This content explores the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its profound implications for society and the church, urging believers to approach this technological revolution with biblical discernment and a focus on spiritual truth over artificial solutions.
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Sometimes what can happen is we are
living in such a fast-paced fastmoving
society that we even go to technology to
provide for us quick easy fast AI
generated solutions when what God wants
to do is he want us he wants us to sit
at his feet and he wants us to patiently
Welcome to church today. Welcome to
those watching online. Uh my name is
Austin and I have the honor and
privilege of of studying God's word with
you today. As you can see from the back
wall, uh the title of our time together
today is called the rise of AI and the
future of the church. Uh today's Bible
study is going to be a little different
uh than than we we normally just go
through the Bible cover to cover and we
we we dig it out and we we study it. And
uh today though is going to be a little
bit different. Listen, our heart here at
Cornerstone will never change. We go
again from Genesis to Revelation,
teaching the entirety of the Bible,
giving you the full council of God's
word. My dad has been faithful to do
that for years and years. But our heart
here at Cornerstone also is to address
current events through a biblical lens
with a biblical worldview. Uh and so uh
today I felt led to discuss the uh the
growing popularity of artificial
intelligence. Now, a quick disclaimer.
Uh, some of the things I'll mention
today may be a little heavy for young
ears. So, I do want to give parents uh
notice. Uh, you're more than welcome to
take advantage of our children's
ministry today. But some of the more
popular questions I personally receive
from people here have to do with the
rise, the growth of artificial
intelligence and how as believers should
we respond to the AI revolution? How
should we as believers be thinking
biblically about all of this? So, with
that being said, this is what's on tap
for today. I I hope that we have a
little bit of fun and we dissect this
topic with a biblical lens. Let's pray
and then we'll get into it. God, we are
so grateful to be here together today as
a church body. We do pray and ask God
that you would give us wisdom and
discernment concerning artificial
intelligence that using the tool of your
word and the power of your Holy Spirit
God that you would speak to our hearts
today. Pray for those who came in here
today that need your encouragement.
Would you encourage them now by your
spirit God? I pray for those who need to
be comforted. Would you comfort them?
pray that you would teach us now, Lord,
that you would dissect our hearts wide
open as the great physician
and that you would go to work now by
your spirit through your word. We love
you. We submit all of this to you and
ask that you would accomplish your
purposes in Jesus name. And all God's
people said, "Amen."
The following statement that I'm about
to make might seem like an
overexaggeration to some, but I
personally don't believe it is for a
moment. And it's this that we are headed
into an AI dominant world.
We are headed into an AI dominant world.
Now I do not say this to scare anyone,
to incite paranoia or fear or to cause
worry. Listen, as believers, we need not
dread the future because we know who
holds it, right? Listen, if if you're a
Christian today, if you came in here and
you've trusted in Christ as your savior,
you're on team Jesus. And the Bible then
says that we are not fighting for
victory any longer. The victory was won
in Christ on the cross 2,000 years ago.
He defeated death and sin, rose from the
dead. And so, we're not fighting for
victory. We're fighting from victory. We
know how the story ends. We have his word.
word.
And if you're not on team Jesus, listen,
you need to get on team Jesus real
quick. And and the way that you get on
team Jesus again is you repent of sin
and trust in Christ. The the invitation
is broad. God casts the net out wide to
all who would receive him. To them that
believe on his name, he gave the right
to become children of God. The Bible
says, uh, Holy Spirit inspired Peter to
write this, that God desires that none
would perish, but all to come to
repentance. You see, that's God's heart
for us. That's God's heart for lost
humanity. That all would come to
repentance. That they would recognize
that we would recognize we're a sinner
in need of God's mercy and grace. So we
look to Jesus and what he did for us on
the cross. Through his death and
resurrection, as many as would believe
in Jesus, they could find everlasting
life. So you need to get on team Jesus.
If you're here and you're still on the
fence or you're still a little curious,
let me push you over the fence just to
give you a little loving nudge in Jesus
name. Come on team Jesus. It's the best
decision you will ever make. You need to
get on team Jesus quick because the
Bible says he's returning for his bride.
And no man knows the day or the hour,
but it could happen at any moment.
And so you need to think seriously
about the God man, Jesus Christ.
Now, some might be thinking, listen, is
this really that big of a threat?
Artificial intelligence. Is this that
big of a deal to devote a whole Sunday
message on it? You think that maybe
saying we're headed into an AI dominant
world just is a little bit extreme,
Austin? Or maybe some of you, you're
here today and you think, "Listen,
Austin, I'm just really not a techy
person. Like, I can barely sign into my
email on my smartphone and so I'm just
really not into technology.
I'm just not into AI." And I get it. I
totally totally understand. But AI is
into your kids and AI is into this next
generation. And so the implications of
what artificial intelligence is and the
are vast and extreme are touching the
lives of the next generation in ways
Artificial intelligence is not only
impacting our our kids, our families,
our homes, but it's impacting the modern
church. and we're going to get into all
of this.
Here's a by by by by way of just kind of
catching you up to speed with all that's
going on and how this is really
impacting specifically the next
generation. I I have just a few
articles. This was a CBN article that
says parents say AI chatbots are leading
kids to take their own lives or commit
sexual acts. A part of the article went
on to say, "Chat bots are digital
characters that can text and talk with
users of any age. Unfortunately, experts
have found this latest advance can also
respond with disturbing suggestions,
including violence, sexually explicit
conversations and ideas about self
harm." Listen, according to Common Sense
Media, 72% of America's teenagers say
they have used chat bots as companions.
and nearly one in eight have sought
emotional or mental health support from
them. Here was a BBC news article that
was from just a month ago. Family of
dead teens says chat GPT's new parental
controls not enough. How many of you
have heard of chat GPT? By show of
hands, the whole room.
And in response, partly in response to
this, just less than two weeks ago, AP
News put out this article. California
governor vetos bill to restrict kids
access to AI chat bots. Should be no
surprise to us considering who the
governor of California is. The article
went on to say California Governor Gavin
Newsome just less than two weeks ago
vetoed landmark legislation that would
have restricted children's access to AI
chatbots. The bill would have banned
companies from making AI chat bots
available to anyone under 18 years old
unless the businesses could ensure the
technology couldn't engage in sexual
conversations or encourage self harm.
And Newsome vetoed that bill. No
surprise. Now, these are only but a few
news articles that I could tell you
about. And again, I don't mean to incite
fear in any way, but rather to equip us
biblically on how to approach this
subject. Listen, I got an email from a
mom just last month, and she she had no
idea what chat GPT was, but her son was
using it for personal devotions, and she
was she was emailing just seeking
biblical counsel. I don't know what this
is, but my son is asking this AI
software, Bible questions, life
questions, seeking wisdom and counsel
from this AI technology. Can you give me
some biblical counsel? And these are the
types of questions we're receiving as a church.
church.
kids. And not just kids, they're getting
advice, counsel, looking to get their
Bible questions and life's questions
answered, not from God's word, not from
God's spirit, not from godly parents,
but from artificial intelligence. And
it's right in their pockets.
Here are here are a few of the questions
that I'm going to do my best uh to to
address with us this morning. Number
one, what is artificial intelligence?
because we kind of have to have a
working definition for what AI actually
is before we then can understand how to
respond biblically. Number two, what are
the benefits and what are the potential
dangers, risks, and concerns of AI? How
is AI impacting the modern church and
does the Bible even address it? And then
finally, as believers, how should we
respond to the AI revolution? So, we'll
do our best to address this subject
biblically. First question is what is
artificial intelligence? Let's have a
working definition.
Now researchers actually first coined
the term AI in 1956
when they believed that every aspect of
learning and intelligence could be built
into a machine. Now according to AI
which is Microsoft's co-pilot this is
how they define
AI. Artificial intelligence is the
branch of computer science that focuses
on creating machines and systems capable
of performing tasks that normally
require human intelligence. AI involves
designing algorithms and computational
models that allow computers to perceive,
reason, learn, and make decisions. These
tasks can include recognizing patterns,
understanding natural language, solving
complex problems, making predictions,
and even interacting with humans in a
meaningful way. In other words, as the
word artificial implies, this is not
natural intelligence, but rather it is
something man-made or produced to have
the appearance of that which is natural.
It is a system that simulates human
intelligence. And you need to understand
this. AI is not just one, but it is
many. What do I mean by that? AI comes
in many different forms. On the first
level of artificial intelligence is what
rearch researchers call ANI or
artificial narrow intelligence also
known as weak AI. And what ANI is able
to do is it is a system that can do one
thing really well. It can either perform
language translation or facial
recognition or it can beat you in chess
or it can write your college exam paper
for you or it can write your sermon for you.
you.
You think that's funny. Pastors are
actually using AI to write their
sermons. No joke. Or it can compose
music or it can gather data and
information. But it cannot perform all
of these things.
Currently, ANI is the only form of AI
available to the public. But then the
next level of AI goes beyond artificial
narrow intelligence to what is known as
AGI, artificial general intelligence or
strong AI. And this is a system that can
replicate all of human intelligence and
perform multiple tasks, not just one.
And this form of AI is currently in
development approaching quickly if not
already here being used behind the
scenes. Even beyond artificial general
general intelligence is what researchers
call ASI or artificial super intelligence
intelligence
believed to be just a fictional idea in
the minds of most something one might
think only belongs in a sci-fi movie.
But ASI is a form of artificial
intelligence that some imagine may take
on god-like qualities or god-like
attributes overpower human intelligence
to serve its own purposes of control and
worship. Does that sound familiar? We'll
get to Revelation 13 in just a moment.
And let me tell you, the AI industry is booming.
booming.
AI is booming. Global investment in AI
infrastructure reached a record $200 billion
billion
according to TRG data centers. Now,
according to this article that they
published recently entitled the world's
top AI superpowers in 25, which is this
year, they list the United States as the
number one AI dominant country in the
world in 2025. Can anybody guess what
number two is? You might think China. It
is the United Arab Emirates.
Number three is Saudi Arabia.
The United Arab Emirates. Saudi Arabia.
Both Muslim majority countries. And
interestingly enough, now the UK is not
too far behind.
This was an article that just came out.
Microsoft announced just last month
their $30 billion investment into the UK
to power their AI future and train
millions of people
in the new form of AI economy. So
So
what are the benefits if any and what
are the potential dangers, risks and
concerns of AI? Now please hear me on
this. I get that this kind of message
can be perceived as, oh, you guys are
just anti-technology.
That that you're just anti-advancement
in technology. And I do not want you for
a moment to believe that I'm hating on
technology. I don't believe advances in
technology are a good thing. Listen, I
think that we could all appreciate in
many different ways the different
advances in technology. It'd be foolish
of me to hate on the advancement in
technology when speaking into a
microphone, an advancement in technology
or showing you a bunch of different
information on on on slides or an LED
wall. All right. I am so glad and you
are too that we're still not using those
uh transparencies, you know, that we
used to use in the 80s and 90s where you
put a transparent piece of paper over an
overhead projector and you write the
worship lyrics on those or you know your
sermon notes and you you put the
projector up and listen so so don't hear
an anti-technology
message in all of this. I do want to
bring somewhat of a balance. As the
great Christian mathematician and
philosopher John Lennox said concerning
AI, "A sharp knife can be used for
surgery or as a murder weapon. A car can
be used to take you to work or as a
getaway vehicle after a crime. The same
is true of AI.
In other words, it's not necessarily the
technology in and of itself that's
necessarily evil, but what what's more
important is how it is used.
And there could potentially be many
valuable benefits.
Language translation, advances in the
medical field for a efficient surgical
procedures, advanced spam recognition
with emails, software that can
transcribe meetings instantaneously,
just to name a few. Probably the biggest
benefit in my personal opinion is is if
the church were to use and harness
artificial intelligence to advance and
spread the gospel. Obviously, my voice
right now and as Pastor Gary teaches
Bible studies, th those Bible studies
are being recorded and and published and
going out on platforms all around the
world for the advancement of the gospel.
So, there's there's many benefits to
advancing in technology and even
potentially harnessing AI for the use of
spreading the gospel. Got a few videos
of you just to kind of illustrate what
All right. Now, just as a again a disclaimer,
disclaimer,
that was not real. I feel like you know,
you need to know that he's he's a
talented man, but not that talented.
Okay? He thinks he can speak Spanish fluently.
fluently.
All right? And he's saying, "C,
So if you come up to him after the
service and you're speaking fluent
Spanish, he could maybe say C Armana
much gusto.
That's about it.
But th this is something that our team
has put together uh to potentially use
for the purposes of spreading the
gospel. It's pretty amazing. Now, in my
personal opinion, I do believe that's
where the benefits end.
In my humble opinion, I think that AI
will be used to do greater damage than
good. And the greatest threat that AI
poses is one word, deception.
Now, another video for you just to kind
of illustrate what I'm talking about.
Hey, Cornerstone family. Pastor Gary
here. I wanted to hop on and let you all
know how much I love Austin's manly
mustache. I think it looks so awesome
and I hope that one day I'll be able to
grow one just like his. I've also
decided to stop eating crispy cream
donuts for the rest of my life. Lastly,
I was wrong about cats. They are
I don't know. I
I mean, I got to be honest. It's a sad
day when I got to get AI generated Gary
to compliment my mustache. My own
biological father won't compliment my
mustache. Listen, this is something our
our team put together. Just a little bit
of levity, but but but this in a
humorous way illustrates the great
danger of deception. If that wasn't
[Applause]
>> What you are seeing is not real.
>> How can you distinguish the truth from a lie?
lie?
>> They used to say seeing is believing.
But you can't trust your eyes.
I mean, what's going on?
What if this artificial intelligence is
leading us towards a very dark place?
>> The world is about to be plunged into a
time of deception unlike anything that
has ever been seen before. And I don't
think people realize it.
>> If you ask me, this is the end. These
are like the last days, and something
big is coming.
Humanity has just driven off the edge of
a cliff and we are now plummeting at a
very high rate of speed towards certain destruction.
