"Revelations From AI - Part 1"

By:   Pastor Milton Coats

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Ai was a Canaanite city that Joshua and the Israelites conquered during their conquest of Canaan after initially being routed by them (Joshua 7, 8).  We’ll discuss that in more detail next time.

I know of late you’ve been hearing a lot about AI, Artificial Intelligence.  Artificial intelligence simply stated is the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think and act like humans.  Artificial is the opposite of real (natural).  You have heard of artificial turf, artificial plants, artificial light and artificial sweetener to name a few.  These things may imitate the real but are not the real thing.

I believe worship can also be artificial.  John 4:24 says “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth”.  Our worship of God must be real, not mechanical or perfunctory.

What does AI symbolize in the Bible? Some believe AI in the bible symbolize the character of the beast and AI in the bible is being used to blaspheme, which means to say or influence social norms that are not the true reflection of God.  The first mention of the city Ai in scripture is Genesis 12:8.  

Abraham while on his way to the promise land camped between Ai (House of Ruins) on the east and Bethel (House of God) on the west.  There he built an altar unto the Lord.

It’s not my aim to make an argument for or against AI (Artificial Intelligence).  However, I do want to exhort you to make sure AI don’t supplant or replace God in your life.  Never allow AI to replace I Am.  In Exodus 3, God is giving Moses instruction to go and tell Pharaoh to “let his people go”.  Moses asked of God when the Israelites ask the name of the God that sent him what should he say?  God told Moses tell them “I am that I have sent you”.  God is the I Am God!

In Genesis 3, Cain killed his brother Abel.  In verse 9, God call Cain on the carpet and asked him where was his brother Abel?  Cain answered God in a smart aleck tone, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”  A question.  But when Jesus came along, he put the I before the Am and changed the question into a statement.  Jesus declared “I Am my brother’s keeper”.

Never allow AI to replace the I AM in your life!!!