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What<00:12:27.039><c> an</c><00:12:27.320><c> incredible</c><00:12:27.759><c> gift.</c>

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Right?

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Now<00:14:57.559><c> we</c><00:14:57.740><c> stand</c><00:14:58.039><c> here</c><00:14:58.299><c> today</c><00:14:58.519><c> in</c><00:14:58.799><c> belief,</c><00:14:59.120><c> but</c><00:14:59.259><c> remember</c><00:14:59.440><c> the</c>

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children<00:14:59.940><c> of</c><00:15:00.139><c> Israel</c><00:15:00.879><c> were</c><00:15:01.419><c> put</c><00:15:01.600><c> to</c><00:15:01.840><c> death</c><00:15:02.139><c> for</c><00:15:02.620><c> unbelief</c><00:15:03.480><c> in</c>

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carcasses,<00:15:24.840><c> Abram</c><00:15:25.100><c> drove</c><00:15:25.419><c> them</c><00:15:25.639><c> away.</c>

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Now<00:15:28.399><c> I'm</c><00:15:28.840><c> not</c><00:15:29.019><c> exactly</c><00:15:29.299><c> sure</c><00:15:29.600><c> what</c><00:15:29.740><c> that</c><00:15:30.039><c> means,</c><00:15:30.299><c> but</c><00:15:30.399><c> the</c><00:15:30.659><c> fowls,</c><00:15:31.320><c> these</c><00:15:31.519><c> are</c>

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birds<00:15:31.899><c> of</c><00:15:32.179><c> prey.</c>

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Abram,<00:16:45.639><c> fear</c><00:16:45.940><c> not,</c><00:16:46.200><c> I</c><00:16:46.519><c> am</c><00:16:46.759><c> thy</c><00:16:47.000><c> shield</c><00:16:47.740><c> and</c><00:16:48.399><c> thy</c><00:16:48.740><c> exceedingly</c>

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great<00:16:49.860><c> reward.</c>

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Sodom,<00:16:53.860><c> the</c><00:16:53.940><c> king</c><00:16:54.100><c> of</c><00:16:54.299><c> Sodom</c><00:16:54.539><c> comes</c><00:16:54.759><c> and</c><00:16:55.039><c> offers</c><00:16:55.240><c> them</c><00:16:55.419><c> all</c>

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the<00:16:55.919><c> goods.</c>

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You<00:16:56.240><c> take</c><00:16:56.480><c> everything.</c><00:16:57.100><c> Take</c><00:16:57.419><c> all</c><00:16:57.700><c> the</c><00:16:57.860><c> wealth</c><00:16:58.080><c> of</c><00:16:58.279><c> the</c><00:16:58.419><c> world.</c>

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He's<00:17:06.019><c> telling</c><00:17:06.240><c> that</c><00:17:06.480><c> to</c><00:17:06.619><c> us.</c>

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I<00:17:11.359><c> am</c><00:17:11.839><c> your</c><00:17:12.099><c> exceedingly</c><00:17:12.779><c> great</c><00:17:13.660><c> reward.</c>

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Brothers<00:17:17.019><c> and</c><00:17:17.339><c> sisters,</c><00:17:17.619><c> God's</c><00:17:18.180><c> desire</c><00:17:18.660><c> for</c><00:17:18.839><c> us</c><00:17:19.039><c> to</c><00:17:19.200><c> be</c><00:17:19.319><c> in</c><00:17:19.420><c> his</c><00:17:19.720><c> kingdom</c><00:17:20.180><c> is</c>

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greater<00:17:21.319><c> than</c><00:17:21.799><c> our</c><00:17:22.099><c> weakness.</c>

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And<00:17:24.140><c> through</c><00:17:24.279><c> the</c><00:17:24.559><c> sacrifice</c><00:17:25.039><c> of</c><00:17:25.259><c> his</c><00:17:25.480><c> son</c><00:17:25.660><c> that</c><00:17:25.839><c> we</c><00:17:26.079><c> remember</c>

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this<00:17:26.720><c> morning,</c>

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we<00:17:28.579><c> become</c><00:17:28.960><c> heirs</c><00:17:29.500><c> to</c><00:17:29.740><c> those</c><00:17:30.019><c> incredible</c><00:17:30.640><c> promises.</c>

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And<00:17:34.319><c> we</c><00:17:34.539><c> wait</c><00:17:34.680><c> for</c><00:17:34.920><c> his</c><00:17:35.140><c> soon</c><00:17:35.380><c> return</c><00:17:35.940><c> to</c><00:17:36.700><c> bring</c><00:17:36.880><c> about</c><00:17:37.200><c> the</c><00:17:37.460><c> glory</c><00:17:37.720><c> of</c>

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God's<00:17:38.279><c> great</c><00:17:38.440><c> kingdom.</c>