The reality of the grace of Christ for sinners is that, once experienced, it overflows toward others.
Grace begets grace.
An individual who professes to have God's love but lacks compassion toward the poor and needy has yet to fully experience what he professes. Clearly, the Scriptures use our treatment of the poor as a gauge for evaluating our relationship with God. This insensitivity comes from two sources. We either are desensitized from seeing so much destitution in the various media, or we are insensitive because of our isolation. Whatever the cause, as Christians we must come to grips with the reality that God sees the poor and cares about their poverty.