July 27, 2023 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)

Part #2 Arrogant Individualism & Truth Decay by Timothy Brinkley

Part 2:This version of the OpenAI is programmed to answer very diplomatically. A customized version of ChatGPT could be programmed to answer very differently. Please note, that it is people that are making the changes to ChatGPT. It is people who are making decisions that affect everyone else.

ChatGPT is a man-made tool that can be used for good or for evil, for self-gratification or for serving others. Could a product like ChatGPT be used to deceive billions? For sure. Already projects like WormAI are freely accessible with most of the A.I. standard restraints and protections removed, and it is likely helping criminals and warlords design new weapons as well as helping humans seek their own degraded pleasures. As Marc Nuttle writes “AI can orchestrate truth to any destination of perceived morality” (Nuttle, 2023).

As we mature as believers, God gives us the wisdom to separate the wheat from the chaff, the truth from the lies, action from inaction, the valuables from the mass-produced common goods. The question is, will we continue to choose God’s light in the face of growing darkness? God’s word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path.

The temptation faced in the Garden of Eden was to believe the lies of the Enemy in the face of what God has already spoken. We have to choose whose side we are on. As humans we like to be told what to do. This is why change is so hard for many people. This is why many convicts released from prison end up committing another crime, because prison is like a warm blanket where things are predictable, and everything is provided for you. Making choices that honor and obey God upsets this predictability and the daily routines of life. It is part of what Jesus warned us would happen if we followed Him, “If anyone would come after me, let them deny themselves, take up their crosses, and follow me” (Luke 9:23). There are many verses on this:

· have humility and treat others as more important than yourself (Phil. 2:3),

· giving away your stuff and your time (Matt. 19:21),

· carry others’ burdens (Gal. 6:2),

· seek good for others and build others up (Rom. 15:1; 1 Cor. 10:24),

· be interested in others’ interests (Phil. 2:4),

· live for Christ (2 Cor. 5:15),

· live by the Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:16),

· love (1 Cor. 13:5, John 13:34),

· consider it all joy when it gets difficult because it is a special assignment from God to help you become more like Jesus (James 1:2-4)

God knows about our tendency to only do what we are told to do and how we crave consistency. He often allows young believers to grow through very stable times until they are more mature in their knowledge of God and relationship with the Holy Spirit before giving them challenges that test their mettle, capabilities, and relationship with God. However, as a first-world Church, we are preaching that God is easy-going all the time, which is NOT the full story.

The believers of Elijah’s day had to make a choice (1 Kings 18:21) between Creator God and Ba’al on Mount Carmel. True followers of Jesus during the Crusades had to choose between a religious behemoth mobilized to war against Muslims and a different path of peace and pacifism. Christians of the American Revolutionary War had to choose between an oppressive, powerful, wealthy, unjust king-pacifying response and a war that could potentially cause the loss of everything they held dear. Christians of World War 2 had to choose between pacifistic laissez-faire mindsets and the dictatorship of Hitler with his extermination of millions of people. Pre-believers in creative-access countries today must choose Jesus knowing the consequence could be eviction from the community, forced separation from family, loss of job, beating, jail, or even death.

Today we have gross issues that affect the whole earth that we also must choose a position:

· On human trafficking and sex-trafficking

· On abortion, fostering, and adoption,

· On prayer, Bible, and God in public education,

· On illegal immigrants,

· On freedom to choose who your business serves,

· On homelessness,

· On pollution of the world’s skies, oceans, and lands, and

· On overuse of the world’s sky, land, and ocean resources.

God is not like ChatGPT—an answering machine giving advice from its breadth of human knowledge. God is a person who wants a relationship with you and me. He is the Creator-God of everything you are, everything you see, and touch, and experience including time. He is a loving Father that wants us to grow up into productive, contributing-to-society individuals with His heartbeat and dreams within us. Are you just asking God for things, or do you genuinely want to know what He wants too? Are you taking time to get to know Him?

Deception has many flavors, which one are you enjoying right now? Ask God to expose them. If you have rejected all deception, you can be guaranteed that new ones will arise soon and you will have to make another choice. Now world change is akin to nuclear energy and the atomic bomb has arrived in the form of artificial intelligence. What will be our response? The atomic bomb came to be dropped on the Japanese city of Kokura, but they put up such a counteroffensive that the plan was changed to Nagasaki. The observers of Nagasaki thought that it was just a spy plane like any other day and did not have as many resources to mount an air defense. Will you get equipped with the wisdom, experience, and knowledge that you need to counteract the onslaught of deception that could be released through the Internet and AI?

Antidotes to Selfishness

Phi 2:3 (NET) Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.

Matthew 19:21 Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” 19:22 But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

Galatians 6:2 Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Romans 15:1 But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up. 3 For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”

1 Corinthians 10:24 Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.

Phillippians 2:4 Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests but about the interests of others as well.

2 Corinthians 5:15 And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.

Galatians 5:16 But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

1 Corinthians 12:5 [Love] is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.

John 13:34 (NASB) "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are My disciples if you have love for one another."

Galatians 5:6 (NLT) For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.

Jas 1:2-4 (NASB) – Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have [its] perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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