Reply To: Schar in proportion to potential

Another thing to consider – what is the other possibility – the one that appeals to your sense of fairness and justice? Surely what the position DY and myself are taking is correct:

You receive reward for every Mitzvoh and you are punished for every Aveirah. Therefore, simple mathematics dictates that one who performs more Mitzvos will receive more schar. What difference can it make whether you were given the opportunity to perform the Mitzvah? (The difference will be in the punishment for not keeping it, but not in the reward for doing it!)