Don Hooton, writing in Christianity Magazine, said, sin “is not a mere violation of civil law, for which we ought to be arrested; nor a violation of communal standards of right and wrong; nor simply some harm done to others. It is a treacherous act against God, springing from a heart of rebellion. Sin is of the devil (Jn. 3:8); the unthinkable choice of self above God, an overt act of the ego.” Nothing man has ever dealt with is as treacherous as sin. Every malady in the world is traced back to it.