For example, one could cheat on their wife and then find the result of the action is them being left – thus they are broken by it. Now that is not what we would call ‘life’ or ‘living’ – rather we would call that ‘broken-ness’ or ‘pain’. But after a while that problem can be worked and possibly even see the cheated come back and allow full redemption to the perp.

Now someone can commit a more serious crime – like murder – and the resultant action will be someone is dead – which cause for some too much pain to bear – so they develop serious problems in life. That’s not exactly living either – that’s dying on some level. Some even go so far as to ‘off themselves’ for the amount of guilt they uncover in themselves. There is not really a true way to find forgiveness for this act – since the other party is gone from the scene and cannot answer back. And from there we see the true depth of the pain that results in one (also they see the family and what not).

Sin does lead to death – of this I am so sure I can literally bet on the effects certain sins will have on people – since I have seen it so many times. To me, death is a consequence of sin and it happens in the here and now on some level (if not altogether).