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to a problem. This may seem like an unusual definition at first, but let us take a closer look at the reasons for sins such as lying, killing, stealing, committing adultery, Sabbath-breaking, and idol worship. Why, for example, does one person kill another? In most cas es the victim has become a problem to the killer (excluding cas

es of outright psychopaths). In some way the victim is seen as either threatening, depriving, or frustrating to the killer to the point where the latter chooses a course of action to

D EFINITION OF SIN : a humanly devised solution to a problem.

solve the problem by removing the cause completely. Similarly, people try to solve their problems through telling lies, stealing, and a myriad of other sinful ways. They can think of no better way to solve their problems. The crux of the matter is that every human solution rejects God as the Problem Solver. This effectively puts us in God’s place, while at the same time it actually cuts off our connection with Him. Therefore, we need to use every opportunity for prayer and study in order to gain the most powerful conviction of God’s position as our Source, Plan Maker, Burden Bearer, and Problem Solver. As we learn to trust and rest in Him more and more, we will be preserved from the awful loss, wretchedness, and ultimate death that arises out of human self-sufficiency. Our real foe, self-sufficiency, disperses the more we realize the infinite capacity and love of our omnipotent eternal Father. He knows full well the disastrous consequences that will befall us if we forget that He is our Creator and only Source of sustenance, and if we then attempt to usurp His position. To save us from such a terrible mistake, He has provided every facility necessa ry to give us a true understanding of our position relative to His, and to keep this distinction clearly in our minds and hearts. Day by day our heavenly Father provides for all our needs, of ten before we are even aware of them. He teaches us to trust in The Need for the Sabbath