together. For all of this goes on in the heart of each one of us. Sin is then first of all disobedience of God. It is doing what we know he wants us not to do, and it is not doing what we know he wants us to do. And it is discontent. It is being dissatisfied with what he has given us. And it is self-deceit. It is longing for an illusory freedom when we can only be free as we obey him. And it is pride. It is thinking that we can run our affairs better than he can. Above all it is rebellion. It is