Word of the day : Helpmeet

Helpmeet is not a word.

Help and meet are two words.

In Genesis 2, Eve is referred to as an help for Adam. The word "meet" is used as an adjective. An adjective is a word used to describe a noun. The kind of help God desired for Adam is one that would meet him in the sense of matching him. Obviously, none of the beast of the field and fowl of the air and cattle matched Adam.

An other man, a woman man, was required to meet him as an help.

So if you use the terms properly, you either will reverse the order of the terms as "meet help" which shows the word 'meet' as an adjective, which it is, or you will include the other two words in the Bible text "for him".

Repentance

Repentance :

2 Timothy 2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

Repentance is “acknowledging of the truth” or at least is the change of mind “to the acknowledging of the truth”. This is obviously a change of mind and turning from deceit to the truth.

Acts 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

1 Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

Repentance in Acts 26:20 and 1 Thessalonians 1:9 could be explained two different ways.

1. If you say that the “and” in “repent and turn to God” is a connector of the same thing or two names of the same thing, as in “God and Father” from 2 Corinthians 11:31; Ephesians 1:3; Ephesians 4:6; and 1 Peter 1:3, then you would define the meaning of repent as turning to God from idols. Obviously, there would be a change of mind before the turning to God.

2. If you say that “repent and turn to God” are different, repentance would still be the change of mind before the turning to God. Then the ‘action’ produced is the turning to God.

To say that repentance produces a change of action implies a requirement of continual action or works.

It is much better to say that the one thing that true repentance produces is the one act of turning from idols and deceit to God and the acknowledging of the truth before believing on Jesus Christ.

Acts 20:21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Manner of Paul

 1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
 3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
 4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
 5  But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
 6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
 7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
 8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
 9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. [Acts 17:1-10]

Paul, A Pattern for Christians : 

(1 Corinthians 4:6; 11:1; 1 Timothy 1:16)

Paul's Manner is described as :

1. Reasoning out of the scriptures (Acts 17:2)

2. Opening and Alleging the scriptures (Acts 17:3)

3. Preaching Jesus Christ (Acts 17:3)

4. "Turned the world upside down" (Acts 17:6)

5. "Declare unto you all the counsel of God" (Acts 20:27)

6. Preached his conversion experience (Acts 22)

7. Lived in all good conscience before God (Acts 23:1)

8. "Believing all things which are written" in the Bible. (Acts 24:14 says, "written in the law and in the prophets". Paul believed the scriptures that God provided for him. To follow his example, you believe the scriptures that God provided for you, the Authorized King James Bible.)

9. He believed God (Acts 27:25)

10. He was everywhere spoken against (Acts 28:22)

11. "Teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ" (Acts 28:31)

12. "With all confidence" (Acts 28:31)

13. "A servant of Jesus Christ" (Romans 1:1)

14. Unconcerned about man's judgment (1 Corinthians 4:3-4)

15. Follower of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1)

16. Contemptible and rude in speech, yet not in knowledge (2 Corinthians 10:10; 11:6)

17. Not a man pleaser (Galatians 1:10)

18. "Crucified with Christ" (Galatians 2:20)

19. Boldly told the truth (Galatians 4:16)

20. "Set for the defence of the gospel" (Philippians 1:17)

21. "Praying always" (Colossians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 3:10; Philemon 1:4)

22. "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." (2 Timothy 4:7)

When a man follows Paul, "as his manner was", there are seven things that happen (see beginning text):

1. Some will believe and consort with him.

2. Others will not believe.

3. Non believers are filled with envy.

4. They gather a company of lewd fellows.

5. They set people on an uproar.

6. They accuse Bible believers of turning the world upside down.

7. Bible believers are called a sect or cult and are everywhere spoken against.