_John 3:18‐20_—“_He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved_”; _5:40_—“_ye will not come to me, that ye may have life_”; _16:8, 9_—“_And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin ... of sin, because they believe not on me_”; _Rev. 2:21_—“_she willed not to repent._” Notice that the Revised Version very frequently substitutes the voluntary and active terms “disobedience” and “disobedient” for the “_unbelief_” and “_unbelieving_” of the Authorized Version,—as in _Rom. 15:31_; _Heb. 3:18; 4:6, 11; 11:31_. See Park, Discourses, 45, 46. Savages do not know that they are responsible for their physical appetites, or that there is any right and wrong in matters of sense, until they come under the influence of Christianity. In like manner, even men of science can declare that the intellectual sphere has no part in man’s probation, and that we are no more responsible for our opinions and beliefs than we are for the color of our skin. But faith is not a merely intellectual act,—the affections and will give it quality. There is no moral quality in the belief that 2 + 2 = 4, because we can not help that belief. But in believing on Christ there is moral quality, because there is the element of choice. Indeed it may be questioned, whether, in every judgment upon moral things, there is not an act of will.