Colossians 1:24-2:5. Ministry that helps you mature | David Todd | 260913 | Growing as Christians

As we move on to this next little section, here's a question for you.

How good are you at spotting a fake? It seems like we're always being confronted with that, with the rise of AI.

Everyone's saying, can you spot which one's fake? So what about with these photos, that one that's up at the front? You don't need to shout out, but what do you think? Is that a genuine photograph or is that being AI generated? You can have your thoughts, give you a moment to decide.

Let me tell you, that one is fake.

That's not real.

No photographer involved in that.

Here's the next one.

What do you think about that? AI? Fake? Moment to decide.

That one is real.

Someone took that with a camera.

I'm sure they edited it in some ways, but that's a real one.

Next one.

What about this? That looks amazing.

I mean, that has all the hallmarks, doesn't it? As you look at it, I'm thinking that's probably AI.

That one's real.

Real photograph.

Last one.

Fake or is that AI or real? That one's fake.

None of those people are real.

It's all been generated by a computer.

Can you spot a fake? The reason for saying that is this part of Colossians is concerned with something similar, right? Gospel ministers, can you spot a fake gospel? And Paul in these verses, if you didn't quite twig it, Paul is defending himself because some are saying he's a fake.

And it still happens today.

Paul seems to be one of the key Bible writers about whom people say, well, I don't really like Paul very much.

I like to stick with just Jesus and the Gospels as if to say he's not genuine, but he really is and it really matters.

Here, the issue around Paul is not so much his extreme or his view on certain ethical issues of the day, but that he's suffering.