76, McCormick). We will have a better understanding of our action that we have made knowing that the wrongful action is sin. It is our decision to do what is right. When we have that personal decision to make, if we keep making the same horrible offense to God, and continually make the mistakes over and over, does this make the wrongful action of sin addictive? .
When we think of the word addictive we assume it is something that we need to attend a "meeting" for, like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). This is the same process that people face when the action of sin they are doing is making them feel less of a person to God. According to McCormick, "In sin we struggle to supplant God, aspiring, as the addict does, to an impossible perfection and driven by delusions of grandiosity. A core element of both sin and addiction is the refusal to accept our own limitations and our own imperfections" (pp. 161, McCormick). When we keep on making the wrongful decisions before God, we do not want to come to terms that we have imperfections. If we know our imperfections and keep on repeating this action, is this an addictive action? Once we have figured out the imperfection, we as humans need to take the time to gather our thoughts and think about how this imperfection causes us to react. Is this something that God our Father wants us to be doing? We need to come to terms with our self when we commit a wrongful action which offends God, and we need to come to terms with the wrongful action and take steps to not let this keep on occurring. .
When we make the decision to sin, does this action serve as a punishment? According to Peter Shoonenberg, "It is not God who punishes sin, but sin punishes itself" (pp.63, Shoonenberg). Even though sin is an action that offenses God, God does not punish us for our wrongdoings. In the last part of the quote, it says "sin punishes itself".
