The Ultimate Consequence of Sin (Genesis 3:19)

The other consequences for sin would be trivial if it weren’t for the ultimate one—death. We can shake our fist at the reality, thick-headedly try to undo it ourselves, try to hide from it as long as possible, or seek the remedy.Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).