| M. Neo knows that he must return to the Matrix to 1)
save humans and 2) fight Agents. |
| S. To review, Jesus asked that Christians be left in
the world to continue His work of bringing men to God, knowing that it also means warfare
against a spiritual enemy. Jesus prayed about the disciples - and all believers in John
17:20 - to God the Father: "I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to
keep them from the evil one…as You sent Me into the world, I also have sent
them…" (John 17:15-21). Again, "we do not wrestle against flesh and
blood…but against spiritual forces of wickedness…" (Ephesians 6:12). |
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| M. Tank calls Morpheus "our father". Trinity
adds shortly, "Morpheus sacrificed himself so he could get you out." |
| S. The term "father" can have two parallels
here. One is as God the Father, who sacrificed Himself so he could get us out of a fallen
world if we choose to accept him. Jesus said, "I and the Father are one" in John
10:30, meaning that it was indeed the Father who also died on the cross in the Trinitarian
sense (also see Isaiah 9:6). As stated before, Morpheus can sometimes represent God in the
film - but not in the sense that Agents can hold him captive! |
| The other idea for "father" can be that of a
mentor or trainer (disciple-maker), which fits this scene better. The Apostle Paul called
his disciple Timothy "my true child in the faith." (1 Timothy 1:2). The Apostle
Paul was often persecuted or imprisoned for his ministry, and Timothy ministered to his
mentor Paul in these afflictions, much as Neo will go to rescue his trainer Morpheus. |
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| M. Neo and Trinity decide to rescue Morpheus, even if
it costs their lives. |
| S. "Greater love has no one than this, that one
lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13). |
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| M. Tank warns Neo that attempting to rescue Morpheus is
"suicide", and lists out the forces against him: a military controlled building,
and three Agents. Neo goes in anyway. |
| S. Faith does not consider obstacles; God can overcome
anything. As Abraham said in the old testament, "Is anything too difficult for the
Lord?" (Genesis 18:14). "Nothing is too difficult for Thee [God]..."
(Jeremiah 32:17). |
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| M. Neo says, "Morpheus believed something and he
was ready to give his life for what he believed. I understand that now." |
| S. A Christian must mature to the point that he is
willing to die for Truth. As the old saying goes, "if you have nothing to die for,
you don't have anything to live for." Being willing to die for the truth means not
only physical death, but also dying daily to self in favor of following Christ. |
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| M. Neo says, "I have to go [back into the
Matrix to save Morpheus]". "Why?" asks Tank. "Because I believe in
something," says Neo. |
| S. Neo must go because he believes. True
belief demands action. Faith produces works just as naturally as fire produces heat.
Someone who claims he has faith, but has no works to prove it, does not have faith at all,
but has a dead, false 'faith'. (James 2:14-26). |
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| M. Agent Smith attempts to break Morpheus' faith by
telling him that he is a victim of evolution. |
| S. The theory of evolution, which makes man a mere
animal, is not of God. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth"
(Genesis 1:1, etc.) Satan will attempt to damage a Christian's faith with the lie of
evolution. |
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| M. Agent Smith adamantly tells how much he hates
humanity, and how much he wants to be free of the prison of the Matrix as well! |
| S. Satan hates mankind with an utter hatred. And
like Agent Smith, Satan is not free. God already limits Satan's activity, and it will only
get worse for Satan. Currently, Satan may be allowed even in heaven at times to talk to
God (see Job 1 and 2), but in the last days, God will restrict Satan to earth (see
Revelation 12). God will eventually further confine Satan to an eternal lake of fire
(Revelation 20:10). |
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| M. In the hovercraft, Tank encourages the tortured
Morpheus. |
| S. Christians must encourage each other in the
spiritual battles they face. Tank's actions could also represent prayer for one another,
which is a powerful weapon in the spiritual war (James 5:16). |
