希伯来书 4:11

11 所 以 ， 我 们 务 必 竭 力 进 入 那 安 息 ， 免 得 有 人 学 那 不 信 从 的 样 子 跌 倒 了 。

希伯来书 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.

希伯来书 4:11 In-Context

9 这 样 看 来 ， 必 另 有 一 安 息 日 的 安 息 为 神 的 子 民 存 留 。

10 因 为 那 进 入 安 息 的 ， 乃 是 歇 了 自 己 的 工 ， 正 如 神 歇 了 他 的 工 一 样 。

11 所 以 ， 我 们 务 必 竭 力 进 入 那 安 息 ， 免 得 有 人 学 那 不 信 从 的 样 子 跌 倒 了 。

12 神 的 道 是 活 泼 的 ， 是 有 功 效 的 ， 比 一 切 两 刃 的 剑 更 快 ， 甚 至 魂 与 灵 ， 骨 节 与 骨 髓 ， 都 能 刺 入 、 剖 开 ， 连 心 中 的 思 念 和 主 意 都 能 辨 明 。

13 并 且 被 造 的 没 有 一 样 在 他 面 前 不 显 然 的 ； 原 来 万 物 在 那 与 我 们 有 关 系 的 主 眼 前 ， 都 是 赤 露 敞 开 的 。