1. Have someone read the passage aloud.
2. What were some of the reasons Ryan mentioned for why people kept idols? What purpose did they play in people's lives?
3. Where in the passage do we see the centrality of Laban's idol in his heart and in Rachel's?
4. Think about those things in your life that you hide from everyone. Why do you hide them? What does your attempts to hide them say about your perceptions of yourself, your community, and about God?
5. What is your initial reaction to the awareness that God sees everything, even those things we hide?
6. Why does embracing God's awareness of our hidden idols produce freedom?
Sermon Outline:
1. The things we hide
a. What?
b. Why?
c. How?
d. So What?
2. The God Who sees
a. Keeps watch
b. Maintains justice
c. Inspires fear
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