The Lord says this in the Doctrine and Covenants, Section 88: 'That which breaketh a law, and abideth not by law, but seeketh to become a law unto itself, and willeth to abide in sin, and altogether abideth in sin, cannot be sanctified by law, neither by mercy, justice, nor judgement.

Therefore, they must remain filthy still.' "Now, keeping in mind that sin is the straying from the one straight, progressive path, let us consider this expression: 'The wages of sin is death'.

This leads us to the question: what is death?
Do you remember what Drummond says?
He first explains in a most interesting way what life is, using the scientist's phrasing.

A human being, for instance, is in direct contact with all about him--earth, air, sun, other human beings, etc.

In biological language he is said to be 'in correspondence with his environment,' and by virtue of this correspondence is said to be alive.