For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Ver. 10. From his own works] From the servile works of sin, Psalms 18:23. These are our own works. As a lie is the devil's own, John 8:44, "When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own;" so when we do evil, we work de nostro et secundum hominem, 1 Corinthians 3:3. It is as impossible for us naturally to do good as for a toad to spit cordials.
Verse Hebrews 4:10. _FOR HE THAT IS ENTERED INTO HIS REST_] The man who has believed in Christ Jesus has entered into his rest; the state of happiness which he has provided, and which is the forerunne...
FOR HE THAT IS ENTERED INTO REST - That is, the man who is so happy as to reach heaven, will enjoy a rest similar to what God had when he finished the work of creation. It will be: (1)A cessation fro...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. What the rest of God is (Hebrews 4:1)_ 2. The power of the Word of God (Hebrews 4:12) Hebrews 4:1 “Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into His rest, any on...
HEBREWS 4:1 continues the exposition of Psalms 95. The writer has already dealt with the warning contained therein; now he shows that this very warning implies a promise. In declaring that His rest is...
THE REST WE DARE NOT MISS (Hebrews 4:1-10)...
It is true that the promise which offers entry into the rest of God still remains for us; but beware lest any of you be adjudged to have missed it. It is indeed true that we have had the good news pre...
CEASED. rested, as Hebrews 4:4. OWN. Omit. HIS. Add "own"....
_For he that is entered into his rest_ This is not a special reference to Christ, but to any faithful Christian who rests from his labours. The verse is merely an explanation of the newly-introduced t...
CH. 4. CONTINUED EXHORTATION TO EMBRACE THE YET OPEN OFFER OF GOD’S REST (1–13). EXHORTATION FOUNDED ON THE HIGH PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST (14–16)...
CONTINUED EXHORTATION TO EMBRACE THE YET OPEN OFFER OF GOD’S REST...
Ὁ ΓᾺΡ ΕἸΣΕΛΘῺΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. This is not a special reference to Christ, but to any faithful Christian who rests from his labours. The verse is merely an explanation of the newly-introduced term “Sabbath-rest...
_GREAT MOTIVATION FOR SERVING GOD -- HEBREWS 4:9-13:_ We must take heed to live our lives by the word of God, or doctrine of Jesus Christ. The gospel will quickly find you out if you are guilty of dis...
ΕΊΣΕΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΕΊΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1525) входить, ΚΑΤΈΠΑΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΠΑΎΩ (G2664) покоиться, прекращать. ΊΔΙΟΣ (G2398) собственный....
HATH CEASED— _Hath rested._...
_Conclusions from the above premises. Hebrews 4:9-10_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 4:9-10 Hebrews 4:9 There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God....
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO JOSHUA. (Hebrews 4:3-10) There has been so much confusion in the minds of commentators, so many conflicting interpretations of Hebrews 4 in the past, that we deem it the more neces...
For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. FOR - Justifying Hebrews 4:9. HE THAT IS ENTERED - whosoever once enters. HIS REST - God's re...
7 The Hebrew of Psa_95:7-11 reads ''as at Meribah" and "the day of Massah", and the passage refers to the twentieth of Numbers. The quotation substitutes their meanings. Meribah is "contention," or "b...
THE SUPREMACY OF CHRIST. The OT. itself testifies to His supremacy as God's Son over its own chief personages: (a) first the angels, through whom the Jews believed that creation had been effected and...
JESUS CHRIST, GIVER OR THE PROMISED REST, AND HIGH PRIEST TO BEING MEN TO GOD 1-13. Israel through unbelief failed to enter into the promised rest. The rest, therefore, remains open and a promise of...
HIS REST] i.e. God's rest: 12. QUICK, AND POWERFUL] RV 'living, and active.' It does not die when uttered, but continues vital and operative, and, like a sharp sword, penetrates to the inmost recesses...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 WARNING TO OBEY 3:7-4:2 4V1 The same promise of entering the place of God's rest is still there for us. We should be afraid that some...
INTO HIS REST. — That is, _into God’s rest._ HATH CEASED. — Rather, _hath rested from his works as God did from His own_ (works). This verse is added to explain and justify the reference to a “sabbath...
CHAPTER III. FUNDAMENTAL ONENESS OF THE DISPENSATIONS. Hebrews 3:1 - Hebrews 4:13 (R.V.). "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High-priest of our conf...
to Hebrews 4:13. Chapter s 3 and 4 as far as Hebrews 3:13, form one paragraph. The purpose of the writer in this passage, as in the whole Epistle, is to encourage his readers in their allegiance to Ch...
THE REST THAT JOSHUA COULD NOT GIVE Hebrews 4:1 The good news of Canaan's rest was preached to Israel but availed nothing, because the hearers were destitute of faith. They said, _Can God_ ? instead...
The picture of the whole generation who perished in the wilderness is brought to mind, and the question is, What did they lack, and why did they perish? They did not lack the message of "good tidings....
PURSUING GOD'S REST Then, over and above the types of rest found under the old covenant, there remains a promise of God's rest for those who are obedient (Hebrews 4:9-10). This rest was spoken of by J...
(c) For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his. (c) As God rested the seventh day, so must we rest from our works, that is, from those things...
(4) Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. (2) For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the w...
The epistle to the Hebrews differs in some important respects from all those which have been before us; so much so that many have questioned whether it be the writing of the apostle Paul, of Apollos,...
10._For he that is entered into his rest, _or, _For he who has rested, etc. _This is a definition of that perpetual Sabbath in which there is the highest felicity, when there will be a likeness betwee...
The apostle goes on to apply this part of Israel's history to those whom he was addressing, laying stress on two points:1st, That Israel had failed of entering into rest, through unbelief; 2nd, That t...
FOR HE THAT IS ENTERED INTO HIS REST, c] This is to be understood not of believers, nor of their entrance into the Gospel rest, or into eternal rest, but of the Lord Jesus Christ for a single person i...
῾Ο γὰρ εἰσελθὼν εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὐτὸς κατέπαυσεν ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ, ὥσπερ ἀπὸ τῶν ἰδίων ὁ Θεός. There is no difficulty in these words, nor difference in the translation of them. Hebr...
HEB. 4:10. FOR HE THAT IS ENTERED INTO HIS REST, HE ALSO HATH CEASED FROM HIS OWN WORKS, AS GOD (DID) FROM HIS. Earlier in the sermon series on the Sabbath, Edwards goes into a deeper discussion of...
_For_ that rest of which we were speaking, may properly be called a sabbatical rest, or the celebration of a sabbath; for _he that_ hath _entered into_ this _his_ final and complete _rest, hath ceased...
HIS REST; in heaven. HATH CEASED; from his work on earth. AS GOD; ceased from his work of creation on the first Sabbath. God's method of salvation was not designed, and is not adapted to encourage i...
FOR HE THAT IS ENTERED INTO HIS REST, HE ALSO HATH CEASED FROM HIS OWN WORKS, AS GOD DID FROM HIS. The fact that all the works of God, including the eternal rest in the mansions above, were finished f...
The rest remaining to the people of God:...
"Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it." This admonition is a continuation of Ch. 3. The promise has been left us,...
1-10 The privileges we have under the gospel, are greater than any had under the law of Moses, though the same gospel for substance was preached under both Testaments. There have been in all ages man...
This proveth the foregoing consequence of a rest remaining, from the nature of a true rest, which is a resting from all labours, which the Israelites did not in Canaan, therefore it is yet to come. Fo...
Hebrews 4:10 For G1063 entered G1525 (G5631) G1519 His G846 rest G2663 has G2664 himself G846 also...
Hebrews 4:10. FOR HE THAT IS ENTERED INTO HIS REST, HE ALSO HATH CEASED FROM HIS WORKS, JUST AS GOD RESTED FROM HIS; _i.e,_ say some (Owen, Wardlaw, Ebrard), as Christ is entered into His rest, so als...
Hebrews 4:1-11. TO understand the force of the reasoning of these verses, and the naturalness of the different interpretations of the Psalm which the Apostle is explaining, note that ‘ MY REST ' is pr...
AS GOD DID FROM HIS (ωσπερ απο των ιδιων ο θεος). It is not cessation of work, but rather of the weariness and pain in toil. The writer pictures salvation as God's rest which man is to share and Go...
Hebrews 4:9 Entrance into God's Rest. We have here: I. The Divine rest: "He hath ceased from his own works, as God did from His." (1) Rest belongs necessarily to the Divine nature. It is the deep tr...
Hebrews 4:1 Fear and Rest. I. The worldly man neither fears nor loves God. He sometimes imagines he loves God, because he is not afraid, because he is not awed by the holy majesty of God, and does no...
Hebrews 4:1. _Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest any of you should seem to come short of it._ Not only dread coming short, but dread the very appearance of...
CONTENTS: The better rest for the believer. The perfect work of redemption. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, David. CONCLUSION: The privileges by Christ under the Gospel are far greater than those enjoyed un...
Hebrews 4:1. _Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it._ This caution is repeated from the preseding chapter, but the r...
WILL REST FROM HIS OWN WORKS. In other words, God's people will not go in and rest until their time of testing and suffering is completed. Compare Revelation 14:13....
_He that is entered into His rest_ ENTRANCE INTO GOD’S REST We lose much of the meaning of this passage by our superficial habit of transferring it to a future state. The ground of the mistake is in...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 4:1 Continuing to use Psalms 95:1, the author focuses on the word “rest.” The section makes most sense if the rest is understood as having begun but still awaiting completion.
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 4:8 FOR IF JOSHUA HAD GIVEN THEM REST. One could conceivably argue that the “rest” that the exodus generation sought was their entrance into the Promised Land. However, that en...
SOUL-REST _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THIS chapter should not have been separated from the previous one, as it is a continuation of the hortatory passage. There is, however, a break in the treat...
EXPOSITION A REST STILL OFFERED TO CHRISTIANS. HEBREWS 4:1 LET US FEAR, THEREFORE, LEST, A PROMISE BEING STILL LEFT OF ENTERING INTO HIS REST, ANY ONE OF YOU SHOULD SEEM TO HAVE COME SHORT. This ve...
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it (Hebrews 4:1). As you look at your own heart tonight, is it at rest? Have you...
1 Peter 4:1; 1 Peter 4:2; Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 10:12; Hebrews 4:3;...
Only in such a Sabbath - rest is found the counterpart of God's rest on the seventh day. For he that is entered into his rest [ο γ α ρ ε ι σ ε λ θ ω ν ε ι ς τ η ν κ α τ α π α υ σ ι ν α υ τ ο υ]. Whoev...
LET US Hebrews 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Every book in the Bible is correlated with every other book. The Bible is a perfect whole. No book can be taken away without its unity and continuity being bro...
For they do not yet so rest. Therefore a fuller rest remains for them....
Into the spiritual heavenly rest, mentioned in the foregoing verse, the believer is said to have entered, in this verse; and this is done two ways, initially, inchoatively, and imperfectly in this lif...