What Christians Should Think About Artificial Intelligence
God, technology, and discernment in the age of AI
We are not circuits or codes. We were made to have fellowship with God and to honor Him. AI may mimic thought or language, but it cannot worship, repent, or hope. No machine can behold God’s glory. When we forget this distinction, we risk making God’s role secondary to our own creations.
I once asked an AI tool to help me flesh out a devotional thought to see how well it would do. Its language was nice and eloquent but even as I read it, I realized I was using a clever helper instead of seeking God’s voice. Machines can assist, but they must never replace communion with Christ. AI, as smart as it is and could ever be, could never understand the words of God. Proverbs 2:6 says:
“For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.”
The Bible says that God gives us wisdom, not AI. Yes, we’ve used computers and books to learn and to educate ourselves for years. Yet, there’s a difference between using tools to gain knowledge and trusting tools to grant wisdom. Knowledge comes through study, sure, but wisdom comes through the Spirit. True understanding comes from walking with the Lord, fearing Him, and obeying His Word.
Genesis 1:27 declares that man was made “in the image of God.” That means humans alone have souls, morality, and eternal worth. Machines can mimic creativity, but they cannot experience conviction or repentance. AI is not indwelt by the Holy Spirit like the believer is. The danger isn’t that AI will become human, it’s that humans will forget what makes them sacred and stop listening to that still, small voice of God. In a world chasing artificial wisdom, we must return to divine wisdom.
We should be grateful for the tools that help us think, write, and create but we must never forget Who gave us the mind to use them. Technology should point us back to the Creator, not pull us away from Him. The more advanced our tools become, the more anchored our hearts must stay in God’s Word.
As believers, our wisdom does not come from processors or programs but from prayer and the presence of God. The Bible should be and always remain the final authority.
So let us use these tools with humility, discernment, and gratitude, remembering that while the world seeks artificial intelligence, us Christians must seek Godly inspiration. The same God who breathed life into man still speaks through His Word today and no machine can imitate His voice.