For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
Verse 10. 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 that which God had when he finished the work of creation. It will be (1) a cessation from toil; and (2) it will be a rest similar to that of God--the same kind of enjoyment, the same freedom...
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 that proceed from our corrupt nature.
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...