Watered-Down Christianity
Watered-Down Christianity: Misleading The Masses
The very idea of artificial intelligence (or AI) sends shivers down my spine, and yet also fascinates me at the same time.
Who ever thought we’d be in living in an era where self-driving cars are being tested?
And, check this out.
Recently, I prompted an AI generator to create a rhyming poem about flowers.
In a matter of a few seconds, this is what it came up with:
It’s not the best poem, but not the worst either, right?
But the fact remains, a machine wrote it.
My knowing ahead of time that this poem wasn’t written from the heart and creative mind of a human writer cheapens it for me.
I don’t know about you, but I like to know ahead of time if something is real, or just a clever imitation.
Likewise, in our Christian faith, discernment over what is the real gospel vs. watered-down Christianity is crucial.
Watered-down Christianity isn’t Christianity at all.
Watered Down Christianity: Are You Hearing the Real Deal?
Is what you’re listening to the real gospel of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Bible – or is it just an imitation?
Is the message watered down to make it look and sound like the real thing, but it fails to mention sin, forgiveness, the Cross, the Resurrection, and salvation?
There’s a lot of false teaching in our world today – meant to tickle the ears and grow the congregation at the same time.
Does the Bible say:
You have to earn your way into Heaven?
That there are many ways to Heaven?
You can pray to whomever you would like?
That we all worship the same God?
No. it doesnt. But, those are just some of the counterfeit teachings leading the masses down a dangerous path.
The right thing to do is to teach people the truth.
The Enemy, working through modern day false teachers, will do anything to destroy the true gospel – that our salvation is through Christ alone.
We must be modern day Bereans.
The Bereans have long been seen as a positive example of how a person or community should respond to biblical teaching. We are called to eagerly learn from God’s Word and, no matter who the teacher is, to investigate new teaching in comparison with the Bible. The practice of the ancient Bereans is a model for all who desire to grow spiritually today. – Got Questions website.1
Why is Biblical discernment so important?
The world, as prophesied in scripture, will continue to rebel against God.
The biblical term “fool” does not mean someone unintelligent or uneducated. It means someone who ignores godly wisdom and truth in favor of their own biases or preferences. – Bibleref website.2
People are looking for soft answers, and false teachers are providing what they want to hear.
We must beware of new revelations, mysticism, and biblical “adjustments” to appease modern sensitivities.
Test everything against Scripture.
Be discerning.
It is up to us as Christians, led by the Holy Spirit, to take the real gospel to the world, and expose what is fake.
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1 Quotation from gotquestions.org, from “Who were the Bereans in the Bible?” n.d., para. 8. Web. Accessed March 6, 2023. Bereans in the Bible.
2 Quotation from bibleref.com, from “What does Proverbs 14:33 mean?” n.d., para. 3. Web. Accessed March 6, 2023. Biblical definition of fool.
