1. In their lifetime the promised Redeemer did not come, yet they OBTAINED the good report--the good doctrine--the good news--they received the gospel of Christ their Savior and believing Christ they received strength by the Spirit even in the most trying circumstances. By faith they not only saw Christ their Savior but they saw something of what he would suffer on their behalf. They saw it in the spotless lamb which died in their place. They saw it in the blood which flowed throughout their generations.

2. And through faith, they obtained another kind of good report--a faithful standing in Christ . A believer is said to be justified by faith in that through God's gift of faith God brings us to believe on Christ alone in whom God has justified us and declared himself just in doing so. Through faith they obtained this good report which God had made toward them in his Son--JUSTIFIED!