On the other hand, ideals such as Truth, Love, Right (the Holy Trinity), are constant and eternal. They alone are humanity’s salvation. Unfortunately, most people count the visible world as everything and the invisible world, the world of virtuous thoughts, as nothing. That is to say that most people value and love things which is an exercise in futility. It is a sad substitute for the love people can share with one another. The Bible describes this love of things as being ‘carnal minded’ which is contrasted with ‘heavenly minded’. The book of Isaiah states what I am saying quite nicely in Chapter 5, verse 20 - ‘Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.’ That is to say that all things positive are a blessing. And all things negative are a curse! It says this exactly in Deuteronomy 30: 19 - ‘I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you, life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore, choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live.’
So, the world in total, including human beings, is a dichotomy between something and nothing, positive and negative, mind and body, good and evil, heaven and earth, et cetera. Sin comes into being when people live for things which are lifeless with little or no regard for love, truth, or right, which are part and parcel of Life itself. The story of Sarah and Hagar in Genesis 16: 1-16 is another example of how people exchange right for wrong, the blessing for the curse. Sarah knew that the son who she favored did not have the firstborn’s rights. But that did not stop her. She chose physical gain and prestige over what is right and just. Then she acted on her desires, lying, and conniving to get what she wanted. And that is the way it is with every person. People see something they want; it seems good to them (like the Apple appealed to Eve as described in Genesis 3:6 - three sixes)) and then resort, if they choose, to wrongdoing to get it. The story of Jacob and Esau is another example of this immorality debacle. In fact, there are several stories in the Bible that deal with the subject of how sin comes into being. All depicting the back-and-forth struggle between the side of us that is not physical and the side of us that is. They all say, using play/theatrical form, what James 1:14-15 KJV says in script form (that we are drawn into sin by our own wants and desires).