more, believe he is God, but also, believe what he says about you, thus making him the implemented core of your identity in the renewal of your mind. John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. When you center your life in Jesus through intimate relationship, you see all things including yourself, from his perspective. And when you love yourself the way he loves you, then you can give other people experiences of the love of God.