What, then, is the explanation of these passages? In what way is Christ to _judge_? How is it that he has come into this world for _judgment_? and how has the Father committed _all judgment_ unto the Son? and how, nevertheless, can be say, “_I judge no man; for I came not to judge the world_”? Christ’s coming was simply to do good; to make men better; to save them from their sins; to reveal pardon; to offer salvation; to manifest God’s love. “The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” It is the law, and not the gospel, which judges and condemns the evil-doer. The law given by Moses, or the law given in the conscience, in the reason, in the nature of things, written on the face of nature, written in the soul of man,—this law has not been made more strict by the coming of Christ. Men were bound before, by the law of nature and the law of Moses, to love God with all their heart, and their neighbor as themselves; and they are not bound to do more now. They were bound by nature and reason to obey their conscience, to do the best they could always, and they are not bound to do any more now. The whole influence of the gospel is a bountiful and gracious one, intended and adapted to make it easier to do right, to add new motives to virtue. Christ is no strict, severe judge, deciding by the letter of the law, bound by his office to show no favor or compassion, but the sinner’s advocate and friend. And hence it may truly be said that he came not to judge the world, but to save the world.