2102.—"According to His Work."
By S.
Will the Bible sanction the paying an efficient or learned man more wages than the inefficient and unlearned? James 2:3; Prov. 28:21. S. The way God will reward His children is "every man according to his work." This is taught in the parable of the pounds and the talents, Luke 19; Matthew 25. To him that hath faithfully used his talent God gave the talent of the man who had buried it in the earth; and He lays down this principle, "For unto every one that hath [that is, that has employed his talent] shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that hath not [used his talent], even that which he hath shall be taken away." It certainly would be showing respect to persons to pay a worthless, idle man as much as one who was earnest, faithful, and devoted. It would seem as if the idle fellow himself, if he had justice in his heart, could see that.