Ceased From His Own Works Hebrews 4:10

“There remains” “a rest to the people of God” according to the writer of Hebrews for those who have received the “rest” of which Jesus spoke, and in chapter four and verse ten of Hebrews we see how the person who has “entered into his rest” has “ceased from his own works” where we read:

For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

The verse begins, “For he that is entered into his rest,...” The writer began with the words, “For he that is entered” which means “even, indeed, no doubt, seeing then and therefore the one who has gone in and arisen” “into his rest” which refers to “God's calm and quiet through His Son Jesus Christ”. The writer references the person who has already “entered into” the “rest” that God provided.

The verse continues, “ ...he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.” The writer added, “he also has ceased” which means “the person has made quiet, restrain and cause to desist”, “from his own” or “their own” “works” which means “business, employment and that which any one is occupied”, “as God” which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit” “did from his” or “God was separated from, departed and fled from His works”. On the seventh day of creation, God rested, and those who have received Jesus Christ's “rest” have “ceased” from theirs.

When we consider these words in Hebrews, we see the benefit of those who have “entered into God's rest” - they “stop” their own “works” to accomplish salvation. Jesus already paid the price for our sins, and when we “enter into” His “rest”, we no longer have to “work” to be saved which would never be effective anyway. We only have to believe in the finished work of Jesus Christ. This should be attractive to everyone who understands this idea. God “ceased” from creating on the seventh day, and we may be like Him and “cease” from our “works” to be saved as well.

Next time we see the writer challenge us to “labor therefore to enter into that rest”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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