Inception: The power of an idea

This movie is seriously as though provocating as the Matrix. Why it will become one the best movie is because the premise is that whenever we are awake, we assume that the world around us is the truth. And as Pontius Pilate asked Jesus "What is the truth?" we are also struggling to understand the complexity of our being, of our existence and of our reason for being here. Hence our truth is really what we think, what we believe and what we perceive things to be.

So what is truth? Truth is the person of Christ? See the subtlety of the question mark. It is an idea to question a statement, a belief so that we can grow and can believe even more or reject a false notion. But that subtlety is the weapon that the devil has used to create doubt and then slowly replace the conviction in Christ with a false notion, or another god or mammon.

The idea or in another word, suggestion, makes us to ponder the possibility of another alternative possibility to the one reality we are holding on. And that idea is definitely as dangerous as a weapon in one's hand. The power of an idea will lead to the inception of one's belief that will lead to the transformation of a person through the perception of the world around that person.

But how can an idea become so powerful especially in the absence of prove. Why do atheists held the belief, the idea that we come from apes when apes are still around? Why do the buddhist think that there is an everlasting wheel of life, or reincarnation and of kharma? Why do we Christians think that Jesus Christ is the saviour? When did the idea of sin comes in? How can we be sure? An idea, a question, a doubt will lead to either hope or despair...

That's why Apostle Paul says

¹⁴Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, ¹⁵and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (Ephesians 6)

Why do we need to put on the helmet of salvation? Why not the breastplate of salvation?

Instead Paul said the head needed to be protected by the truth of our eternal salvation, and in an instance, we all know that the idea, that we will lose our salvation, is pretty real in this world. Didn't Paul says that NOTHING can separate us from the love of God? But still a lot of people are duped by the idea that we, the real children of God, can lose our salvation.

The notion of an idea, that it can be planted as in the movie, can either grow into a strong tree or wilt under strong persecution. The idea, that Christ is the redeemer, is something that the devil and the world at large is very much against. Look after that idea, and water it with faith by stepping out in faith, will make that idea, the reality.

And what is the reality that is important? We are the children of God.

And as Pastor Joseph Prince says "Right believing leads to Right Living" and may I add that the right believing needs the right idea, the right suggestion and the ability to fight alternative ideas to our hope of our salvation.

This time, the top will drop because our reality is Christ reality and our salvation is real salvation.