Ek Vishwaasbhari Khoj ko Puruskaar mila
Main hum sabhee ko lagaataar Masih mein apna vishwaas nadhne ke liye aamantrit karta hoon, jo un sabhee ke jiwan ko badalna jaaree rakhta hai jo Use dhoondhte hain.
1846 ki shuruat mein, hazaaron pioneer admi, aurat, aur bach pachchim ki taraf Zion ki aur bade. Unke mahaan vishwaas ne unke aseem saahas ko jagaaya. Kahiyo ke liye, vah yatra kabhi pura nahi hua kyunki weh raaste mein guzar gae the. Anye log, badee vipatti ka saamna karte hue, vishwaas mein aage badhe.
Unke kaaran se, peedhiyon baad, mere parivaar ne Ishu Masih ke sachche susmachaar kee aasheeshon ka aanand liya.
Ek aur yuvak kee tarah, main 14 saal ka tha jab maine dharm aur meri vishwaas par savaal uthaana shuroo kiya. Main apne ghar ke paas ek aur sampradaay ke girjaghar mein gaya, lekin mujhe kaee alag-alag girjagharon mein jaane kee ichchha mehsoos hui.
Ek dopahar, maine dekha ki do yuvak gahre rang ke suits aur saphed shirt mein mere padosee ke ghar mein pravesh kar rahe hain. Ye yuvako log—khaas lag rahe the.
Agle din mein apne padosi se mila, Leonor Lopez, aur un doh admi ke baare mein pucha. Leonor ne samjhaaya ki ve antim-dinon ke santon ke Ishu Masih ka Girjaghar Antim-dino ke Santo ka ke liye missionaries the. Usne khushi-khushi mujhe bataaya ki uske parivaar ne ek saal pahale Girjaghar mein bapatisma liya tha. Mere dilchaspi ko dekhte hue, Leonor ne mujhe missionaries se milne aur Girjaghar ke baare mein jaanane ke liye aamantrit kiya.
Doh din baad, Mein Lopez ke pariwaar ke saath missionaries se milna shuru kiya. Unlogo ne apna jaan pahechaan bataya, jaise ki Elder John Messerly Ogden, Utah se, aur Elder Christopher Osorio Walnut Creek, California se. Mein unhe kahi nahi bhulunga.
Kyunki main kewal 14 varsh ka tha, Elder Messerly ne zor dekar kaha ki hum apne ghar ke bagal mein jaen taaki meri maa ko pata chal sake ki ve mujhe kya sikha rahe hain. Vahaan, unhone krpaapoorvak samjhaaya ki ve Ishu Masih ke baare mein ek sandesh baatne aae the aur unse mujhe sikhaane kee anumati maangee. Maa ne manzoori dee aur mein bhi unke seekh mein shaamil ho gaya.
Missionaries pahele Leonor ko prarthana karne ko kaha. Isane mujhe bahut gaharaee se chua kyunki usakee prarthana yaad kiye jaane kee punaraavrtti nahin thee shabd lekin usake dil se ek abhivyakti. Mujhe laga ki vah sachamuch apne Swarg ke Pita se baat kar rahee thee.
Phir missionaries ne humme Ishu Masih ke vishay mein sikhlaya. Unhonne usaka ek chitr dikhaaya jisane mujhe prabhaavit kiya kyunki yah punarjeevit, jiwit Masih ka chitr tha.
Unhonne jaaree rakha, hamen sikhaate hue ki kaise Ishu ne praacheen kaal mein Apne Girjaghar kee sthaapana kee, jisamen unake saath barah Apostle prerit shaamil the. Unhonne hamen Dharmatyaag(Apostasy) ke baare mein sikhaaya—kaise satye aur Masih ka adhikaar Uske Apostle kee mrtyu ke baad prthvee se le liya gaya tha.
Unhonne hamen Joseph Smith naam ke ek 14-varsheey ladake ke baare mein bataaya, jo 1800 ke dashak kee shuruaat, mein sachchaee kee talaash mein vibhinn girjagharon mein gaya tha. Jaise-jaise samay beetata gaya, Joseph aur bhee bhramit hota gaya. Bible mein padhne ke baad ki hum gyaan ke liye “Parmeshwar se puch sakte hain”1 , Joseph, vishwaas mein kaarye karte hue, pedon ke ek grove mein prarthna karne aur puchne ke liye sevaanivrtt hue ki unhen kis girjaghar mein shaamil hona chaahiye.
Missionaries mein se ek ne Joseph ke vrttaant ko padha ki prarthna ke samay kya hua tha:
“Joseph ne kaha ki wah vastav mein uske sir par aate prakash ka ek santabh dekha, jo surya ki tulnaa mein ujaala tha, jo dhire-dhire utra jab tak yah us par gir gaya.
“… Jab ujala mere upar chamak gaya tab maine do Shreshth purush dekhe, jinka chamak aur jalwa saare varnan se alag the, woh hawaa mein upar khade the. Unmen se ek ne mujh se baat kee, mujhe naam se pukaara aur dusre kee or ishaara karte hue kaha—Ye Mera Iklauta Putra Hai. Uske Suno!”2
Lesson ke dauraan, Aatma ne kai baar gawahi dee.
Sabse pahale, Parmeshwar Apne sabhee bachchon kee sachchee prarthnaon ko sunta hai, aur swarg sabhi ke liye khula hai—kewal kuch hee ke liye nahi.
Dusra, Pita Parmeshwar, Ishu Masih, aur Pavitra Aatma teen alag-alag praanee hain, jo Apne uddeshy mein ekjut hain “amarta aur anant jiwan ko paar karne ke liye.”3
Teesra, humlog Parmeshwar ke svaroop mein bane hain. Hamare Swarg ke Pita aur unke putr, Ishu Masih ke paas hamare jaise maans aur haddiyon ke shareer hain, lekin Weh mahima se bhare hue aur siddh hain, aur Pavitr Aatma ka ek vyaktitv hai.4
Chauta, Joseph Smith ke maadhyam se, Ishu Masih ne Apne susmaachaar aur sachche Girjaghar ko prthvee par punarsthaapit kiya. 2,000 (do hazaar) saal pahale Masih ke Apostles ko diya gaya adhikaar vahee priesthood hai jo Peter, James aur John dwara Joseph Smith aur Oliver Cowdery diya gaya tha.5
Akhir mein, humne Ishu Masih ke ek aur niyam ke baare mein seekha: Mormon Dharamshaastra. Pracheen prophets dwaara likhit, yah un logon ke baare mein bataata hai jo Ishu ke janm se pahale, uske dauraan aur baad mein Americas mein rahate the. Isse hum seekhte hain ki ve kaise Masih ko jaante the, pyaar karte the aur uskee pooja karte the, jo unhen punarjeevit Uddhaarkarta ke roop mein prakat hua tha.
Jab maine unhen Uddhaarkarta kee ghoshna ke baare mein seekha to Pavitra Aatma ne mujhe gaharaee se prerit kiya: “Dekho, main Ishu Masih hoon, jiskee gawahi prophets ne dee hai vah jagat mein aa jaega.”6
Missionaries ne humen Mormon Dharamshaastra ki ek apni copy dee. Humne Mormon Dharamshastra ke ant mein mile nimantran ko padha aur swikaar kiya, jismen likha hai:
“Aur jab tumhe yeh baatein praapt hogi tab main tumhe saodhaan karunga ki tum Parmeshwar Anant Pita, se Masih ke naam par pucho ki kya yeh baatein satye nahi hai; aur agar tum sachchey dil se aur sachchi abhilaasha se, Masih mein vishwaas karke puchoge, tab wah Pavitra Aatma ki shakti dwara tum par sachchaai spasht karega.
“Aur tum Pavitra Aatma ki shakti dwara sab baaton ki sachchaai jaanoge.”7
Lagbhag 45 varsh ho gae jab Maa au mujhe paheli baar kushi aur taakat jo Masih par vishwaas karne se milta hai. Yah unke Masih mein vishwaas ke kaaran tha ki Lopez parivaar ne mere saath apna naya vishwaas baata tha. Yah Masih mein unke vishwaas ke kaaran tha ki in donon mishanariyon ne meree maa aur mujhe khojne ke liye sanyukt raajy United States mein apna ghar chod diya. Yah in sabhee priy mitron ka vishwaas tha jisne humme vishwaas ka ek raee ka beej boya tha jo tab se anant aasheervaad ke ek shaktishaalee vrksh ke roop mein viksit hua hai.
In dhanye varshon ke dauraan, jaisa ki President Russell M. Nelson ne ghoshna kee, hum jaante hain: “Jiwan mein sab kuch achchha hai—sanaatan mahatv ka har sambhaavit aasheervaad—vishwaas se shuru hota hai. Parmeshwar ko maoka dena humare zindagi me jeetne ke liye is vishwaas se shuru hota hai ki Woh humein raah dikhaane ke liye taeyaar hai. Sachcha pashchataap is vishwaas se shuru hota hai ki Ishu Masih ke paas shakti hai hum logon ko saaf, changaa, aur mazboot karne ki.”8
Main hum sabhee ko lagaataar Masih mein apna vishwaas badhaane ke liye aamantrit karta hoon, jisne meree pyaaree maa aur mere jiwan ko badal diya hai aur un sabhi ke jeevan ko badalna jaaree rakha hai jo use dhoondhte hain. Main jaanta hoon ki Joseph Smith Punahsthaapna ke prophet hain, ki President Nelson aaj hamare prophet hain, ki Ishu jiwit Masih aur hamare Muktidaata hain, aur yah ki Swarg ke Pita jiwit hain aur Apne bachchon kee sabhi prarthanaon ka uttar dete hain. Mai in sachaaiyon ki gawahi Ishu Masih ke pavitra naam se deta hoon, amen.