THE PLACE OF HUMANS, ANIMALS AND MACHINES IN GOD'S WORK 2
6 SO MOSES TOOK THE CARTS AND THE OXEN, AND GAVE THEM TO THE LEVITES.
7 Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service;
8 and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
9 BUT TO THE SONS OF KOHATH HE GAVE NONE, BECAUSE THEIRS WAS THE SERVICE OF THE HOLY THINGS, WHICH THEY CARRIED ON THEIR SHOULDERS."
Numbers 7:6-9 (NKJV)
We have been able to establish the importance of being faithful of whoever is called or assigned and shouldered with the responsibility of preaching or teaching the Word of God; not delegating the work to animate or inanimate objects.
The concluding part of the teaching is here—this part two.
What are the things that should not be delegated by a minister in the work of ministry:
I. Prayer and a time of fellowship with God by a minister cannot and should not be delegated or skipped by the minister of God (Mark 1:35; Luke 5:16; 6:12). A minister who does that, skips prayer and his or her fellowshipping with God, is gradually decreasing without knowing.
There is no stagnation in the spiritual progression, It is either you are progressing or regressing, you can never be stagnant spiritually. If you are not growing or moving forward, you are falling or retrogressing automatically.
II. Receiving or conception of messages from God cannot and should not be delegated. Why It cannot be delegated is, It is a message and not a sermon—it is usually gotten in the place of fellowshipping with God.
A sermon could be put together through rigorous or careful study of the Bible, well planned and prepared according to the standard of the theological principles—for a sermon is considered a good sermon when It is homiletical.
However, a message is not like that. A message is received or conceived through a rapport or fellowship or communion between a minister and God. A sermon probably can be prepared by AI but a message from God cannot be received or prepared and delivered by a machine—AI.
A message is always delivered by the messenger whom the message was given, and the essence of a messenger or minister is the message he bears and delivers. If someone does not have any message to bear and deliver again; such would lose his or her relevance and stop being called a messenger or minister of God. Whoever, a minister, who is no longer receiving and delivering messages from God, such is no longer relevant in God's kingdom on the earth.
If a minister would have to sit back, doing nothing, and then programmed a machine, AI, to be preaching or teaching, It means such a minister has lost his or her relevance with God and His kingdom on the earth. What then would be the use of the minister's mouth and his or her body—his or her entire being—If It was not being used to preach or teach the Word of God?
That being said, for the purpose of balancing the message, AI could be used to read out or voice out or relay as some are doing on YouTube and other social media platforms, a well received and prepared message by a minister of God If the need be. But for a minister to sit down, doing nothing, and ask AI to suggest and prepare a message for him to be delivered or shared with the people on Sunday or any of his or her meeting. No. It is not sane and normal—it is irresponsibility. Whoever does that would be chastised by God Himself.
Peace.