Th conclusion of Lesson 22: What other said about Prayer (Part 1)

The conclusion of Lesson 22: What Others Said about Prayer (Part 1) What Jude Said About prayer: Jude also said something about prayer that is enlightening and helpful .(Jude 20- 21) "But You, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." Jude's teaching here agree with what Paul said to the church at Corinth: "For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth. . .," And "He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself. . ." (1 Corinthians 14:4) the word "edify" means to build up. Praying in an unknown tongue edifies or build up the believer. You could say it is a means of "spiritual muscle building." Jude didn't say praying in the Holy Spirit would build up your faith. He said, ". . . Building up yourselves on your most holy faith. . ." It's foolish to take a text out of its setting and tried to prove something with it. We shouldn't try to make a verse say something that doesn't agree with the rest of the passage. We must interpret the verse in the light of the whole passage. We must study it in context, putting all the verses together. Then one first will help and modify the other and they will fit together. (Romans 10:17) tells us how to build up our faith. "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." We built up our faith through the study of God's Word. Then through prayer in tongues or in our understanding we bill up ourselves spiritually on the faith we already have. We can build spiritual muscle tone into our every day lives as we are edify through praying in the Spirit. ". . . The effectual prayer of a righteous man avail it's much" (James 5:16).