Jude 20

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on
your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

1). “But ye, beloved, building up yourselves
on your most holy faith,…”

a. building [2026 * epoikodomeo; epi-upon; oikodomeo-to build] [Zodhiates: To build
upon, to erect a super structure.]

b. Epoikodomeo
is a derivative of the Greek word oikodomeo
which is used for the word “edifieth” in 1 Corinthians 14:4. “He that speaketh
in an unknown tongue edifieth himself.”

c. Kenneth Hagin, Why Tongues, “In writing to
the church at Corinth, Paul encouraged them to continue that practice of
speaking with other tongues in their worship of God and in their prayer lives
as a means of spiritual edification. Greek language scholars tell us that we
have a word in our modern vernacular which is closer to the meaning of the
original than the word “edified”. That word is “charge” as used in connection
with charging a battery. Therefore we could paraphrase this verse, “He that
speaketh in an unknown tongue edifies, charges, builds himself up like a
battery….Praying in tongues stimulates faith and helps us learn to trust God
more fully.”

2. “…praying in the Holy Ghost,”

a. In 1 Corinthians 14:21 is a quotation by
the Apostle Paul of a passage in Isaiah 28:11, 12 that Paul writes was a
prophetic reference to speaking in tongues.

b. Isaiah 28:11, 12 “For with stammering lips
and another tongue will he speak to this people.

To whom he said, this is the rest wherewith
ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not
hear.”

c. The Hebrew definitions of some of the
words in these two verses are very enlightening in view of the fact this was a
prophetic reference to speaking or praying in tongues.

1). rest [1^st ] [4496 * menuwehah]
[Strongs: repose or peacefully…an abode, comfortable, ease, quiet, rest.]

2). weary [5889 * ayeph] [Strongs: lanquid,
faint, thirsty].

3). rest [2^nd] [5117 * nuwach]
[Strongs:to rest, i.e., settle down.] [Gesenius: to cause to rest.]

4). refreshing [4774 * marqeah] [Strongs:
rest, refreshing.] [Gesenius: a tranquil habitation.]

d. Comparing the Hebrew definitions in Isaiah
28:11, 12 with what the Scriptures declare in 1 Corinthians 14:4 about what
happens when I speak in tongues to God or pray in tongues to God is clear. As I
pray in tongues I am building myself up and within that building up or charging
up myself, I will receive rest and refreshing.

e. The added benefit as Jude 20 declares, it
will build me up or edify me and stir me to stand on my faith. I won’t get faith
by praying in tongues, because faith comes from the word, but it will stir me
to stand on my faith.

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About Don Costello

Name, Don Costello. I live outside Cincinnati Ohio in a city called Batavia. I am 58 years old, married with 5 children. I have been a born again  Christian since November 10th 1976. Some people like to fish or hunt, but my passion is studying God’s word and writing about it.

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