COMPARISONS
J. Richard Chase
As Christians, we ought to be profoundly thankful that our salva tion by Jesus Christ is above and beyond any real comparison. It does not need subtle sophistry to reveal its true importance. We might even compare salvation to some of the astounding things in the world today and still clearly recognize the wonder of God's love toward us. For instance, let us compare education with salvation. I am firmly convinced that education can achieve outstanding results; and, yet, it fails to measure up to our incomparable salvation in Christ. An indication of what education can do may be clearly seen in the life of a skilled surgeon. We are constantly amazed at what a com petent surgeon can do by way of transplanting organs. Kidney trans-
Comparison is one of the time- honored methods of distinguishing between two or more ideas or ob jects. We are all familiar with the TV and radio ads that point out the superiority of a given razor blade over that of its competitors. Some of you have seen the newspaper advertisement of a car manufac- uurer that readily acknowledges the qualities of some of its com petitors, but then points out the superiority of its own product. If nothing else, this at least makes the advertiser's point quite clear! Interestingly enough, one of the indent manuals on rhetoric deal- ng with comparison, suggests that you compare the item you want to set in a good light with the smallest or poorest item in its class. The object, of course, is to nake yours — by comparison — ook even greater.
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