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Right. But that doesn't change the fact that the sin itself was a finite act.

I don't think I follow. What is finite? The act of pouring the milk is finite, but the repercussions of that act continue on into infinity.

Unless you are arguing that existence (or existence as we know it) is finite.

The act of pouring the milk is finite, but the repercussions of that act continue on into infinity.

Right. And we are commanded to not do the act (of adultery, for example). If we violate the commandment, we are punished for that act. It is that act for which we are directly responsible.

If you really want to get technical about it, there is no way that the repercussions of any finite act could become infinite. I think you would agree that the upper end of time is bounded by the end of the world. Suppose the consequences of a particular act propogated exponentially rather than dampening out over time. Even in this extreme scenario, the consequences do not reach infinity. As in mathematics, you can add or multiply as much as you want. You may get a very large finite number, but even such a number is infinitely far from infinity.