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Theology
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The Threefold Blessing
I. Overview of the Threefold Blessing
1. The meaning of the Threefold Blessing
Since the Fivefold Gospel represents the theory and doctrine for our lives of faith,
there is a need for the practice and application of the Fivefold Gospel. A theory
and doctrine without real application is nothing more than that which arises from
table top discussions. The application of the Fivefold Gospel results in the Threefold
Blessing. It does not emphasize any limited aspect of our lives but rather applies
to the complete man: spirit, soul and body. The
Threefold Blessing is a term which encompasses the complete salvation of mankind.
2. The Threefold Fall and the Threefold Blessing
1) The Threefold Fall
Just as God had said, as Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the
knowledge of good and evil, their spirits died (Genesis 2:16,17). The
death of the spirit refers to a state of separation from God. Having moved
from God-centered lives to man-centered lives, they no longer
could live in the Garden of Eden in faith and obedience. Instead, man must live
according to what wisdom He has.
With the fall of Adam and Eve, the land was cursed and thorns and
thistles began growing in the land (Genesis 17,18). Since that time, in
every aspect of man's life, thorns and thistles grow. Although man is attempting
to live a better life through greater development of science, he shakes at the
thought of the thorns of hatred, the thorns of anxiety and fear, thorns of
discouragement and despair, and the thorns of death. These thorns in
homes, society and the world make him shiver and shake with suffering.
With Adam's rebellious sin against God, all of us became destined to
die and return to the earth from whence we came (Genesis 3:19). Death
and illness which drives all men to death approaches us ceaselessly.
2) The Threefold Blessing
The reason which drove Jesus Christ to be persecuted on the cross
was to redeem all our sins and iniquities. When Christ called out, "All
is done," upon the cross, all our sins from the past, present and the
future were cleared and we were made completely sinless and without
shame as we stand in front of our God.
In addition, the Son of God Who is the source of all blessings
carried our curse and shed His blood on the cross and
destroyed the forces of condemnation, to remove from us the thorns of
hatred, anxiety, nervousness, fear and despair, disappointment and
death, guilt and sin. Once done, the fountain of peace and the fountain of blessing
begins to overflow in that person's life.
The physical curse of illness and death which were handed down
through generations after the first sin of Adam were cleansed whole with
no trace. Now, we must base our lives on the redemption of Christ, and claim our right
to health and divine healing. Also, Christians receive the seed of eternal life (I Corinthinas 15:42-45).
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Dr. David Yonggi Cho
Biography