Profitably Comparing Christian Experience

I. Grace can work wonders where we least expect it to
a. Grace is for all of us.
b. Dedication results in right order and association.

II. Gracious endowments do not guarantee gracious maturity.
a. It is a real character that is suggested here by way of contrast.
b. Comparing without commanding can help us.
c. That they have real love here is not in question.

III. Supreme motives are needed for ordinary tasks.
a. Count your many graces and trace them to their source.
b. There was no poverty like His poverty.
IV. Right comparison results in an active disposition.
a. It is critical to remember the people of God in need-with money if we have it.
b. More than Money is in question: What about the Vins?