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Ham Parmeshwar ke raajye ka nirmaan karte hain kyunki ham dusron ki sewa karte hain, apna roshni banae rakhte hain aur dhaarmik azaadi ke liye khade hote hain.

Gideon ne jhootha siddhaant ko sun kar pehchaan liya. Usne ise Raaja Noah aur uske prist se pahele suna tha—prist jo “apne dilon mein garv se bhare hue the” aur jinhen “unke aalasy, unki moortipooja, aur unke vyabhichaar mein, raaja Noah ke karon(taxes) dwara samarthan diya gaya tha apne logon par laagu kiya tha” (Mosiah 11:5–6).

Isse bhi badttar, Raaja Noah ne profat Abinadi ko maut ki saza de di thee aur Alma aur uske naya chela logon ko nasht karne ki koshish ki thee (dekhiye Mosiah 17; 18:33–34). Aisi dushtta ko khatm karne ke liye, Gideon ne raaja ko rokne ki kasam khaee, jise usne kewal Lamanite ke aakraman ke kaaran chhod diya tha (dekhiye Mosiah 19:4–8).

Baad mein, Gideon ne 24 Lamanaitiyon kee betiyon ko le jaane ke liye Noah ke pujaariyon ko sahi dhang se doshi tehraaya. Unhonne dekha ki logon ke khilaaph Abinadi ki bhavishyevaani puri ho gayi thee kyunki unhonne pashchaataap karne se inkaar kar diya tha. (Dekhiye Mosiah 20:17–22.) Unhonne Limhi ke logon ko mukti dilaane me madad ki, jo Lamanite ke bandhan me the (dekhiye Mosiah 22:3–9).

Ab vrddh ho chuke Gideon ko ek baar phir ghamand aur dushtta donon ka saamna karna pada jab vah Nehor ke saamne khada tha, jisne logon ke beech pristkraft ki shuruaat ki thee. Nehor “girjaghar ke khilaaf khada tha” aur logon ko gumraah karne ki koshish kar raha tha. (Dekhiye Alma 1:3, 7, 12; 2 Nephi 26:29 bhi dekhiye.)

Parmeshwar ke vachan ko apne hathiyaar ke roop mein upyog karte hue, bahaadur Gideon ne Nehor ko uski dushtta ke liye chetaavni di. Krodhit hokar, Nehor ne apni talvaar se Gideon par hamla kiya aur use maar daala. (Dekhiye Alma 1:7–9.) Is prakaar “dharmi manushye” ke din samaapt ho gaye jisne “is logon ke beech bahut achcha kaam kiya tha” (Alma 1:13).

Baad ke din jinme ham rah rahe hain, hamein Gideon ka anukaran karne ke liye paryaapt avsar pradaan karte hain “Parmeshwar ke haathon me ek aozaar ” (Alma 1:8) “seva ka” hone ke dwara (Mosiah 22:4) dusron ke liye, dhaarmikta ke liye khade hona, aur Parmeshwar ki pooja aur sewa karne ki hamari azaadi ke khatron ko sehna. Jaise-jaise ham Gideon ke vishwaasi udhaaran ka anusaran karte hain, ham bhi bahut kuch achcha kar sakte hain.

Sewa mein Ekjut Hona

“[Rakshak ke] anuyaayiyon ke roop mein, ham duniya bhar mein Parmeshwar aur apne padosiyon se pyaar karna chahate hain, First Presidency ne kaha hai. “Ishu Masih ka Girjaghar Antim-dino ke Santo ka ki, dusron ko aashirvaad dene aur zarooratmandon ki madad karne ke liye utsuk hai. Ham is pavitr zimmedaari ko nibhaane ki kshamata, sansaadhan aur vishvasaneey vaishvik sampark paakar dhanye hain.”¹

Main us nishvaarth sewa aur dekhrekh ke liye aabhaari hoon jo Girjaghar ke sadasye hamare mandiron aur unke waardon, shaakhaon aur steikes(stakes) mein pradaan karte hain. Main is baat ke liye bhi aabhaari hoon ki Girjaghar ke sadasye anaginat saamudaayik, shaikshik aur dharmaarth sangathanon mein sewa karte hain aur weh saalaana hazaaron maanaveey pariyojanaon mein shaamil hote hain, lagbhag 200 deshon aur kshetron mein laakhon ghante svechcha se kaam karte hain.²

JustServe.org. ke maadhyam se Girjaghar kai deshon mein sewa ke avasaron ka vistaar karta hai. Girjaghar dwara praayojit lekin un sabhi ke liye uplabdh hai jo dusron ko aashirvaad dena chahate hain, JustServe.org “samudaay ki svyansevak aavashyaktaon ko svayansevakon se jodta hai” jo “samudaay mein jeevan ki visheshta ko badhaate hain.”³

Girjaghar aur uske sadasye duniya bhar ke sewa sangathanon ke saath bhi kaam karte hain. Girjaghar, uske sadasyon ko dhanyevaad, “2022 mein sabse bada ekal Red Cross rakt draiv yogadaankarta tha.” Iske alaava, Girjaghar ne haal hee mein Red Cross ko 8.7 miliyan dolar ka daan diya hai.⁴

Girjaghar duniya bhar ke kshetron mein svachch jal aur svachchata pariyojnaon ko laane ke liye sangathanon ke saath bhi judta hai. 2022 mein, Girjaghar ne 156 aisi pariyojanaon mein bhaag liya.⁵ Ham anye ejensiyon ke saath bhi sahayog karte hain aur unhein daan dete hain jo Parmeshwar ke peedit bachchon ko raahat pahunchaati hain.⁶

“Jab ham zarooratmand logon ki sewa karne ke liye haath milaate hain,” First Presidency mein Dusre Salaahkaar, President. Henry B. Eyring ne kaha, “Prabhu hamare dilon ko ekjut karte hain.”⁷

Apne Roshni ko Upar Uthaao

Rakshak ke shishyon ke roop mein, ham apne anubandhon ka paalan karte hue aur Masih jaisa jeevan jeete hue apne padosiyon ko bhi aashirvaad dete hain. Mormon Dharamshaastra sikhaati hai ki “girjaghar ke logon” ko na kewal dhaarmikta nahi chunna chahiye, balki yadi weh chahate hain ki Prabhu unki raksha karein aur unhein pragati dilaaen, to unhein apni dhaarmik aawaaj bhi sunni chaahiye (dekhiye Alma 2:3–7; Mosiah 29:27 bhi dekhiye). Prabhu hamse apeksha karte hain ki ham apni aastha aur vishwaas ko baante aur apna roshni barkaraar rakhein. “Dekho, mai woh roshni hoon jise tum thaame rahoge” (3 Nephi 18:24).

“Yadi ham Rakshak se adhik manushy se darte hain to ham apne Parmeshwar ki achchi tarah se sewa nahin karte hain,” Pratham Adhyakshta me Pratham Salahkaar Pradhaan Dallin H. Oaks bolis. Unhonne aage kaha, “Hamein Prabhu ke maanakon ko sthaapit karne ke liye bulaya gaya hai, na ki duniya ke maanakon ka paalan karne ke liye ”⁸

Chaahe skool mein hon, kaam par hon, ya khel me hon, chuttee par hon, det par hon, ya onalain hon, Prabhu ke chelon ko “Masih ka naam lene mein sharm nahin aati” (Alma 46:21). Apne shabdon aur kaaryon se, ham gawahi dete hain ki Parmeshwar jeevit hai aur ham Uske Putr ka anusaran karte hain.

“Hamara vishwaas vibhaajit nahin hai, ya nishchit roop se aisa nahin hona chahiye. Aastha sirph girjaghar ke liye nahin hai, yah sirph ghar ke liye nahin hai, yah sirph [skool] ke liye nahin hai, dhaarmik anekwaad(pluralism) par Antim-dino Sant visheshagy Paul Lambert ne kaha. “Yah har us cheez ke liye hai jo aap karte hain.”⁹

Ham nahin jaanate ki hamari gawahi, achchhe udhaaraan aur achche kaaryon ka dusron par kya prabhaav pad sakta hai. Lekin jaise hi ham sahi ke liye khade hote hain aur Rakshak ke roshani ko pakadte hain, log hamein notis karenge aur swarg hamare liye khada ho jaega.

Dhaarmik Azaadi ke liye Khade Rahein

Aaj ki pristkraft, jismen tezi se dharmik samaaj aastha ke logon ka virodh kar rahe hain, Mormon Dharamshaastra ke samay se bahut alag nahin hai. Saarvajanik aur raajneetik kshetr me dharm ki mahatvapurn bhumika ka virodh karne vaalon ki aavaaz tez ho rahi hai. Naastik aur sarkaaren, jinmen kai skool aur vishvavidyaalay bhi shaamil hain, anaetikata, naastikta aur naetik saapekshavaad ke aacharan aur dharmaantaran par zor de rahe hain.

Yadi ham apne dhaarmik adhikaaron ke liye khade nahin hue to dhaarmik azaadi par hamle saphal honge. “Ek girjaghar ke roop mein, ”mainne haal hee mein sikhaaya, “ham anye dharmon ke saath judhkar sabhi dharmon aur maton ke logon aur unke vishwaason ko bolne ke adhikaar ki raksha karte hain.”¹⁰

Swarg mein ek yuddh naetik ejensi—hamari chunne ki azaadi ko lekar lada gaya tha. Hamari ejensi ko sanrakshit karne ke liye aavashyak hai ki ham apni dhaarmik azaadi ki raksha ke liye mehnati banein.

Jivant dhaarmik aastha parivaaron, samudaayon aur raashtron ko mazboot aur sanrakshit karati hai. Yah kaanoon ke prati aagyaakaarita paida karta hai, jiwan aur sampatti ke prati sammaan paida karta hai, aur daan, imaanadaari aur naetikta sikhaata hai—ek nyaayapurn, svatantr aur naagrik samaaj ko banae rakhne ke liye aavashyak gun. Hamein apne vishwaas ke liye kabhi maafi maangne ki zaroorat nahin hai.

Hamare mishanari prayaas, mandiron mein hamara paroksh(vicarious) kaarye, Parmeshwar ke raajy ke nirmaan ke hamare prayaas, aur hamari khushi ke liye aavashyak hai ki ham dhaarmik aastha aur svatantrata ke liye khade ho. Ham anye svatantrataon ko khoe bina us svatantrata ko nahin kho sakate.

Profat Joseph Smith ne sikhaya, “yah svatantrata ka pyaar hai jo meri aatma ko prerit karta hai—sampurn maanav jaati ko naagarik aur dhaarmik svatantrata”¹¹ Dhaarmik svatantrata bhi hamari aatma ko prerit karegi kyunki ham Girjaghar ke netaon ki salaah ka paalan karenge:

“Saarvajanik mahatv ke muddon ke baare mein jaankaari rakhein aur phir saahas aur sabhyata ke saath apni baat rakhein.”¹²
“Pehchaanein ki dhaarmik svatantrata ka ksharan hamari taakat aur susamaachaar gyaan mein vrddhi, pavitr adhyaadeshon se dhanye hone aur Apne Girjaghar ko nirdeshit karne ke liye Prabhu par bharosa karne ke avasaron par mahatvapurn prabhaav daalega.”¹³
Khade ho jao aur pushti karne ke liye bolo ki Parmeshwar astitv me hai aur Uski aagyaen purn satye sthaapit karti hain.”¹⁴
Aise kaanoonon ko chunauti de jo hamari aasthaon ka paalan karne ki hamari svatantrata ko rokenge.”¹⁵
“Duniya mein achcha karne, Sarvashaktimaan Parmeshwar me vishwaas paida karne aur dusron ko khushaal jagah par laane me madad karne ke liye jaaen.”¹⁶
Sansaadhanon ka adhyayan karein religiousfreedom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org aur religiousfreedomlibrary.org/documents par.

Ham Parmeshwar ke raajye ka nirmaan karte hain kyunki ham sewa karte hain, apna roshni banae rakhte hain aur dhaarmik aazaadi ke liye khade hote hain. Prabhu hamare parivaaron, samudaayon aur raashtron ke beech “bahut achcha” karne ke prayaason me hamen aashirvaad de.