Pristhud Ka Shaktiyaan
Aapko apna pavitra pristhud ke istemaal karna aapke parivaaron aur aapke Girjaghar kollings me Prabhu ke kaam ke liye jaruri hai.
Mere pyaare bhaaiyon, humne ek prakat hua goshna suna Pradhaan Russell M. Nelson ke dwara. Humne jaruri suchna vistaar me suna Elders Christofferson aur Rasband aur Pradhan Eyring dwara. Pradhaan Nelson jonchi boli aur aage jon kuch bola jaai, usme vistaar se batai konchi aap, Prabhu ke neta aur pristhud ke rakhe la long, ab karega apan zimmedaari long me. Uspe madat kare ke liye, hume kuch jaruri sidhaath ke fir se dekhe ke padi jon tumaar pristhud se taalluk rakhe.
I. Pristhud
Melchizedek Pristhud u divye adhikaar hai jon Parmeshwar batais hai karo Uske kaam pura kare ke kostin “manushye ko anant jiwan … dilaana hai” (Moses 1:39). 1829 me, Uddhaarkarta ke Devduton Peter, James, aur John ke dwara Joseph Smith aur Oliver Cowdery ke u dewa geis raha (dekhiye D&C 27:12). Iske pavitrata aur shakti hum long ke batawe la shakti se bada hai.
Pristhud ka jo chaabiyaan hai woh shakti deta hai pristhud authority ko istemaal karne ke liye. Isliye, jab Devdut log confer(deis) karis Melchizedek Pristhud Joseph aur Oliver ke upar, ulog uske chaabi bhi dis uske istemaal kare ke (dekhiye D&C 27:12–13). Par sab pristhud chaabi long u samay nahin confer karis raha. Sab keys aur giyan jon jaaruri hai iske liye “samay ke sampurnata la yug” me (D&C 128:18) “niyam par niyam” dewa jaaye(verse 21). Baaki sab chaabi Kirtland Temple me dis saat saal baad (dekhiye D&C 110:11–16). E chaabi diya ge raha Pristhud adhikaar long ke sahi disha me le ke jaye ke liye aur saath me ek kaariye diya ge raha u time, jeise ki mrit long ke liye baptisma.
Melchizedek Pristhud koi padhwi ya lebal nahi hai. Ye divye shakti hai jo bharosa ke taur me tika hai Parmeshwar ke kaam uske ladkan ke ke faeda ke kostin hai. Hum sab ke hardam yaad rakhna chahiye ki jo pristhud hold karta hai woh “pristhud” nahi hai. Yeh theek nahi “pristhud aur auratein” bolna. Hum long ke chaahi bolo “pristhud rakkhe waale aur auratein.”
II. Sewa Ka Ministry
Ab hum sab ko gaur karna chahiye ki Prabhu Ishu Masih kiya chahate hai un log se jis ke paas pristhud hai—kaise hum long sakta Uske paas aatmaaon ke laawe.
Pradhaan Joseph F. Smith sikhais: “Yeh sach kaha ge hai Girjaghar sahi rakam se aayojit hois hai. Yahi ek musibat hai ki i sanstha long nahi jaane u long ke uppar kon jimwaari long hai. Jab u long puri tarah se jaan jaawe u long ke konchi kare ke hai, u long apan kaam achcha se kari, aur Prabhu ke kaam jaada mazboot aur jaada shaktishaali aur prabhaaoshaali rahi duniya me.”1
Pradhaan Smith bhi chetaoni deis raha:
“Parmeshwar-ke-diya hua sammaan ke aodha … Pavitra Pristhud ke kayi offices and orders se taalluk rakhe hai, ke nahi chaahi insaan ke banawal aodha ke rakam istemaal karo ya socho, u dikhawat ke liye nahi hai na to badappan jatawe ke liye hai, parantu ek Swami ke vinamra kaam kare ke kostin hai jiske hum long bolta sewa kare ke. …
“… Hum long aatma ke mukti ke liye mehnat karta hai, aur hum long ke chaahi mehsoos karo ki i hum long ke diya gaya sabse bada karavvye hai. Isliye, hum long ke chaahi dil se sab cheez balidaan kare ke liye tayaar raho,agar zarurat padi, Parmeshwar ke prem ke kostin, manushye me uddhaar ke liye, aur dharti par Parmeshwar ke raajye ke vijay paaye ke liye.”2
III . Pristhud Ke Offices
Prabhu ke Girjaghar me, Melchizedek Pristhud ke offices ke alag alag kaam hai. Doctrine and Covenants me high priests ko “videsh me bikhare hue alag alag stake ke niyukt Pradhaan ya naukar” kehte hai (D&C 124:134). Elders ke “[Prabhu ke] Girjaghar ke wartamaan minister” bole hai (D&C 124:137). Yaha alag alag kaarye pe anye shikshan hai.
Ek high prist dhaarmik kaamo me kaam kare hai aur karwaae hai (dekhiye D&C 107:10, 12). Saath me, jaise Pradhan Joseph F. Smith sikhaais hai, “Jab tak uske ek high prist niyukt kara ge, [uske] chaahi mehsoos karo ki uske zimmedaari hai … purane aur yuva ke aage uddharan bane hai, aur khud ko dhaarmikta ke ek shikshak bane ke kostin apne aap ke sahi rakhe ke padi, na keval ek aagyake kostin balki ek sahi udharan ke kostin—yuth log ke umar ka anubhav ka laabh de rahe hai, aur is prakaar se us samaaj ke beech me ek shakti bana hai jisman u log rehw hai.”3
Elders ka jon duties hai, Elder Bruce R. McConkie jon Bara Devdut ke hai shikhais: “Ek elder Prabhu Ishu Masih ke minister hai. … Uske paas adhikaar hai ki uske jagah me khada hoye sake aur uske Master ke liye … Ki uske bhakto ke sahi raasta pe rakkhe sake. U Prabhu ke aijant hai.”4
Elder McConkie u baat nahi pasand karis ki u “khali ek elder hai.” “Har elder jo is Girjaghar me hai ke paas utna hi Pristhud hai jitna ki i Girjaghar ke Pradhaan ke paas hai … ,” usne kaha. “Ek elder kya hai? U ek shepherd hai, ek shepherd jon Achcha Charwaaha ke baaki sab bhed ke sewa kare hai.”5
Acha charwaaha ke bhed ke dekhbhaal jaaruri hai, Melchizedek Pristhud me high prist aur elder ke office me bahut antar nahi hai. Doctrine and Covenants ke mahaan section 107 me, Parmeshwar ghoshit kare, “Melchizedek Pristhud ke order ke high prists ke paas hak hai apne hi niyukti me kaarye kare ke, adhyakshta ke nirdeshan me, dhaarmik cheezon ke aguwaai me, aur ek elder ke office me bhi[ya Aaronic Priesthood ke offison me]” (D&C 107:10; verse 12bhi dekhiye).
Sabhi pristhud log ke liye sabhi jaruri siddhant Mormon ki Pustak me profat Jacob ne sikhaya. Jab use aur uske bhaai Joseph ko logon ka priest aur teacher niyukt kar dis raha, usne ghoshna kiya, u ghoshna karis, “Aur hum long duno Prabhu ke liye kaam achcha se kara, apan uppar jimwari leke, logon ke paap apan mudh ke uppar leke ki kahi hum long u long ke ekdam achcha se Parmeshwar ke vaani nahi sikhaaya toh” (Jacob 1:19).
Bhaiyo, humare jimidari jeise ki humare paas pristhud hai woh ek gambhir baat hai. Dusara organizations ke sake tasalli hoye sandesho ko pauchane aur unke in kaariyo ko pura karne me likne ke aur alag alag kaam hai. Parantu hum log Parmeshwar ke pristhud hai unke paas divye shakti hai jo Prameshwar ke celestial raajye me ja sakte hai. Hum sab ke paas koi karan hai aur jimidari hai Parmeshwar ke liye Doctrine and Covenants me hai. Hum duniya me prachaar kare sakta hai:
“Har ek admi Parmeshwar Prabhu ke naam se baat kari, Udhaarkarta bhi i duniya ke;
“I biswas bhi dharti me bade sake hai;
“Ki mere anant vachan sthaapit hoi jaawe sake;
“Susamachaar ke jon pracharan sake ek kamzor aur sadharan bhi jan kare duniya ke ant tak” (D&C 1:20–23).
Is divye charge ke liye hume apne Pristhud callings aur jimidari ko “badhane” me wafadaar rahe ke padi (see D&C 84:33). Pradhaan Harold B. Lee ne samjhaya ki Pristhud ko badhane ka kiya matlab hai: “Jab koi Pristhud ka padh sambhalne waala, woh Prabhu ka aijant ban jaye hai. Uske apan kolling ke aise soche ke chaahi jaise u Prabhu ke kaam pe hai. Pristhud ke istemaall(magnify) kare ke yahi matlab hai.”6
Isliye, bhaaiyon, agar Prabhu Khud aapse aapke beto ya betiyo me se ek ki madad karne ke liye puchte to—jo Usne apne naukaro ke madad se kiya—kya tum yeh karoge? Aur agar aap aysa karoge, to kya tum Uske aijant banoge “Prabhu ke kaam kare la,”Uske vaada kiya madad pe bharosa karke?
Pradhaan Lee ne pristhud ke mahima badhane ke baare me shikaya: “Jab aap kisi cheez par magnifying glass se dekte ho to woh cheez badi dekta hai jise aap apne aakho se bhi dekh sakte hai; wahi cheez magnifying glass hai. Ab, … agar koi apne pristhud ko badhata hai—yani, we pahle se jyaada socha tha ki ya sabse jaruri hai aur kisi aur se bhi jyaada socha karis raha u—jis rakam se aap aapne pristhud ke badhane chahate hai.”7
Yaha ek pristhud holder ke ek udaharan hai jo apan pristhud jimidaari pura karta raha. Me ne Idaaho me stake sammelan me apne saathi Elder Jeffrey D. Erekson, se ye suna tha. Jab u ek jawaan shaadi shuda elder, raha, bahut gareeb aur college ke antim varsh ko poora nahi kare paata raha, Jeffrey ne nirnay kiya ki u collge chordi aur ek acha kaam kare lagi. Kuch din baad elders korum pradhaan uske ghare ayis. Elders korum pradhaan ne pucha, “Mere paas jo pristhud ke chaabhi hai kya aap uska mahatwa samajhte hai?” Jab Jeffrey bolis u samajhta raha, pradhaan batais ki jabse u sunis ki i college se baahar hoye mangta raha,Prabhu uske raato bhar tang karta raha ki Jeffrey ke jaao sandesh deo: “Tumaar elders korum ke pradhaan howe ke naate, hum tumme salaah deta ki tum college nahi chodhna. Prabhu ke taraf se i sandesh aap ke liye hai.” Jeffrey skool padhte rahis raha. Kayi saal baad hum usse mila jab u ek safal businessman ban ge raha aur hum suna ki u sab Pristhud holders ke batata raha,“Ki [salaah] se kaise hamaar zindagi sudhris hai.”
Ek pristhud holder kaise apan pristhud ke istemaal karis, aur usse “sab sudhaar ” aais Parmeshwar ke dusra bachcha ke jiwan me.
IV. Parivaar Me Pristhud
Ab tak, hum Girjaghar me Pristhud ke kaarye ke baare me baat karta raha. Ab hum Parivaar me pristhud ke baare me baat karega. Hum chaabhiyon se shuru karega. U siddhaant ki pristhud adhikaar khali uske aguwaai se sake chale jon u kaarye ke liye chaabi rakkhe hai Girjaghar me zaroori hai lekin u parivaar me pristhud adhikaar istamal kare se nahi taalluk rakkhe.8 Ek pita jo pristhud ke adhikaar rakhe hai we apne parivaar me pristhud ke wohi adhikaar ke dwara aguwaai kare hai. Apan parivaar ke sadasyon ke liye koi aur se uske salaah nahi le ke padi aapan pristhud ke chaabhi ke istamaal kare ke liye, jaise parivaar me meeting, sake apne patni aur bacho ke ashrivaad de, ya apan ashirvaad se apan aur dusra ke bhi parivaar theek kare sake.
Yadi pita apne parivaar me apne pristhud ko badhaana chaahate hai, to Girjaghar ke mishan aage badhi jitana kuch bhi kare sake. Pita jiske paas Melchizedek Pristhud hai usko sab aagya ke paalan kare ke padi aur u apan shakti se sake pura parivaar ke ashirvaad de. Pita ke bhi aapne parivaar ke riste ke masbhoot banaye tai parivaar ke sab jan sake aapne pita se ashirvaad le. Aur maata-pita ko parivaar me pristhud ke ashirvaad ke liye prosaahit karaye ke chahi.
Pitaji aapne patiniyo ko “barabar saajihidaar” banana chahi ye, jaise ki humare Parivaar Proclamation shikaye hai.9 Aur pitaaon, jab aap apne pristhud authority ke adhikaar aur shakti ke istamaal karne ke liye utsuk rahete hai, u “chirori karke, sahansheelta se, komalta aur vinamrata ke dwara, aur sachchi pyaar” se karo (D&C 121:41). Pristhud adhikaar ke parivaar me istemaal kare ke liye bahut jaruri hai uncha starr rakhna. Pradhan Harold B. Lee ne Girjaghar se wada kiya jaise hi woh Girjaghar ke Pradhan bane: “kabhi pristhud ka shakti us se acha nahi ho sakta ki aap ke ghar me Ishu ka waas hai, gambhir bimari, ya kuch mahan nirnay kare ke padi. … Pristhud ki shakti me, jo ki Sarvashaktimaan Parmeshwar ki shakti hai, chamatkaar karne ka shakti hai agar Prabhu chaahe, lekin hume us pristhud ke istemaal karne ke liye, hume iske yogye hoye ke padi. I siddhaant ko aap nahi samaj paya tou aap fail hoye giya maha pristhud ke ashirvaad rakkhe se.”10
Mere piyaare bhaaiyon, Pristhud ke pavitrata ke baare me jaada dhyaan dege jo aap ke paas hai Prabhu ke kaam karne ke liye parivaar me aur apne Girjaghar ke callings me.
Hum ye gawahi deta hu ki ye uska pristhud hai. Unke praeshchit kekasht aur balidaan aur punarujjiwan ke maadhyam se, sabhi admi aur aurat ke maransheelta ke aashvaasan mile aur anant jiwan ke mauka mili. Hum sab ke Parmeshwar hum long ke Anant Pita ke mahaan kaarye me biswaasi aur mehnati rehwe ke pati, Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.