Hébreux 4:11

11 Efforçons-nous donc d'entrer dans ce repos, de peur que quelqu'un ne tombe dans une semblable rébellion.

Hébreux 4:11 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 4:11

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest
Not eternal rest; this is not to be entered into now; nor is an entrance into it to be obtained by labour; salvation is not by works; eternal life is a free gift; good works do not go before to prepare heaven for the saints, but follow after: nor is the saints' entrance into it a precarious thing; God has promised it, and provided it for his people; Christ is in the possession of it, and is preparing it for them; and the Spirit of God is working them up for the self same thing, and Christ will give them an abundant entrance into it: but the Gospel rest is here meant, that rest which believers now enter into, and is at this present time for them, ( Hebrews 4:3 Hebrews 4:10 ) and though true believers are entered into it, yet their rest, peace, and joy in Christ, is not full; they enter by degrees into it, and by believing enjoy more of it: and this is to be laboured for by prayer, hearing the word, and attendance on ordinances; and this requires strength, diligence, and industry; and supposes difficulties and discouragements, through the corruptions of the heart, and the temptations of Satan; and this is designed to quicken and awaken a godly jealousy in God's people, over themselves:

lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief;
into the sin of unbelief, and into punishment through it, as the Israelites did; who sinning, their carcasses fell in the wilderness, and they entered not into God's rest, as he swore they should not: true believers may fall into sin, and from a degree of the exercise of grace, and of the steadfastness of the Gospel; but they cannot finally and totally fall away, because they are kept by the power of God; yet they may so fall, as to come short, or at least seem to come short of enjoying the rest and peace of the Gospel state: external professors may fall from the Gospel, and the religion they have professed, and come short of the glory they expected; and fall into just and deserved punishment, in like manner as the unbelieving Israelites did.

Hébreux 4:11 In-Context

9 Il reste donc au peuple de Dieu un repos de sabbat.

10 Car celui qui est entré dans son repos, se repose aussi de ses œuvres, comme Dieu des siennes.

11 Efforçons-nous donc d'entrer dans ce repos, de peur que quelqu'un ne tombe dans une semblable rébellion.

12 Car la parole de Dieu est vivante, et efficace, et plus pénétrante qu'aucune épée à deux tranchants, perçant jusqu'à la division de l'âme et de l'esprit, des jointures et des mœlles, et jugeant des pensées et des intentions du cœur;

13 Et il n'y a aucune créature qui soit cachée devant Lui, mais toutes choses sont nues et entièrement découvertes aux yeux de celui auquel nous devons rendre compte.