What more God

If humans are complex and multi-faceted, what more God? He is revealed through many names — Abba, Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah, Nissi, etc.

If humans are hard to understand, and it takes time to know another person, what more God? Fresh revelations keep coming as we keep reading the Bible.

If humans are so different, thinker or feeler, left or right-brained, what more God in Himself? If we are all in God’s image, that means we have to put all these different “people” or parts together to form a full picture of God. God is merciful, yet also righteous in law.

Then I thought of a conversation about AI, quoted from this podcast:

And when was there ever a case where a higher intelligence was benevolent in a sustainable way to a lower intelligence? The one example is mothers to babies (as mentioned by Jeffrey Hinton). For me, it still doesn’t hold well, because some mothers and fathers aren’t that nice to their babies.

There is a case: God and His people. The true Shepherd is benevolent to His sheep.

How can we program this kind of benevolence into AI so that it wouldn’t usurp humanity? Are we able to program this in the first place with our human benevolence and wisdom?

I thought about our lives: the enemy has no real control over us unless we leave an open door for him and his forces to enter, and then give up our spiritual authority in some areas for the enemy to reign and let sin take root. Similarly, will it be the case of humanity allowing AI into our lives until it rules over us?

I grew up following my parents’ religious beliefs, and when I was younger, I often wondered why the “default path” seemed to be hell. It was like a matter of fact that we would naturally end up there. And we do more good deeds to earn karma and try our best to avoid sin, just so we wouldn’t end up in the deeper levels of hell, which is apparently more torturous. Haw Par Villa etched this lesson in my heart. But no one talked much about the way to heaven.

There were examples, but it always felt as though heaven was only attainable by a few, the elites who manage to excel in doing good. Sure, we might be on the way to becoming a better person. But humans are not perfect after all, so what’s the “passing mark” to heaven and where does each man even measure his current standing? When are we then considered good enough for heaven to accept us?

Quoting from this article, “How to get to heaven—what are the ideas from the different religions?“

Christianity is the only religion that teaches man can do nothing to earn or pay his way into heaven.

True, we cannot earn our way to heaven with our works. But man still has to do this thing — he has to confess and believe:

that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Romans 10:9-13 (NKJV)

Then again, what do we really know about heaven? I had a fresh revelation of heaven when I recently heard this podcast, “Heaven, Paradise & Purgatory: What Happens When We Die?” It might not be as simple as we think. This brings me to my opening questions, and I’ll add one more to end:

If humans can create sophisticated systems, theories, and technologies, what more God? Heaven and earth, and everything in it.

Get updates on new posts and other happenings on Telegram, Instagram or Facebook. You can also subscribe to get email notifications of new posts. If you like what you read here, keep it going by purchasing the merchandise. 🙂

Disclaimer: Shema-Rhema.com and its authors accept no liability (whether in tort or contract or otherwise) for any loss or damage arising from any use, misuse, inaccuracy or omission of the information or other contents published on this website.