The Screeech and Thud   vv. 1-6

• Deadly Strategy #1:  Confusion

• Deadly Strategy #2:  Presumption

• Deadly Strategy #3:  Ambition

The Cost:

• Robs Us of Our Innocence  vv. 7

• Ruins Our Intimacy with God  vv. 8-10

• Wrecks Our Relationship with Others   vv. 11-13; 16

• Destroys Our Enjoyment of God’s Gifts  vv.  16 - 24

The Hope

• Evil Will Not Win  vv. 15

• A Curse Deflected  vv.  17 

Take Home Idea:    Sin is costly, but through His mercy, God has provided hope.