Grace Times

Vol. XXVI/02 Grace Bible Church, C 930, Sector B Mahanagar, Lucknow, India October 2023

Dear Church family,

We have reached that point of technological advance- Pulpit Calendar
ment where Artificial Intelligence has been made to October 2023
surpass human intelligence. In the recent past, several Morning Services at 09:30 am
skilled employees of big companies were retrenched 01 Rev. Ashish H. Khan
and replaced by Chat-GPT. Chat GPT is an artificial in- (Holy Communion Service)
telligence program that generates dialogue. The next 08 Rev J. T. Raja
time you interact on any customer care mobile appli- 15 Rev. Ashish H. Khan
cation, you might just be chatting with a machine pos- 22 Rev. I. Shimi Preetham
ing as a person! Chat GPT-4 has also been used to help
people better understand religious beliefs and prac-
29 Rev. Moses Parmar
tices. By using GPT-4 to generate conversations, peo- ( E.U. Sunday)
ple can ask questions and receive answers from a vir-
tual religious figure. To top it, even images of virtual Thursdays at
Jesus Christ are being used 6.30 p.m.
to convey supposed Biblical (2 Samuel)
content. You must have 5th, 19th online
seen that in WhatsApp
sometime. As a Bible be-
lieving Christian, what Thursdays at 6.30 p.m.
should be our take on this? The Bible has always re- 12th, 26th online
vealed God as a personal God who forms a loving rela-
tionship with His children. In the book of Isaiah, God Ladies prayer on 21st
refers to Abraham as “my friend” (Isaiah 41:8). In Exo- Oct at 5 p.m.
dus we learn that “the Lord used to speak to Moses
face to face, as a man speaks to his friend” (33:11).
And in the Gospel of John, Jesus calls his disciples
“friends” (15:15). While in other religious beliefs God
may be impersonal but for us God is personal. He says
in Jeremiah 33:3 - "Call to me and I will answer".
Therefore, we Christians need to keep away from this
lucrative distorted virtual renderings of AI regarding
the matters of our faith. We must remain conservative
when we have to connect with the Lord. Keep your
phone/laptop aside, close the door and simply read
the Bible and pray! David confesses in Psalm 139 -”O
God You have searched me and know me…” Let us not
get carried away by any technology that tries to substi-
tute our loving, caring Lord Jesus Christ with some AI
based characters. It’s the first commandment.
In the Lord’s service,
Ashish
 FINANCES QUIZ - In which Indian language was the
Receipts September Bible first printed?
Hint: Don’t Google it directly. Read about
General Offerings 26,220 the Danish missionary Bartholomaeus
Pledged Giving 45,750 Ziegenbalg to find the answer!
Missionary Support 7,550
New Church Building 1,000
Birthdays in October
3rd Manohar Lugin
Village Church 1,000 10th Della Singh
Sunday School 2,510 12th Manji Phillips
17th Poonam Modwell
GRAND TOTAL 84,030
18th Magizh Mitran
22nd Simon Wilson
24th Nalin Phillips

JOYS & CONCERNS

Eisenberg Family (Germany) blessed with
two grand children - Ezra and Jiya
Shobha Prakash was in CMC Vellore for
further advice on her treatment. Prayers
needed.
Guru Prasath was briefly hospitalized for
high sugar level. Continue to pray for him
Vijay and Anita Singh lost their sister-in-
law
Aunty Shireen Revis has turned 99!

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