...for " blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." Nevertheless, the thought is blessed, " and these having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise ; God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." Render my best...

...refers, when he speaks of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthae, David, Samuel, and the prophets, and says, " these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise." What promise? They certainly did inherit the land of promise in which Abraham sojourned. They received...

...saving faith that is there spoken of, as appears by the last verses of the foregoing chapter : " And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise : God having provided some better thing for us, that they, without us, should not be made perfect." Mark i. 15,"...

...that covenant under which they had lived. As it is written of the faithful before Christ — " And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise : God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." * Hence it is...

...wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God ; for he hath prepared for them a city." 39, 40. " And these all having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise ; God having provided some better thing for us, that the; without us should not be made perfect." Original promises...

...saving faith that is there spoken of, as appears by the last verses of the foregoing chapter : '' And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise : God having provided some better thing; for us, that they, without us, should not be made perfect." Mark i. 15,"...

...all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off," and again — " these all having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise, God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not -be made perfect," Heb. xi. 1 3,...

...24). God's word is kept in our hearts by faith and by doing what it says. Hebrews 11: 39-40 says, "And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." The words "and...

...received their deliverance on earth, but they had faith to live, and they possessed faith to die. "And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise." Their resolve was, "We believe our God is able to deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not,...

...life of faith only for Old Testament believers? Not at all. It is for all. 1. THE APPEAL (11:39) "And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise" (11:39). Throughout the entire Old Testament period, believing men and women, no matter what their...