Artificial Intelligence and Natural Intelligence

Creating and Making

As man tries to fashion and make a model of himself, we can see the complexity involved! 

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It will be interesting to now compare notes and stand in awe of our Great Creator! 

 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

The Almighty GOD created all things from scratch!

He spoke light into the darkness. From the soil that He created, He formed man in His own image. Into that body, He breathed life - physical life and spiritual life.

 

Man is spirit, soul and body.

Soul is the mind - the intelligence, emotions and will and more.

Spirit is the inmost part of man that connects with his Creator GOD!  

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, 

and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; 

and man became a living being.

So God created man in His own image; 

in the image of God He created him; 

male and female He created them. 

It is the desire of the manufacturer to see the robot do what he designed it to do. So it is, with our Creator and us!

 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. 

I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; 

Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. 

My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, 

And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 

Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. 

And in Your book they all were written, 

The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.
Psalm 139:13-16

Purpose

A robot is made to help man with his work and to fulfil his purpose.

GOD made man and woman with a purpose, as the crown of creation. They had the authority over all of creation and so they had to take responsibility to tend and keep it. GOD also blessed them and commanded them to be fruitful and multiply. 

 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden 

to tend and keep it.
Genesis 2:15

Then God blessed them, and God said to them, 

"Be fruitful and multiply; 

fill the earth and subdue it; 

have dominion over the fish of the sea, 

over the birds of the air, 

and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

Genesis 1:1, 2:7, 1:27-28

Unlike the robots, each individual is created as an unique person. Everyone of us carries a distinct physical appearance and personality! Therefore, GOD has already planned specific good works for each individual to be involved with, in this life that He has given us.

For we are His workmanship, 

created in Christ Jesus for good works, 

which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:9-10

Spiritual Purpose

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat,

for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." Genesis 2:17

Adam and Eve disobeyed GOD and obeyed the voice of the devil that came through the serpent. They lost their position of authority and died spiritually as GOD had said.

The LORD JESUS, through His death and resurrection, offers us forgiveness of sin and restoration of relationship to GOD. Those who accept this offer and repent of their sins, experience salvation through CHRIST. Thus made spiritually alive again by the Holy Spirit, we are commissioned to proclaim this good news to others. 

 So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you!

As the Father has sent Me, I also send you."

And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them,

"Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them;

if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

John 20:21-23

This new responsibility we have been given, is to see people made alive spiritually by receiving JESUS into their lives. Then, their lives will be empowered by the Holy spirit to live victoriously, according to the word of GOD. 

 Name and Authority

 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying,

"All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you;

and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

Matthew 28:18-20

Just as the robot is named after the author and the designer, Christians are named after CHRIST, the Anointed One. We go out to serve Him in the authority that He has entrusted to us.

In Genesis, GOD commanded Adam and Eve to 'Have dominion'. Adam and Eve lost that place of authority when they obeyed the serpent. The LORD JESUS regained that position of authority on our behalf when He died on the cross. Satan's head was crushed under the feet of JESUS! In His name, we live and work in victory! 

 Power

 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;

and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem,

and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

Acts 1:8

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,

He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies

through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Romans 8:11

The robot has to be frequently charged with an electric connection.

As servants of the LORD, we also need to be frequently empowered by the Holy Spirit of GOD. This we do, by waiting on Him and receiving His power.

Connection

 Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you,

the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do;

for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.

John 5:19

 Just like how the robot is connected to a human being and is able to do only as he does, the LORD JESUS set the example for us to be connected to Him to operate effectively.

 I am the vine, you are the branches. 

He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; 

for without Me you can do nothing.
John 15:5

‘Doing’ should always come from ‘Being’.

Cooling Down

 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, 

because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
Genesis 2:3

 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. 

For he who has entered His rest 

has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.
Hebrews 4:9-10

After creating man on the sixth day, GOD rested on the seventh day. GOD commanded man also to rest on that same day, which signifies the close relationship GOD desires to have with us. That's when GOD completed His work of creation and then man began his work that was appointed to him by GOD.

The robot machine needs to be cooled down intermittently. We too need to rest often, not only physically, but also find rest to our soul. That is how we can realign to GOD, get our perspectives corrected and strengthened physically, emotionally and spiritually, to operate in our specific calling effectively.

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, 

and I will give you rest. 

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, 

for I am gentle and lowly in heart, 

and you will find rest for your souls. 

For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
Matthew 11:28-30

Now, the LORD JESUS invites us to come to that place of rest in Him.

My son, if your heart is wise, My heart will rejoice--indeed, I myself; Yes, my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak right things. Do not let your heart envy sinners,

But be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day; For surely there is a hereafter,

And your hope will not be cut off. Proverbs 23:15-18

If we do not enter into that place of rest with the LORD, we will be in danger of doing our own work which is not of GOD. In doing that, we will not find fulfilment, we will be stressed and our work will not fulfil GOD's eternal purpose. More importantly, we will not be pleasing our maker, nor bring joy to His heart!

Information and Inspiration

AI can be useful in many ways to serve us. But let us beware not to become dependent on it or to bow down to it. Let us use the natural intelligence GOD has given us. He has promised to give us sufficient wisdom for the task allotted to us, when we ask Him.

 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, 

who gives to all liberally and without reproach, 

and it will be given to him.
James 1:5

The work GOD our Creator has entrusted to us, has to be done according to His will, by the enabling of His Holy Spirit. We need to wait on GOD to clear our mind to connect with and hear from Him. We could be tempted to go to AI for information rather that to go to GOD for inspiration! It may be a shortcut, but we will be falling short of GOD's plan. Using AI for GOD's Kingdom purposes can be a snare. Let us beware, lest we be found to be making robots and not disciples!

Let us be constantly connected to the LORD JESUS through the Holy Spirit, and reflect His characteristics. Let us preach the Gospel and teach the truth of GOD's word to people, as led by the Holy spirit, so that they too might become like JESUS! Thus, we would be obeying His command to "Be fruitful and Multiply"!

GOD BLESS YOU!