| We invite discussion on this article via email at Philosophy@ShofarPartners.com and examine below some of the comments we have received. |
| We live in an era of grace and not under the law. |
| The removal of the requirements of the law by the grace of the Lord clearly applies to salvation (Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith…) as it is otherwise humanly impossible. However the non-ceremonial parts of the law are not only our guide but expanded by Jesus in His teachings. You can clearly see this in the Sermon on the Mount. For example Matthew 5:21-22 expands “You shall not murder” to acts of the heart and does not remove the liability of the act of murder. |
| The law defines for us what sin is so we may be guided in how we live. We are not given free license to sin at will. (Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?) |
| We often grant mercy to violations of the law for specific acts, however mercy is not license. Mercy also does not remove guilt; it simply does not apply the liability for guilt. |
| The payday requirement has not been repealed in the New Testament, but expanded as we have shown. Clearly when guided by love rather than law, employers will follow these commands. |
| It is an accepted agreement between employer and employee |
| The idea that this is simply done by agreement implies that the employee had a choice. How reasonable is it for a perspective employee to ask for the employer to pay them daily? The employee’s choice is to take the job under the terms or find another job. This is not a negotiated agreement, but culturally defined. |
| The employer must decide that daily pay is the Lord’s command and implement it. The employee has little impact on this decision. |
