Prabhu ko Sifaarish ki

Namaskaar, bhaaiyon aur bahano. Hamare Rakshak, Ishu Masih ke shishye ke roop me, main is sammelan ke liye duniya ke sabhi konon se vastutah ikattha hone kee aasha kar raha hoon.

Yeh ek sabse asaamaanye varsh raha hai. Mere liye yah South Africa, Durban me ek pavitr mandir ko Prabhu ko samarpit karane ke liye First Presidency ke ek assignment ke saath shuroo hua. Main imaarat kee mahima ko kabhee nahin bhulunga. Lekin setting se jyaada, main hamesha un logon kee garima(dignity) ko sanjo kar rakhunga jo us pavitr imaarat me pravesh karane ke liye itni achchi tarah taeyaar the. Weh Restoration ke mukut aashirvaad me se ek ka hissa banane ke liye taeyaar ho gae; Prabhu ke ek ghar ka samarpan. Weh Uske aur Uske Atonement ke lie pyaar se bhare dilon ke saath aae. Weh hamare Swarg ke Pita ke liye dhanyavaad ke saath bhare hue the jo pavitr adhyaadesh pradaan karte the jo exaltation tak le jaega. Weh yogye hue.

Mandiron, chaahe weh jahan bhi hai, duniya ke tarikon se upar uthte hain. Duniya ke har Antim-dino Santo mandir - unmen se sabhi 168-anant jeevan me hamare vishvaas aur hamare parivaaron aur hamare Swarg Pita ke saath ise bitaane ki khushi ke liye gawahi ke roop me khade hain. Mandir me upasthit hone se Godhead aur everlasting gospel ki hamari samajh ko badhaega, satye ko jeene aur sikhaane ki hamari pratibaddhata, aur hamare Prabhu aur Rakshak Ishu Masih ke uddharan ka paalan karne ki hamari ichchha.

Girjaghar ke har mandir ke baahar fitting shabd hain,“Prabhu ki Pavitrata.” Mandir Prabhu ka ghar hai aur duniya se ek abhyaaranye(sanctuary) hai. Unki Aatma puri tarah se un logon ko batati hai jo un pavitr divaaron ke bhitar pooja karte hain. Woh aadarsh tay karta hai jiske dwara ham Uske mehmaan ke roop me pravesh karte hain.

Mere sasur, Blaine Twitchell, jo maine sabse achche purushon ko jaana hai, jinhonne mujhe ek mahaan sabak sikhaaya hai. Bahan Rasband aur main use dekhne gae jab weh is duniya ko chodnevaala tha. Jaise hi ham uske kamre me daakhil hue, uska bishop bas nikal raha tha. Jaise hi hamne bishop ka swagaat kiya, mainne socha, “Kya achcha bishop hai. Woh yaha apne ward ke ek wafaadaar sadasye ke liye apni dekhrekh kar raha hai.”

Maine Blaine se kaha, “Kya bishap ke aane se achchha nahin tha.”

Blaine ne mujhe dekha aur javaab diya, “Usse bahut kuch tha. Maine bishop ko aane ke liye kaha kyunki main chahata tha ki mera temple recommend ki sifaarish kare. Main Prabhu ko sifaarish karna chahata hoon” Aur usne kiya!

Woh shabdo, “Prabhu ko sifaarish ki,” mere paas raha gaya. Isne hamare girjaghar ke netaon dvaara niyamit roop se interview kie jaane par ek naya drshtikon rakha hai. Itna mahatvapurn ek mandir ki siphaarish hai ki 1891 ki shuruaat tak, Girjaghar ke President dwara ¹ pratyek mandir ki sifaarish ka samarthan kiya gaya tha.

Yuva ya badhe ke liye, aapke mandir ki sifaarish ki interview hai ki kya karen aur kya na karen. Ek sifaarish ek checklist, ek hall paas, ya vishesh baithane ke liye tikat nahin hai. Iska bahut uchch aur pavitr uddeshye hai. Ek mandir ki siphaarish ke sammaan ke liye arhata praapt karne ke liye, aapko Ishu Masih Ka Girjaghar Antim-dino ke Santo Ka ki shikshaon ke saath sadbhaav me rahana chahie.

Aapke interview me aapko Ishu Masih aur Unke Praeyshchit(Atonement) me apne vyaktigat vishvaas ke baare mein apni aatma ko khojne ka avasar mila hai. Aapke paas restored gospel ki gavahi ko vyakt karne ka ashirvaad hai, un logon ko sastain kare ki aapki ichcha jinhen Prabhu ne Unke Girjaghar ka netrtv karne ke liye kaha hai; susamaachaar ke siddhaant me aapka vishvaas, aapki paarivaarik jimmedaariyon ki purti, imaanadari ke aapke gun, shuddhata, nishtha, aagyaakaarita, Gyan ka Shabd ka palaan, tithing ka niyam, aur Sabbath din ki pavitrata. Weh Ishu Masih aur Unke kaarye ke liye samarpit jeevan ke neev siddhaant hain.

Aapke temple recommend ek gaharee, aadhyaatmik iraada prakat karte hai ki aap Prabhu ke niyamon ko sangharsh paalan karte hai aur Woh jo pyaar karta hai usse pyaar karta hai: vinamrata, namrata, nishta, dayaluta, himmat, karuna, chama karna aur aagyaakaarita. Aur jab aap apna naam us pavitr dastaavej par hastaakshar karte hain, to aap un adarsh ke liye khud ko vachan karte hain.

Aapke temple recommend aapke liye aur dusron ke liye swarg ke dvaar kholti hai, jismen baptisma, endowments, vivaah, aur sealings sahit shaashvat mahatv ke adhikaar aur adhyaadesh hain.

“Prabhu ko sifaarish ki” kiya jaana yah yaad dilaana hai ki vachan rakhnewaale Antim-dinon Sant se kya apeksha ki jaati hai. Mere sasur, Blaine, ne ise us din ki amooly taeyaari ke roop mein dekha jab woh vinamrataa se Prabhu ke saamane khada hota tha.

Sochiyen ki jab Moses ne Mount Horeb par chadhai ki aur Prabhu Jehovah use jalti huee jhaadi mein dikhai diya. Parmeshwar ne usse kaha,“Apne pairon se apne joote utaar do, us jagah ke liye jahaan aap khade hai sabse pavitr jameen hai” ²

Mandir ke dvaar par hamare joote utaarna saansaarik ichchaon ya sukhon se door jaane deta hai jo hamen aadhyaatmik vikaas se vichalit karta hai, un cheejon ko alag karta hai jo hamari anmol nashvarata ko darakinaar karti hain, vivaadaaspad vyavahaar se oopar uthakar pavitr hone ke lie samay maangtee hain.

Pavitra dizain ke dwara, hamara bhautik shareer Parmeshwar ki ek rachna hai, jo aapki aatma ke liye ek mandir hai, aur shraddha ke saath vyavahaar kiya jaana chahiye. Yeh sach hai ki Primary geet ke shabd hain, “Mera shareer ek mandir hai jise sabse badee dekhabhaal ki aavashyakata hai.” ³ Jab Prabhu ne Nephites ko dikhai diya, to Unhonne unhen Pavitra Aatma ke swaagat se pavitr hone ki aagya di, ki weh unke saamne bedaag khade ho sakte hain.” ⁴ “Tumhe kis prakaar ke purush hona chahiye?” Prabhu ne puchha aur phir uttar diya, “Jaise main hoon.” ⁵ “Prabhu ko sifaarish ki,” hone ke liye, ham Unke jaisa banane ka prayaas karte hain.

Mujhe yaad hai ki President Howard W. Hunter ne Church ke 14th Church ke President ke roop mein apne pahale sambodhan mein kaha tha. Usne kaha: “Yah mere dil ki sabse gahari ichcha hai ki girjaghar ke har sadasye ko mandir mein pravesh karne ke yogye banaaya jae. Prabhu ko khush karega agar har adult sadasye yogye hoga-aur vartamaan mandir ki siphaarish karega.” ⁶ Main yeh bhi bolunga ki limited-use recommend hamare kimti yuvaon ke liye ek spasht raasta tay karegi.

President Russell M. Nelson ne President Hunter ke shabdon ko yaad karte hue kaha, “Us din, June 6, 1994 mein, mandir recommend jo ham le jaate hai apane batue mein ek alag vastu ban gae. Isse pahale, yah ek ant ka saadhan tha. Yah mujhe Prabhu ke pavitr ghar mein pravesh karne ki anumati dene ka saadhan tha; lekin baad mein unhonne yah ghoshna ki, yah apne aap mein ek ant ban gaya. Yah Parmeshwar ke ek bhavishyevakta ke aagyaakaarita ka mera billa ban gaya.” ⁷

Yadi aapko abhi tak ek recommend praapt nahin hui hai ya yadi aapki recommend expire ho gai hai, to bishop ke daravaaje par lain karen kyunki shuruaati Sant 1845 aur 1846 mein Nauvoo Temple ke darvaaje par panktibaddh the. ⁸ Mere poorvaj un vafaadaar logon mein se the. Weh apane khoobasoorat shahar ko chhod kar pashchim ki or ja rahe the, lekin ve jaante the ki mandir mein unkee prateeksha karne ke lie pavitr anubhav the. Iowa mein beehad nishaan se Sarah Rich ne likha, “Agar yah us mandir mein hamen vishwaas aur gyaan ke liye nahin diya gaya hota …, to hamari yaatra aisi hoti… jaise andhere mein chalaang lagaana.” ⁹ Yadi ham ko gayaab hai agar ham is jeevan se gujar rahe hain bina mandir ki prerana aur shaanti ka vaada kie hi.

“Prabhu ko Sifaarish ki” banane ke liye ab prakriya shuru karen ki Uski Aatma aapke saath bahutaayat mein hogi aur Uske maanak aapko “vivek ki shaanti” pradaan karenge.” ¹⁰

Aapke yuva neta, elders qoram pradhaan, Relief Society ke pradhaan, aur ministering bhai aur bahan aapko taeyaar karne mein madad karenge, aur aaka bishop ya shaakha adhyaksh aapko pyaar se maargadarshan karega.

Ham aise samay ka anubhav kar rahe hain jab mandiron ko band kar diya gaya hai ya upyog mein seemit kar diya gaya hai. President Nelson aur ham mein se jo Unke paksh mein sewa karte hain, ke liye mandiron ko band karne ka prerit nirnay “dardanaak” aur “chinta ke saath mitaaya gaya” tha. President Nelson ne khud se pucha,“Main Prophet Joseph Smith se kya kahunga? President Thomas S.Monson ko Brigham Young, Wiford Woodruff aur anye Presidents se kya kahunga.?” ¹¹

Ab, ham dhire-dhire aur krtagyata se seemit(limited) paimaane par sealings aur endowments ke liye mandiron ko phir se khol rahe hain.

Haalaanki, mandir mein jaane ke liye yogye nahin hone ke kaaran unhen rokh nahin kiya gaya hai. Mujhe is baat par zor dena chahiye, ki aapke paas mandir hai ya nahin, aapko mojhuda(current) temple recommend rahane ke liye ek vartamaan mandir ki aavashyakata hai.

Pichle saal ke ant mein Bahan Rasband aur Main New Zealand mein yuva ekal adults ke ek bade samooh ke saath asainmant kar rahe the. Mandir mein unki koi aasaan pahunch nahin thee; Hamilton mein ek ka renovation kiya ja raha tha, aur weh abhi bhi Auckland mein mandir ke liye grounbreaking ki intazaar kar rahe the. Haalaanki, mainne mehsoos kiya ki unhen mandir ki sifaarish ko navi karne ya praapt karne ke liye protsaahit karna chaahiye.

Bhale hi weh unhen mandir mein pesh nahin kar pae, lekin weh khud ko Prabhu ke saamne pesh karenge aur Unki sewa karne ke liye taeyaar honge. Ek vartamaan temple recommend ke yogye hone ke naate donon ko virodhi se suraksha hai, kyunki apne apne jeevan ke baare mein Prabhu ke saath ek drdh pratibaddhata banai hai, aur ek vaada kiya hai ki Aatma apke saath rahegi.

Jab ham apne poorvajon(ancestors) ki khoj karte hain aur ordinances ke liye unke naam jama karte hain to ham mandir ka kaam karte hain. Jabki hamare mandir band kar die gae hain, ham abhi bhi apne parivaaron par shodh karne mein saksham hain. Hamare dilon mein Parmeshwar ki Aatma ke saath, ham proxy dwara, unke liye “Prabhu ko Sifaarish ki.”

Jab main Executive Director Temple Department ke roop mein sewarat tha, to mainne aksar President Gordon B. Hinckley ko Prabhu dwara Nauvoo Temple ke baare mein boli jaane vaali is granth ka ullekh karte hue suna: “Mere mandir ke kaam, aur mere dwara niyukt kie gae sabhi kaaryon ko karne do tum par, jaari rakha aur nahin sangharsh; aur apne parishram, aur apni drdhata aur dhaerye aur apne kaamon ko fir se karne do, aur ab tum apna pratiphal kho baithoge, Prabhu ne kaha.” ¹²

Mandir mein hamara kaam hamare anant inaam se bandha hai. Haal hi mein hamko parikshan ke liye rakha gaya hai. Prabhu ne hamen mandiron mein “parishram … drdhata, aur dhaerye” ke saath kaam karne ke liye bulaaya hai.” ¹³ “Prabhu ko sifaarish ki” hone ke liye, ham Unke jaisa banane ka prayaas karte hain. Hamen aagyaon ko nibhaane mein saaodhaan rehna chahiye, apne mandir ki vaachnaon ke prati mein lagataar chahiye, aur unke baare mein Prabhu jo sikha rahe hain uske ehsaanmand rahen, aur dhaerye rakhen jaisi ham mandiron ko unki poornata mein fir se kholae ki pratiksha karte hain.

Jab Prabhu hamare koshishon ko “aur badhana” karne ke liye kahate hain, Weh hamko bata rahe hain ki ham nek mein aage badhae. Uddharan ke liye, ham apne shaastron ke adhyayan, apne parivaar ke itihaas ke anusandhan, aur hamare vishwaas ki prathanaon ka vistaar kar sakte hain ki ham Prabhu ke ghar ke liye apne pyaar ko saajha kar sakte hain, jo vishesh roop se hamare parivaar ke sadasyon ko mandir ki siphaarish praapt karne ki taeyaari kar rahe hain.

Main apko Prabhu Ishu Masih ke ek Apostle ke roop mein vaada karta hoon ki jaise hi aap apne koshisho ko kam karne ko aur badhana hai, aap Parmeshwar Pita aur Ishu Masih ke prati apni bhakti mein nae sire se mehsoos karenge, aap Pavitra Aatma ki ek bahutaayat mehsoos karenge jo apko nirdeshit karenge, aap apni pavitr vaachnaon ke lie abhari rahen, aur aap yah jaankar shaanti mehsoos karenge ki aap “Prabhu ko sifaarish ki” hain. Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.