Not perfect without us

Heb 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
Heb 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.


Obtained a good report through faith.


Good report...
G3140
martureō
mar-too-reh'-o
From G3144; to be a witness, that is, testify (literally or figuratively): - charge, give [evidence], bear record, have (obtain, of) good (honest) report, be well reported of, testify, give (have) testimony, (be, bear, give, obtain) witness.



Act 10:22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.


Fearing God.


Php 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.


True, honest, just, pure, lovely - things of good report, virtuous, praiseworthy things- THINK on these things.


Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Heb 11:2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.


FAITH.


Heb 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.


Heb 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
Heb 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.


Receiving not the promise, yet believing the promise,
They without US should not be made perfect.


They- the elders. Who were the elders? Who were those spoken about, who without US should not be made perfect?


Able, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sarha, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Rahab, Gedeon, Barak, Samson, Jephthae, David, Samuel, the prophets, the apostles, the martyrs.


They are not perfect without us. Amazing! How is it possible? Enoch was translated to heaven, Moses was taken up to heaven after death, the apostles walked, talked- lived with the Son of God and they are NOT perfect without us.


Heaven is would not be complete without all those who love God. The new world must have ALL those who love God and not leave a single person who loves God out. Only when ALL those who will love God are claimed as His by faith will there be a completeness- a whole, complete body, a perfect bride, a perfect people.


It's not easy to imagine the likes of myself making up the perfection found in Christ, receiving the promise. That's a good thing though, really it is, because I can't believe in myself, I must believe in Christ. Christ is the perfection, Christ is the righteousness and I must believe this- that is faith. Not believing in ME, but believing in the Son of God, my Savior. All those before me who believed, all those before me who have placed their faith in God and all those with me now who have faith and all those after me who have faith will make up the perfection of those brought to life everlasting, taking on perfect immortality.


There will be a perfect day.


Pro 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.


The promise will be received!


Heb 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
Heb 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.


When we are all perfected by Christ that will be perfected, then the promise will be received.


Rev 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.


Make no mistake- there will be the unjust and the just, the filthy and the clean, the unrighteous and the righteous, the unholy and the holy.


People don't want to believe it. They want that Santa Clause God we've talked about before, one that will give good things to the naughty and the nice. Exactly what are parents thinking when they say that Santa doesn't give good gifts to naughty children? The children that are old enough know that they aren't being good and yet they know that regardless of that there will be gifts from Santa, that Santa will ignore their badness, that Santa doesn't ask for anything more than their trying to be good. People want God to be like Santa Clause. They say Santa automatically forgives the badness, and yet the Bible teaches us that we need to ASK for forgiveness, that Christ died to give us unworthy ones forgiveness we can never get on our own. Teaching our children that there is a Santa Clause God who will give us gifts, in fact the greatest gift of all (eternal life) no matter what, as long as we are good or try to be good is a huge mistake. Our goodness will NOT get us the gift of eternal life. And our un-forgiven badness will not be forgiven because we falsely believe Santa Clause God is a big ol' softy. We have an exacting God and the only way to please Him is through His Son. Our having faith in Christ's righteousness, our recognizing our sinfulness, our striving to have quality faith, real faith, our clinging to Christ, our living for Christ- this is what our God desires. God doesn't want a bunch of people that think He's a jolly fellow. God doesn't need people to approve of HIM, to think He's just and good. God IS just and good whether we approve or not. We cannot bend God to our concept of Santa Claus goodness. How disappointed many will be when they wake up too late to realize there is NO Santa Clause god. That the REAL, One and Only True God knows there will be the just and unjust, the good and bad, the holy and unholy, the righteous and unrighteous. That magically all the unjust, the unholy, the unrighteous, and the filthy will NOT be transformed. Read this again….


Rev 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.


HE THAT IS … see that?! HE THAT IS….IS….IS!!!!!! What does that word 'IS' mean? It's the state of a person at that moment, right? He that IS unjust will what? REMAIN unjust. He that IS filthy will remain what? FILTHY! He that is righteous will what? REMAIN righteous! He that is holy will what? REMAIN holy. There is NO he that is unjust will become just, he that is filthy will be come clean, he that is unholy will become holy, he that is unrighteous will be righteous- it doesn't EXIST! There will be NO gift of eternal life given to the unjust, the filthy, the unholy, the unrighteous! Make no mistake that day is FAST approaching when those words will be spoken. That perfect day is coming when all that will be perfect in God, perfect in our Savior will be perfect at long last, a perfection only made so for all those from Able to the last human saved by grace. We can be among those made perfect in Christ. We can be among those who obtain a good report THROUGH FAITH! We can be among those who receive the better thing in Him- by His mercy, His grace, His love, His righteousness, His holiness!


Heb 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
Heb 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.


Amen!