TRUE FAMILY VALUES MINISTRY
BIBLICAL BASED DIVINE PRINCIPLE SEMINAR
SESSION 1 God’s Original Ideal
SESSION 2 What Went Wrong
SESSION 3 Ideal Marriage and Family
SESSION 4 Restoration of Marriage & Family
SESSION 5 Blessing of Marriage
Session 1
GOD’S ORIGINAL IDEAL
WHAT WAS GOD’S ORIGINAL IDEAL FOR MANKIND?
WHAT WAS GOD’S ORIGINAL IDEAL FOR MANKIND?
Let’s turn to the scripture
After the creation
of all things, God created Adam and Eve in His image
WHAT WAS GOD’S ORIGINAL IDEAL FOR MANKIND?
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
— Genesis 1:27
Let’s turn to the scripture
After the creation
of all things, God created Adam and Eve in His image
THEN GOD GAVE ADAM AND EVE THE RESPONSIBILITY:
TO FULFILL THE
THREE GREAT BLESSINGS
THEN GOD GAVE ADAM AND EVE THE RESPONSIBILITY
TO FULFILL THE
THREE GREAT BLESSINGS
“Then God blessed them, and God said to them, be fruitful, and multiply; fill the earth, and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
— Genesis 1:28
THE THREE GREAT BLESSINGS
The 2nd BLESSING
MULTIPLY
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
The 1st BLESSING
BE FRUITFUL
THE PURPOSE OF LIFE
GOD’S PLAN: THE THREE GREAT BLESSINGS
FRUITFUL — MATURITY
MULTIPLY — FAMILY
DOMINION — WORLD
The 1st BLESSING
BE FRUITFUL
“Then God blessed them, and God said to them,
be fruitful…”
— Genesis 1:28
The 1st BLESSING
BE FRUITFUL
The 1st BLESSING
BE FRUITFUL
FRUITFUL — MATURITY
“Humankind has been longing for maturity. We have to know why man and woman had to wait to become mature before having a family.
It is necessary because our ability to love requires a period of growth…”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
The 1st BLESSING
BE FRUITFUL
“A person who is mature is fully ripe and is in a state of perfection. It doesn’t mean never to make a mistake of mathematical or technical error.
It means to have a mature heart of love and live for the sake of others. Perfection is a result of natural growth free from sin. This is the meaning of the blessing to ‘be fruitful.’”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
The 1st BLESSING
BE FRUITFUL
JESUS SAID
WE HAVE
TO BECOME
PERFECT
“You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
— Matthew 5:48 (ESV)
JESUS SAID
WE HAVE
TO BECOME
PERFECT
FRUITFUL = MATURITY = INDIVIDUAL PERFECTION
INDIVIDUAL PERFECTION
Mind and Body Become One
Becoming Mature in Character and Heart
Becoming One with God
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Mind and Body Become One
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Words and deeds become one
“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only…”
— James 1:22 NKJV
Mind and Body Become One
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Words and deeds become one
“… let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.”
— 1 John 3:18 ESV
Mind and Body Become One
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Words and deeds become one
“Not everyone who says to me, ’Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
— Matthew 7:21 ESV
Mind and Body Become One
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Words and deeds become one
“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love… — 2 Peter 1:5-7(ESV)
Mind and Body Become One
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Words and deeds become one
…For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” — 2 Peter 1:8 (ESV)
Mind and Body Become One
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
“The perfect individual is one in whom the mind and body are completely one through the eternal giving and receiving of love having matured according to the form of love that God originally created.
A person maturing through love is like a bud growing into fruit.”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Blessing and Ideal Family
Mind and Body Become One
INDIVIDUAL PERFECTION
“If a person reaches the state of eternal mind and body unity, he or she can see and understand the whole world. There all of heaven and earth resonate. When our body resonates in perfect unity with a perfect mind, we can connect to everything…”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Mind and Body Become One
INDIVIDUAL PERFECTION
“…We can even hear the sound of the universe moving. In proportion to that sound, our laughter bursts forth and our joy explodes. When we arrive on that plane, we can connect infinitely to that superlative power, the power of the ideal of creation.”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Mind and Body Become One
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Becoming Mature in Character and Heart
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Jesus said we are to love God and love our neighbors as ourselves.
Becoming Mature in Character and Heart
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law? Jesus replied, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
— Matthew 22:36-40
Becoming Mature in Character and Heart
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
“But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven…”
— Matthew 5:44-45
Becoming Mature in Character and Heart
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
“ Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “ Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “ I tell you, not seven times, but seventy times seven.”
— Matthew 18:22
Becoming Mature in Character and Heart
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
“Sacrificial love is to give and forget how much one has given. God has been giving and sacrificing for humankind, then forgetting how much He gave, how much He sacrificed. This is why Jesus said, “when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.” ( Matthew 6:3)…”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Becoming Mature in Character and Heart
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
“ …If you give expecting something in return, you are not a real owner of love. If you give and then forget how much you gave, you can be a central person of love.”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Becoming Mature in Character and Heart
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
“To walk the path of love, you need to serve and sacrifice for others. Without serving and sacrificing, your love cannot grow. Although you may have a capacity to love that rates of ten, if you sacrifice and serve, that capacity can grow to one hundred, one thousand, even ten thousand.”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Becoming Mature in Character and Heart
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Becoming One
with God
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Becoming One
with God
Jesus said He and His Father are one
“I and my Father are one.”
— John 10:30
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Becoming One
with God
Jesus said He and His Father are one
“Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.”
— John 14:10
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Becoming One
with God
Jesus said He was one with His Father and we are to become one with His Father also.
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Jesus said He was one with
His Father and we are to become one with His Father also.
“At that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in Me, and I in you.”
— John 14:20
Becoming One
with God
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Jesus said He was one with His Father and we are to become one with His Father also.
“That all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me, and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”
— John 17:21
Becoming One
with God
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Jesus said He was one with His Father and we are to become one with His Father also.
“ Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”
— 1 Corinthians 3:16
Becoming One
with God
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Jesus said He was one with His Father and we are to become one with His Father also.
“I said, “You are gods, And all of you are children of the Most High.”
— Psalm 82:6
Becoming One
with God
INDIVIDUAL
PERFECTION
Jesus said He was one with His Father and we are to become one with His Father also.
“ Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods” ? “If He called them ‘gods’, to whom the word of God came - and the scripture cannot be set aside-what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why
then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son?
— John 10:34-36 (NIV)
Becoming One
with God
INDIVIDUAL PERFECTION
Mind and Body Become One
Becoming Mature in Character and Heart
Becoming One with God
Jesus fulfilled the first Blessing by achieving perfection.
The 1st BLESSING
BE FRUITFUL
Jesus fulfilled the first Blessing by achieving perfection.
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.”
— Colossians 1:15
The 1st BLESSING
BE FRUITFUL
“Jesus said that He and God were one body. Furthermore, he was the Son of God – specifically, the only begotten Son.”
“Jesus is the Son of God simply because he was perfectly united with God in will and in heart…"
- Rev. Sun Myung Moon
The 1st BLESSING
BE FRUITFUL
“… Because of that oneness Jesus Christ could willingly die for the rest of the world.
How can you become the true sons and daughters of Christ? By becoming perfectly one with Christ, one with his spirit and one with his heart.”
- Rev. Sun Myung Moon
The 1st BLESSING
BE FRUITFUL
The 1st BLESSING
BE FRUITFUL
Jesus himself had to grow to become perfect by being obedient
The 1st BLESSING
BE FRUITFUL
Jesus himself had to grow to become perfect by being obedient
“Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him….”
— Hebrews 5:8-9 (NKJV)
The 1st BLESSING
BE BRUITFUL
Jesus himself had to grow to become perfect by being obedient
“And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and Man.”
— Luke 2:52
The 1st BLESSING
BE FRUITFUL
Jesus himself had to grow to become perfect by being obedient
“And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him.”
— Luke 2:40 (KJV)
JESUS IS ASKING US TO BECOME FRUITFUL ALSO
JESUS IS ASKING US TO BECOME FRUITFUL ALSO
“To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His Throne.”
— Revelation 3: 21
JESUS IS ASKING US TO BECOME FRUITFUL ALSO
“For Whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.”
— Roman 8:29
The 1st BLESSING
BE FRUITFUL
FRUITFUL — MATURITY
The 2nd BLESSING
MULTIPLY
“Then God blessed them, and God said to them, be fruitful, and multiply…”
— Genesis 1:28
The 2nd BLESSING
MULTIPLY
MULTIPLY — FAMILY
The 2nd BLESSING
MULTIPLY
The 2nd BLESSING
MULTIPLY
God created every being in a pair system in His image
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
— Genesis 1: 27
The 2nd BLESSING
MULTIPLY
God created every being in a pair system in His image
Therefore, a man and a woman are to come together to complete God’s image
We marry in order to resemble
God. God exists as a being of dual characteristics. Thus, husband and wife… together more fully reflect God’s original nature…
Why do we marry?
Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon
The 2nd BLESSING
MULTIPLY
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
— Gen 2:24
The 2nd BLESSING
MULTIPLY
“‘Haven’t you read,’ he replied ‘that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female, and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh?
So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.’” — Matthew 19:4-6 (NIV)
The 2nd BLESSING
MULTIPLY
A fully mature man and a fully mature woman will become husband and wife after having received the blessing of marriage from God, becomes the true image of God, have children and establishes God’s lineage of generations.
The 2nd BLESSING
MULTIPLY
“When they became 16, 17 or 18, Adam and Eve would naturally start caring about the opposite sex.
Just as when flowers bloom and man and woman are intoxicated by their fragrance, when they reached adolescence, Adam and Eve began to think about the opposite sex.”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
The 2nd BLESSING
MULTIPLY
“In the heart of man, there is a woman whom God loves, and in the heart of this woman who is man’s object partner, there is also a man loved by God.
When they come to praise each other, God will watch and feel happy and the whole creation will also feel joy.”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
MULTIPLY — FAMILY
The 2nd BLESSING
MULTIPLY
Society
Nation
World
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
“Then God blessed them, and God said to them…have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
— Genesis 1:28
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
DOMINION – WORLD
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
“Perfected man and Perfected woman will have dominion over all creation including Angels with the love and the principle with which God created all creation.
Perfected man and Perfected woman will become the owner of the Universe and return joy to God.”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
“The third blessing is that human beings should create the kingdom of heaven on earth, where they would not experience any inconvenience or lack amid the environment that God bestowed upon them…” — Rev. Sun Myung Moon
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
… God, who is the Original Being of true love, created human beings as His object partners of true love. He wanted them to become perfected beings of true love, realize the ideal of true love as husband and wife, and create the environment of the kingdom of heaven.”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
God’s Kingdom
“Your Kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth, as it is in heaven.”
— Matt 6:10
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
God’s Desired Ideal World
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
The World
God’s dwelling Place,
One Family under God
God’s Desired Ideal World
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
The World
God’s dwelling Place,
One Family under God
Science
Advances for God’s Ideal World
God’s Desired Ideal World
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
God’s Desired Ideal World
The World
God’s dwelling Place,
One Family under God
Science
Advances for God’s Ideal World
Food
All families will have enough food
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
Creation
Taken care of by God’s family with God’s
love and God’s principle
God’s Desired Ideal World
The World
God’s dwelling Place,
One Family under God
Science
Advances for God’s Ideal World
Food
All families will have enough food
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
Creation
Taken care of by God’s family with God’s love and God’s principle
Wealth
All families will have prosperity and happiness.
God’s Desired Ideal World
The World
God’s dwelling Place,
One Family under God
Science
Advances for God’s Ideal World
Food
All families will have enough food
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
Creation
Taken care of by God’s family with God’s love and God’s principle
Wealth
All families will have prosperity and happiness.
Communication
Message of goodness, beauty and truth
God’s Desired Ideal World
The World
God’s dwelling Place,
One Family under God
Science
Advances for God’s Ideal World
Food
All families will have enough food
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
Creation
Taken care of by God’s family with God’s love and God’s principle
Wealth
All families will have prosperity and happiness.
Communication
Message of goodness, beauty and truth
Government
God’s families will govern with goodness and righteousness.
God’s Desired Ideal World
The World
God’s dwelling Place,
One Family under God
Science
Advances for God’s Ideal World
Food
All families will have enough food
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
Creation
Taken care of by God’s family with God’s love
and God’s principle
Wealth
All families will have prosperity and happiness.
Communication
Message of goodness, beauty and truth
Government
God’s families will govern with goodness and righteousness.
Economy
Advances for God’s Ideal World for all families
God’s Desired Ideal World
The World
God’s dwelling Place,
One Family under God
Science
Advances for God’s Ideal World
Food
All families will have enough food
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
Wealth
All families will have prosperity and happiness.
Communication
Message of goodness, beauty and truth
Government
God’s families will govern with goodness and righteousness.
Economy
Advances for God’s Ideal World for all families
Art
Gives joy to God and humanity through expression of love and beauty
God’s Desired Ideal World
The World
God’s dwelling Place,
One Family under God
Science
Advances for God’s Ideal World
Food
All families will have enough food
Creation
Taken care of by God’s family with God’s love and God’s principle
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
God’s Kingdom
“ If Adam and Eve had become God’s embodiments, He would have dwelt within their hearts, reigning over earth and heaven , the physical world and the spirit world….
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
The 3rd BLESSING
HAVE DOMINION
God’s Kingdom
“ … The sovereignty would have been not only God’s but also Adam and Eve’s. Hence, they would have expanded God’s kingdom – the kingdom of peace – on earth.”
— Rev. Sun Myung Moon
THE PURPOSE OF LIFE
GOD’S PLAN: THE THREE GREAT BLESSINGS
FRUITFUL — MATURITY
MULTIPLY — FAMILY
DOMINION — WORLD
TRUE FAMILY VALUES MINISTRY
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
Q1 What does Be Fruitful mean to you as an individual?
Q2 How can you be fruitful in our daily lives?
Q3 What God has joined together let man not separate. What does it mean?
Q4 How do you learn to love your enemies?
Q5 How do you return joy to God?
SESSION 2 Ideal Marriage and Family
SESSION 3 What Went Wrong
SESSION 4 Restoration of Marriage & Family
SESSION 5 Blessing of Marriage