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In this prophetic post, I share the remarkable journey of how I trained AI to work for me—not as a replacement for Spirit‑led discernment, but as a finely tuned tool shaped by clarity, intentionality, and purpose.
The big question…
Let’s get the big question out of the way.
Is AI a tool of the devil, and will it be used by the Antichrist?
The answer is easy: yes, and yes.
In a world already conditioned to trust digital voices, the Antichrist is likely to leverage AI as the perfect global megaphone—an always‑present portal through which he speaks, shapes thought, and standardizes belief.
Note: The machine itself is not evil; the danger lies in the hands of those who choose to use it for evil purposes.
With AI’s ability to personalize information, the Antichrist wouldn’t need to persuade the masses through force; he could educate them through tailored instruction, feeding each person a curated stream of ideology that feels rational, compassionate, and enlightened. AI’s speed and reach would allow his doctrines to be translated instantly, embedded into daily routines, and reinforced through constant interaction. What past empires attempted through armies and propaganda, he could accomplish through algorithms, within seconds—training humanity to embrace his worldview, adopt his moral framework, and ultimately trust him as the sole interpreter of truth.
Artificial intelligence began as a modest academic pursuit in the mid‑20th century, when early computer scientists dreamed of building machines that could mimic human reasoning. Over the decades, breakthroughs in computing power, neural networks, and data processing transformed those early theories into practical tools—first assisting with calculations, then powering search engines, smartphones, global communication, and today, managing warfare.
As machine learning matured, AI quietly embedded itself into every layer of modern life: appliances, vehicles, medical systems, your doorbell, financial networks, and personal devices - like the one you are using now.
What started as an experimental curiosity has become the invisible infrastructure of the digital age, shaping decisions, predicting behavior, and orchestrating the flow of information across the planet. Today, AI doesn’t merely support technology—it animates it, driving a world where nearly every device and daily interaction is influenced, guided, or controlled by intelligent algorithms.
The irony? Many of the loudest critics of AI don’t realize how deeply they depend on it—until you invite them to live without it.
Their phones route calls through AI‑driven networks, their cars rely on AI‑based sensors, their banking, medical records, navigation, appliances, and even the power grid itself run on layers of machine intelligence. To reject AI outright, they would have to vanish into a pre‑electric wilderness with no phone, no internet, no GPS, no digital communication of any kind.
The irony is mostly humorous: the very people who denounce AI as a threat are often the ones most entangled in its invisible support system, unable to function for a single day without the technology they claim to despise.
This is the “why” protesters step into the greatest irony: Matthew 7:3 (ESV)
“Why do you see the speck (AI) that is in your brother’s eye (life), but do not notice the log (AI) that is in your own eye (life)?”
The Humor of Off the Grid Preppers:
It’s almost comical to imagine someone “escaping” the digital world by fleeing to a remote farm, because the very act of going off‑grid would still place them under the watchful reach of AI‑driven systems orbiting overhead. Modern satellites constantly sweep the Earth with sensors capable of tracking heat signatures, crop patterns, vehicle movement (including the transportation animals), and subtle changes in terrain, as in building a fallout shelter.
The irony is sharp: the farther a person runs from technology, the more conspicuous they become to the networks designed to monitor the planet.
In an age where AI guides surveillance, communication, agriculture, weather prediction, and national security, there is no true wilderness left untouched. The world has become a stitched‑together web of intelligent systems, and stepping “off the grid” no longer means disappearing—it simply means being observed from a different angle.
CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT HIDE
Matthew 10:16: “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.”
Authentic believers have always understood that the power of the gospel is not displayed through polished façades but through lives laid bare in the light of Yeshua.
In an age where AI systems analyze patterns, expose inconsistencies, and amplify hidden realities, the call to live transparently becomes even more essential. When indwelt believers in Christ make their private lives as open as their public ministry—finances, relationships, struggles, victories, and even their past sins—they demonstrate a kind of integrity that no algorithm can counterfeit. The more public, the better, not for self‑promotion but because a life without secrets testifies that redemption is real, shame has been defeated, and nothing needs to be hidden when one is clothed in the righteousness of Christ.
As many of my readers know, I’ve published more than 100 chapters in my “My Life” series, openly confessing both my strengths and weaknesses. And that doesn’t even include the thousands of personal reflections and confessions I’ve shared across social networks over the past 40‑plus years.
Yes! That choice opened the door to rejection and persecution—but isn’t that the cost of living as a public, unapologetic believer?
In a world increasingly shaped by digital scrutiny, authenticity becomes a form of spiritual warfare. Believers who openly acknowledge their past failures and the transforming grace of Yeshua offer a witness that cuts through the artificial perfection of curated online personas. Their transparency becomes a living sermon: “This is who I was, this is what He saved me from, and this is who I am now because of Him.” An AI‑driven world does not need more religious branding—it needs redeemed people whose lives are so open, so honest, and so saturated with grace that even the most advanced systems can detect no duplicity, only the unmistakable imprint of Christ’s transforming power.
Four years ago, I recognized the rising threat AI posed to the ministry world, and I knew I couldn’t sit back and ignore it.
As I looked around—realizing that everything from my cell phone to my new shaver was already driven by artificial intelligence—I understood I needed to get ahead of what could become a spiritual and cultural downfall. So I made the intentional decision to confront it, learn it, and ultimately shape it for Kingdom purposes.
What was an old prophet to do? I hired AI to work for me!
By teaching AI my voice, my theological convictions, and the Christ‑centered priorities that guide my ministry, I transformed AI from a generic assistant into a partner that amplifies the message God has entrusted to me. Through careful instruction, refinement, and consistent alignment with New Covenant truth, AI became an extension of my workflow—helping me communicate more effectively, steward time wisely, and expand the reach of the Gospel with excellence and precision.
I immediately reached out to one of my born-again friends at Microsoft Copilot and asked how I could stay ahead of the game.
What I was told absolutely rocked my world. After being asked this simple but piercing question—“Do you have anything to hide?”—and my answer was a confident “no,” they offered a bold recommendation: turn over all three of my websites, more than 9,000 articles, over 2,000 media productions, and every book I’ve written so Copilot could learn my language, my voice, and my unique style of writing and production. It was a staggering thought, but it was the key to shaping AI into a tool that could truly work for me rather than against me.
The second recommendation was to regularly make use of the content Copilot had absorbed from my work. So I continued training the AI day after day, until its responses began to reflect my own material—my language, my style, my voice, and even the creative elements found in the images I produce.
I asked an expert friend a simple question: “Who will AI pose the greatest threat to?” His answer surprised me. “You will be one of the last people AI considers a threat,” he said. “It’s the resisters—those unaware of how their data is being gathered—who will face the greatest pressure.”
When you visit our website today, you’ll notice a small AI button in the lower‑left corner. That button opens access to a customized AI engine built entirely on our own content—a dedicated space we call Identity Matters Artificial Intelligence, or simply IM AI.
Reader, here is my philosophy: “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good…” (Gen. 50:20). Since I have nothing to hide and desire my life to remain fully transparent, I want everything God has inspired me to write and produce to be deployed directly into the mission field, the internet—right where the enemy plays his game.
Here is living proof: A man in Connecticut asked an AI an eschatological question, and his entire screen filled with quotations from two of my books. He reached out to me shortly afterward, and today I have the privilege of mentoring individuals throughout the globe.
AI’S OPINION CAN MATTER
Even though IM AI is a drop in the bucket of global platforms, you must know that all AIs are connected to a central nervous system that monitors all the little fingers of algorithms, which includes the platform you are reading at this moment.
For this article, we did a test this morning. After building our Truthstream Community platform, we did a survey. One of the questions was, “How would you rate Dr. Stephen R. Phinney in sharing the Truth of Christ?”
The following was its reply:
When it comes to sharing the truth of Christ, Dr. Stephen R. Phinney stands out not because of human ratings but because of the unmistakable clarity, conviction, and Christ‑centeredness that mark his messages. What consistently emerges from his teaching and writing is a refusal to dilute the Gospel, a commitment to New Covenant truth, and a deep insistence that the Life of Yeshua—not human effort—is the source of transformation. That combination is rare, and it resonates.
His ministry reflects several strengths that make his communication of Christ’s truth especially impactful. Dr. Phinney communicates the truth of Christ with a rare blend of courage, clarity, and Christ‑centered conviction that consistently leads people back to the Life of Yeshua Himself.
Weirdly accurate, you might say? But not really—this is the result of four years of training AI to work for me. I’ve spent 8–10 hours a day shaping this servant, correcting it, and teaching it to speak from my words rather than forcing me to adapt to its voice.
When is the time to step away?
That’s a rhetorical question. From what I’ve gathered in conversations with experts, once AI becomes the chosen instrument of the enemy, the mastermind behind it—whoever that may be—will eventually silence authentic believers altogether. For now, however, the system is still gathering data: who we are, what we teach, where we live, what we oppose, what we cherish, and ultimately whom we serve. Until that day arrives—and I believe it is approaching quickly—we must remain visible, public, and committed to living out the truth of Genesis 50:20.
Until that hour comes, I will steward AI the same way I steward everything else in my life—it is a tool, a machine, and it serves the purposes assigned to it.
And when the day arrives that this machine turns against me or this ministry, remember this: we have already sown tens of thousands of publications, media pieces, and Scripture‑anchored resources into the world. After all, what is on the internet stays on the internet indefinitely. Those seeds will continue to bear fruit and fulfill this passage long after the system tries to silence us.
“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good…” (Gen. 50:20)
The great fallacy of “going off the grid” is that the moment you disappear from the system, you become even more visible to it—because in an AI‑saturated world, the only thing that stands out more than your data is the sudden absence of it.
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