Getting a "Helper" no longer depends on Eve.

I was just reading a social media post about what it means to be a "help meet".
So I looked up Genesis 2:18.

Genesis 2:18 GNV
Also the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I will make him an help meet for him.

That word "meet" is just another way of saying "suitable". Eve, Adam's wife, was a "help" and that help was suitable (or "meet") for him.

Here it is in other translations:
ESV
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

GW
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is right for him.”

MEV
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helper suitable for him.”

There is no doubt that Jesus upholds the Genesis definition of marriage and that man and woman should honour God's covenant of marriage if they choose to enter it (Matthew 19:4-6). A man and woman should always enter into the marriage covenant with witnesses before they live with each other or engage in sex. Marriage is very important.

But Jesus also made it clear that not all people need to be married. (Matthew 19:12) Marriage is not a prerequisite to being accepted by Christ or even being used to advance His Kingdom. Indeed, the New Covenant seems to make plenty of room of singles to get involved exactly as they are, living alone and set apart to do God's will.

Today, as Christians, we have an even bigger Helper, someone available to us at all times. Singles and married people alike can rely on the Helper who is suitable to guide us into all truth. Unlike Eve, the Holy Spirit cannot be tricked or deceived. He knows all things and is pure and peaceable and only speaks truth. He testifies of Jesus Christ alone. He is God. God is three-in-one, or Triune. The Holy Spirit is distinct from the Father and the Son, yet He is God. The Father and the Word (Son) and the Holy Ghost are One.

 1 John 5:7 1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)

⁷ For there are three, which bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the holy Ghost: and these three are one.

 

We can safely rely upon the Holy Spirit in ways we cannot rely on a marriage partner. Marriage partners fail and sometimes are deceived. But the Holy Spirit is never wrong and He can guide you.

John 14:16-17 New King James Version (NKJV)
16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 
17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.

John 14:16-17 1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever,
17 Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him: for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

This means.... we do not need to get married to have a Helper. That Helper, or Comforter, is the Holy Spirit!
The same Holy Spirit who created all of the universe and made mankind is now here to help YOU, in Jesus name, to live for God and to remind you of His Word. He will live with you and in you FOREVER! How awesome that is! Call on Him today!

John 16:13-14 GNV
13 Howbeit, when he is come which is the spirit of truth, he will lead you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he shall hear, shall he speak, and he will show you the things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.

Romans 8:1 GNV
1 Now then there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, which walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Romans 8:26-28 GNV
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what to pray as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh request for us with sighs, which cannot be expressed.
27 But he that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what is the meaning of the Spirit: for he maketh request for the Saints, according to the will of God.
28 Also we know that all things work together for the best unto them that love God, even to them that are called of his purpose.

2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

You can, as a follower of Jesus Christ, have a Helper meet for you, without marriage! You can have a relationship to Him right now! Call on Jesus as Lord and yield to His Spirit. Seek to please the Spirit of God by faith.

And... Should you choose to get married, then that is great. But just remember your greatest Helper is already here: the Spirit of Jesus Christ!
-CJA

[Sun. May 15, 2016 3:18am EST]