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"Serving God"
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"Serving God"
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ChrestusChrestus is the 'useful one' , the 'good servant'. Chrestus is the 'son of' Auramazda in the sense that Chrestus is a partial aspect of Auramazda. Chrestus is conscious human pursuit of the Good through service to others. Chrestus can be seen as the 'highest' aspect of Auramazda, and hence described as the 'favourite son of Auramazda'.Chrestus MagtusChrestus Magtus ("The Mighty Servant") is the ideal human agent of the agenda of God, which is to see living beings flourish.Chrestus works through human beings but only if they have a character which conforms with His own. The agenda of Zartochrestianism is to be a force to encourage the development of a Christ-like character in people along with the necessary strengths and capabilities so that they can be an effective and good influence in the world. Chrestus Magtus (The Mighty Christ)Chrestus Magtus ("The Mighty Servant") represents 'Human might in the service of the Good'.Chrestus Magtus is a partial aspect of Auramazda, the Wise Lord. Chrestus Magtus is the 'Useful One and the Strong'. Chrestus is the conscious human agent in striving for the Good. Chrestus has a love of life, a desire to see the individual and common flourishing. Chrestus is the good servant of the world-soul, seeking its increasing flourishing. Chrestus Magtus is the best kind of human being - the fully adult human being, mature in mind, soul and soul. Adult in mind, Chrestus Magtus has Eunoia or Good Thinking - able to see things clearly, the web of cause and effect relationships and awareness of the good - the ultimate good and the instrumental good. Adult in soul, Chrestus Magtus has spiritual strength and emotional maturity. Chrestus is caring and courageous and his emotional engagement matches the true needs of the situation. Adult in hand and body, Chrestus Magtus is strong, healthy and capable. Chrestus has all that is needed to take effective action and change the state of the world. Chrestus and JesusWe can describe someone as Chrestus if they are a good and useful person, someone who works to support the flourishing of life.Historically among the ancient speakers of the Greek language a person was given the title Chrestus if they were considered an exceptionally good and useful person. Jesus was called Chrestus (the Good) as well as Christus which meant annointed. The two words sounded similar when spoken and were confused. Chrestomazdeans don't believe that Jesus alone can claim the title Chrestus, for Chrestus is a phenomenon that transcends any single individual. Neither Jesus, nor anyone else, is able to fully represent the richness of the personality of Chrestus. Over-identification of Chrestus with a Jesus in history provides a distorted idea of what Chrestus needs to be. We don't believe that God calls us all to be copies of the historical Jesus, but that there are varied paths that we can take depending on our nature. To recap: Firstly we believe that Jesus as a man came to demonstrate the idea of the divine saviour of the individual and that it is this divine being which can express itself through many people that should be the focus of attention, rather than the historical person. Secondly we believe that the Jesus-personality cannot save mankind alone. We believe that we need additional personalities to work with him. We believe that Chrestus Magtus can save mankind from the terrible predicament it is getting itself into. He can work as the divine saviour of mankind - to bring people out of a bad life of poverty, danger or slavery into a better life of freedom and fulfilment. He is the potential divine saviour of the world and its inhabitants if we work to pave a way for his arrival into his full glory. Archdemons
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