Because sin is a barrier between the person and God, he or she is separated from fellowship with God. The ability to respond spiritually is absent, the ability to do good, impaired. We follow Adam s and Eve s example when we deny personal responsibility for our acts. Sin manifests itself as a preoccupation with self. The sinner s world shrinks until it consists only of himself and his desires.
Sin creates an insatiable appetite that leaves one continually in a state of unfulfillment.
The end result is jadedness, taedium vitae . Authority puts limits on the ego, limits that are not welcome. They are our enemies.