Chapter 6. 17
Free Masons
Should
a Christian be a Mason? - Is Freemasonry a Cult?
Shriner
- De Molay - The Eastern Star – Rainbow Girls
Come
now let us reason together says the Lord - Isaiah 1:18
First
Word
Many
years ago, I produced a Christian TV program where a Mason came on and spoke
about his membership in the freemasons.
During the live telecast, the phone bank received numerous phone calls threatening
his life. He informed us, he knew it was
possible to lose his life before he made the decision to speak; it was part of
the Masonic oath.
Masonic
Encyclopedia - Temple - Religion
“Look
at its ancient landmarks, its sublime ceremonies, its profound symbols
and allegories – all inculcating religious observance, and teaching religious
truth, and who can deny that it is eminently a
religious institution; and on
this ground mainly, it not alone, should the
religious Masons defend it.” Albert Mackey – Masonic Encyclopedia
J.S.M. Ward;
Freemasonry: Its Aims and
Ideals p185
“Every
Masonic Lodge is a temple of religion and its teachings are
instructional in religion” Royal Arch degree
“I consider Freemasonry is a sufficiently organized school of mysticism to be entitled to be called a religion….
It teaches that each man can, by himself, work out his own conception of God,
and thereby achieve
salvation.” It holds that
there be many
paths that lead to the throne of the all-living Father which all
start from a common source…. That though these paths appear to branch off in
various directions, yet that all reach the same ultimate goal, and that to some
men, one path is better and to others, another”.
Cult
Definition;
1) A religious organization that meets regularly, 2) has an altar, 3) prays to a
deity, 4) points to another person other than Jesus Christ
and/or 5) Points to another book other than the Bible. Error rarely appears for what it really is. It is mingled with or attached to truth so
that it gains acceptance.
Freemasonry
Freemasonry has all the ear marks of the NEW AGE MOVEMENT. History of
Masonry is that of Philosophy, it is derived from the mystery religions of old. It is the
ancient worship of BAAL, with just
modern new titles. They have spin off organizations like the Eastern Star for women and the De Molay
for teenage boys. They state they
are a universal religious organization that is open to all beliefs. Christianity is reduced to just one of
the many accepted religions. Whatever you honestly believe; is truth.
They have secret oaths and secret rites. (The ministry of
Christ was public and open.) The Masons point to a different person other
than Jesus (Hiram Abiff) and point to
books other than the Bible (The Kabbalah.) By definition; the
Masons are a cult. Their
symbols, by their own admission are presented to mislead the initiate.
Nature
is God;
they pray to G.A.O.T.U.
Great Architect Of The Universe who is the highest God. (Higher
than the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.) The God of the Christian is reduced to
just another one of the false gods. The Bible may be placed on the altar in a
“Christian”
Lodge, but cannot
be read from; ever. Modified passages are used in ceremonies
with the name of
Jesus Christ stricken out. Prayer is encouraged, but the name of Jesus
Christ cannot be uttered. Jesus Christ was a noble reformer and no
more.
The Messiah may or may not have already come; it’s not for the Mason
to decide.
Climbing the Masonic Ladder of “good works” gains
you salvation.
Ephesians
2:8-9 - Man is not saved by his good works; it’s a Gift
8 For by GRACE you have been saved through FAITH, and that not of yourselves; IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD,
9 NOT OF WORKS, lest anyone should
boast. (NKJV)
Here
is where we are
The Free Masons meet all five cult
qualifiers, 1) they are a
religious institution that meets regularly, 2) have
an altar, and refer to their lodge as a temple.
3) Pray to a deity and 4) seek
guidance from any leader and 5) have any Book of
choice. Some Lodges
claim they are not religious, but the majority do.
Mason:
History
“The history of Masonry
is the history of Philosophy.” Morals and Dogma pg. 540
“Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet
never arriving at the ideal
perfection of truth” Morals & Dogma pg 691
The Bible says they are
forever learning, but never coming to the acknowledgement of Christ.[1]
Ancient Priesthood
The principles of Freemasonry preceded the
advent of Christianity. Its symbols and
its legends are derived from the Solomonic Temple and from the people anterior
to that.
Its religion comes from the ancient
priesthood;
its faith was that primitive one of Noah and his immediate descendants”. (Encyclopedia
of Freemasonry)
It
Gets Deeper and Darker
Such are the Noachic
traditions of Masonry, which though if considered as materials of
history, would be worth but little, yet have furnished valuable sources of
symbolism and in that way are full of wise instruction.” “After
the death of Noah, his sons removed from the region of Mount Ararat, where,
until then, they had resided and “traveling from the East found a plain in the
land of Shinar, and dwelt there”. Here
they commenced the building of a lofty tower.”
Encyclopedia of
Freemasonry
Bible: The tower is known as the Tower of Babel, constructed so tall it would reach into the
heavens. This is the birthplace of the multiple pagan gods,
where God confused their language and dispersed them according to His original
command, to go and fill the earth.[2]
Noah
Masonic Founder
Noachica; Legend of the Craft. Noah “The father and founder of the Masonic
system of theology”. Encyclopedia of Freemasonry
Noah is credited
with being the father and founder of the Freemasons. The immediate descendants
of Noah
was Nimrod,
who built the Tower
of Babel and started “BAAL”
worship. This was the lineage of Ham, Noah’s son.[3]
Nimrod was worshiped
as a god. When God confused their
language and scattered them,[4] He is still
worshipped as a god, but with different names as the different language permitted. All of the world’s false and pagan religions
have their very roots in Babylon. In the end God utterly destroys
Babylon.
NOTE: It was the Godly
line of Noah’s
linage of
Shem that gave us Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob and Jesus Christ.[5]
Masons: The
Mysteries - Morals & Dogma Pg
476-477
“Egypt has always been considered as the
birthplace of the mysteries. It was
there that the ceremonies of initiation were first established. It was there that TRUTH
was first veiled in allegory, and the dogmas of religion were first
imparted under symbolic forms.” Encyclopedia of Freemasonry
“The Sun was
termed by the Greeks the Eye of Jupiter, and the Eye of the World; and his is the
All-Seeing
Eye in our Lodges”. Morals & Dogma pg 476-477
“Everything good in Nature comes
from Osiris”
(Sun god) Morals & Dogma. If you
want to see what the “All seeing Eye” looks like, look on a dollar
bill; see the eye; see the sun.
Freemason’s
say everything
good comes from the sun god Osiris.
The Book says everything that is good comes
down from the
Father of Lights; GOD.[6]
Osiris the sun god was worshiped in Egypt; this
is revealed in the Masonic “Third Degree”.
Osiris
is also known as the Lord of the underworld
and the god
of fertility, and is worshipped in sex rituals. Look for the “G” in
the Masonic symbols; .it does not represent God, but to “Generate.”
Myth:
the Masonic Lodge is a Christian Organization
Masons:
Temple is Universal
“If Masonry were simply a
Christian institution, the Jew and Moslem, the Brahman and the
Buddhist, could not conscientiously partake of its illumination; but its universality is its boast. In its language, citizens of every nation may
converse; at its altars men of all religions may
kneel; to its creed,
disciples of every faith may subscribe” (p.439)
“… An atmosphere in which we will never try to
convert each other… we shall believe in God, avoid criticizing
each other, consider all human beings our sisters and brothers, and march
forward in a new comradeship of ideas.”
“Masonry propagates no creed except its own most simple and Sublime One;
that universal religion, taught by Nature and by Reason. Its Lodges are
neither Jewish, Moslem, nor Christian Temples. It reiterates the precepts of morality of all
religions. It venerates the character
and commends the teachings of the great and good of all ages and of all
countries. It
extracts the good and not the
evil, the truth, and not the error, from all creeds;
and acknowledges that there is much which is good and true in all.” Morals & Dogma pg 718
The Masonic Lodge teaches that
universally all men of all religions may come together and kneel and worship
their god side by side. (Syncretism is the adoption of portions of many
belief systems.)
The Bible teaches that all
men will come together, not to worship their individual God, but to worship the
ONE TRUE
GOD,
the Ancient of Days and His son Jesus Christ.[7]
What
fellowship do we have with unbelievers? We are not to be yoked with them.[8]
The Free Masons have only a form of
godliness, but deny the power of Jesus Christ.
They are wells without water. It’s in the Book
2 Timothy 3:4-5 - Masons have a form of godliness
5 having a form
of godliness, but denying its power.
Have nothing to do with them. NIV
2 Peter 2:17-19 – Free Masonry is a well without water
17 These men are
SPRINGS WITHOUT WATER and mists
driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
18 For they
mouth EMPTY, BOASTFUL WORDS and, by
appealing to the lustful desires of SINFUL
HUMAN NATURE, they entice
people who are just escaping from those who live in error.
19 They promise
them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity - FOR A MAN IS A SLAVE
TO WHATEVER HAS MASTERED HIM. NIV
Masons: Prayer
is universal
“Masonry,
around whose altars the Christian,[9] the Hebrew, the Moslem, the Brahman, the followers of Confucius
and Zoroaster,[10] can assemble as
brethren and unite in prayer to the ONE GOD who is above all the Baalim
must needs leave it to its initiates to look for the foundation of his faith
and hope to the written scriptures of his own religion.”
The Book: Baalim refers to a false god or idol; this places
Christianity in that same category.
They teach that the brotherhood of all men is sacred, never mind that
you are bending your knee to a pagan God.
The
Christian is in the presence of gods they have never known.[11] Your
justifications for your actions are an abomination in the sight of God
Luke 16:15 – Your
justifications are an abomination to God
15 he said unto
them, YOU are they which JUSTIFY YOURSELVES before men; but
God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men
IS ABOMINATION IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. KJV
Masons: What
is Truth?
“Toleration,
holding that every other man has the same right to his opinion and faith that
we have to ours; and liberality, holding as no human being can with certainty
say… what is truth, or that he is surely in possession of it…”
“No man can say that
he hath as sure possession of the truth… When men entertain
opinions diametrically opposed to each other, and each is honest, who shall
decide which hast the Truth: and can either say with certainty that he hath
it. We know not what is
truth.”
“The cherished dogmas of each of us are
not, as we fondly suppose, the pure truth of God… Perfect
truth is not attainable anywhere.”
The Book: Masonry says, there is no
absolute truth. It doesn’t
matter what you believe as long as you are honestly sincere;
then you have truth.[12] With this statement, the Christian is
introduced to doubt in his FAITH; how can he be
sure about Jesus being the Son of God?[13]
The Masonic Initiate is told that if he
wants truth, he must seek it only from Masonic brethren, further searing his
conscious, making him unable to discern a truth from a lie. (A half of truth, told as a whole truth, is a lie.) The Christian is deceived and is perishing
because he refused to love the truth that he already possessed.[14] You CAN be sure; Jesus is THE WAY
THE TRUTH and THE LIFE, and no one
come to God except through Him.[15]
Acts 4:12 – Salvation
is found only in Jesus – for sure
12 SALVATION IS FOUND IN NO ONE ELSE, for there is no
other name under heaven given to men by which we must be
saved."
NIV
Mason: Sons of Light
“Freemasons are emphatically called the “sons of light”
because that are, or at least are entitled to be, in possession of the true
meaning of the symbol; while the profane or uninitiated who have not received
the knowledge are, by a parity of expression, said to be in darkness. (Encyclopedia of
Freemasonry)
The Book; this is saying
that when you embrace the Masonic order, you are acknowledging that you were walking in
darkness and Jesus is not the light.[16] Many sayings in the Lodge sound similar to
the Bible, however this is deception.[17] You
are slowly but surely rejecting the Christian faith.[18] Even Satan can transform himself into an
angel of light. When you are already
walking in light, you are not looking for darkness;[19] even Pastors,
deacons and elders are duped, tricked, or to use their term; hoodwinked.
John
8:12 –
We are NOT in darkness
12 When Jesus spoke
again to the people, he said,
"I AM THE
LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
WHOEVER
FOLLOWS ME WILL NEVER WALK IN DARKNESS,
but will have the light of life."
NIV
Galatians
1:8 –
THE MASON IS CONDEMNED;
It’s in the Book
8 But, even if WE or an angel from heaven
should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you,
LET
HIM BE ETERNALLY CONDEMNED!
NIV
Myth: They
pray to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Masons: Who is God?
“God, Creator, Great Moral Governor, Grand
Warden of Heaven, Grand Architect, Great
Architect of the Universe, Supreme Architect, Supreme Being, Legislator,
Absolute Legislator”.
The Book: These are just some of the generic and
vague words that are allowed to be used to address God so as not to breed
division among the members.
G.A.O.T.U. GREAT
ARCHITECT OF THE
UNIVERSE. This is the God the Masons worship. The avoidance of words found in Christianity
reduces it to just another one of the world’s religions.[20] Spoken terms like; Jesus Christ, Jehovah, the God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, the I am that I am, are FORBIDDEN and the
members, as they are Oath Bound, are urged to report such violations.
Matthew 12:30 – If
you are not for God, you are against God
30 "HE WHO IS NOT WITH ME IS AGAINST ME, and
HE WHO DOES NOT GATHER WITH ME SCATTERS
NIV
Romans 1:21-23 – Their hearts become darkened
21 For although
they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but THEIR THINKING BECAME FUTILE
AND THEIR FOOLISH HEARTS WERE DARKENED.
NIV
Masons: Nature is God
“It is true that in one sense,
we can have no actual knowledge of the Absolute Itself, the very Deity. Hence the name of the Deity, taught the ancient Mason,
and teaches us, that the true knowledge of God, of His nature and His attributes, is
written by Him upon the leaves of the great Book of Universal Nature. This knowledge of God, so written there, and
of which Masonry has in all ages been the interpreter, is the Master Mason’s Word.”
The Book: God
is Nature;
that would be the earth, vegetation, sun, moon, stars
and the universe.
This is the same as the Mystery Religions
of old. These gave birth to the
Pro-creative or reproductive powers of nature, known as the “Generative
Principal” or the “Creative Principal” or in layman’s terms; SEX.
Notice the “G” in the Masonic Symbol. The initiate is told
that the “G”
is symbolic of “Geometry”
and that of “God”.
Its real meaning is; to “Generate”, to reproduce, to
procreate.
Masons: Who
is Jesus?
“No one Mason has the right
to measure for another within the walls of a Masonic Temple, the degree of
veneration which he shall feel for any Reformer, or the Founder of any
religion”. “Masonry reverences all the
great reformers. It sees Moses,
the Lawgiver of the Jews, in Confucius and Zoroaster, in Jesus of
Nazareth and in the Arabian iconoclast, Great Teachers of Morality, and Eminent
Reformers.” (Morals & Dogma Page 525)
“None can deny that Christ taught a lofty morality. If every man were a perfect imitator of the
Great, Wise, Good Teacher, Divine or human, inspired or only a reforming
Essene, it must be agreed that His teachings are far nobler… than those of Socrates,
Plato, Seneca, or Mohamet, or any other of the great moralist and reformers of this world”
The Book: The masons believe that all the moralist
were great. You may believe in Jesus of
Nazareth, Zoroaster or anyone else that helps you along the way. Jesus Christ was no more than just
another reformer; a teacher of morality with noble teachings.
Nowhere in Masonry is Jesus named as the son of God. The discussion of Jesus Christ is forbidden
within the Masonic temple. His person
and work is thereby greatly diminished. This is the spirit
of the antichrist.[21]
Derived from Hebrew, the name Jesus is Jehoshua meaning Jehovah is Salvation.
1 John 4:3 – The
spirit of antichrist will not acknowledge Jesus
3 but EVERY
SPIRIT THAT DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS is not from God. THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF THE ANTICHRIST, which you have
heard is coming and even now is already in the world. NIV
Masons: Who is Hiram Abiff?
“The murder of Hiram,
his burial, and his being raised again by the Master, are symbols, both of the death, burial,
and resurrection of the Redeemer, and of the death, and burial in
sins of the natural man, and his being raised again to a new life, or born again,
by the direct action of the redeemer. (Morals & Dogma page 640)
“When a candidate has received the Third Degree, he is said to have been “raised”
to the sublime degree of a Master Mason.
The expression refers materially, to a portion of the ceremony of
initiation, but symbolically, to THE RESURRECTION, which it is the object of the degree to
exemplify.” (Encyclopedia of Free Masonry)
The Book: Hiram Abiff was the master architect of King Salomon’s
temple. He was brought to Jerusalem from
Phoenicia by Hiram King of Tyre. The
masons say Hiram was murdered and raised from the dead while building the
temple, but the
Book says different, it says Hiram finished his work.
The mason points to Hiram Abiff, the master builder
instead of the master Jesus. (Cult identifier)
1 Kings 7:13-14 – Hiram was a master craftsman
13 King Solomon
sent to
14 whose mother
was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was a man of
NIV
2 Chronicles 4:11 - Hiram was not
murdered, he completed task
11 Huram-abi also made the
necessary washbasins, shovels, and bowls. So at last HURAM-ABI COMPLETED EVERYTHING
KING SOLOMON
HAD ASSIGNED HIM to make for
the Temple of God: NLT
Myth: They recognize Jesus Christ as the Messiah
Masons: Who is The Messiah?
“It is not within the
providence of Masonry to determine how the ultimate triumph of Light
and Truth and Good, over Darkness and Error and Evil, is to be achieved; nor
whether the Redeemer, looked and longed for by all nations, hath appeared in
Judea, or is yet to come.”
“God is infinitely wise, just, and good… at the appointed time, he will
redeem and regenerate the world and the Principle, the Power, and the existence
of Evil will then cease; that this will be brought about by such a means and
instruments as He chooses to employ; whether by the merits of a Redeemer that
has already appeared, or a Messiah that is
yet awaited for, by an incarnation of Himself, or by an inspired
prophet, it does
not belong to us as Masons to decide”
The Book: The Masonic view is open to ALL avenues of redemption. The redeemer may have already come, and maybe
he hasn’t. It’s not for the Masonic order to decide. The Christian only has ONE VIEW of redemption, that of through the Son of
God, Jesus Christ.
To be a Mason the Christian must change his view.
John 14:6-7 – Jesus
said I am the ONLY way to Father God
6 Jesus
answered,
"I AM THE WAY
AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.
NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.
NIV
Masons: Salvation Ladder
‘The ladder is a symbol of progress…. Its three
principal rounds representing Faith, Hope, and Charity, present us with THE MEANS OF ADVANCING FROM EARTH
TO HEAVEN,
from death to life – From mortal to immortality. Hence, its foot is placed on the ground floor
of the Lodge, which is typical of the world, and its top rest on the covering
of the Lodge, which is symbolic of heaven”
The Book: Masonry places a ladder before you that by your WORKS you can climb UP to the heavens to save yourself.[22] (The Book says that Jesus came DOWN to us and is the only
way) [23]
The
ladder symbolism comes from the dream of Jacob seeing angles on a ladder.
Genesis 28:12 – No
mention of climbing to receive salvation
12 And he
dreamed, and behold A LADDER set up on the
earth, and the top of IT REACHED TO HEAVEN: and behold the
angels of God ascending and descending on it.
KJV
Masons:
Symbols
“The Blue Degrees are but the
outer court of portico of the Temple.
Part of the symbols are displayed there to the initiate, but he is intentionally
misled by false interpretations. It is
not intended that he shall understand them. Their true explication is reserved for the
Adepts, the Princes of Masonry. It is
well enough for the mass of those called Masons, to imagine that all is
contained in the Blue Degrees; and whoso attempts to undeceive them will labor
in vain…” (Page 819)
The Book: Here it is put straight forward that the Initiate will
be deceived by the symbols he sees,
they have double or secondary meanings. The “G” symbol
is the Generate principal;
It is NOT God
or Geometry. The Square, Compass & point within
a circle: I know what the initiate
is told concerning the meanings of these symbols; but they are deceptions. The actual meanings would cause you to blush,
and I am embarrassed to pen the actual meaning. Once you know what you are looking at, you can
see it; it is vulgar, reprehensible, and pornographic. These objects bring sickness into your home. Under secrecy, little by
little, under the sanctions of oaths the mysteries and secrets are revealed.
Wikipedia
Myth: The
Bible is read from the altar
Masons: The Bible
“The Bible is an indispensable part of the FURNITURE of the Christian Lodge, only because it
is the sacred book of the Christian religion.
The Hebrew Pentateuch in a Hebrew Lodge, and the Koran
in a Mohammedan one, before on the Altar; and one of these, and the Square and
the Compass, properly understood, are the Great Lights by which a
Mason must walk and work. The obligation
of the candidate is always taken on the sacred book or books of his religion,
that he may deem it more solemn and binding.” (Morals and Dogma page 11)
The Book: The Bible, while on the altar of a Christian
Lodge, is never read from, and is only used to make the oaths more binding on
the initiate. So your faith determines
which book you place your hand on. Modified
excerpts from the Bible are utilized, but the name of Jesus Christ is omitted. These changes are addressed as “slight, but
necessary modifications.” Most Christians do not even notice. The Bible is only present, not because of
Truth, but that of symbolism.
Masons: The Kabala
“Masonry
is a search after light; that search leads us directly back to the Kabalah”…
“The
Kabalistic doctrine…like Freemasonry…. Incessantly tends towards spiritual perfection.”… “The source of
our knowledge of the Kabalistic doctrine are the books of Jesirah
and Sohar.”
“All truly dogmatic religions have issued from the Kabalah and return to it:
everything scientific and grand in the religious dreams of all THE ILLUMINATI, Jacob Boehme,
Swedenborg, Saint Martin, and others, is borrowed from the Kabalah; all the Masonic associations owe to it their Secrets and their Symbols” (Morals & Dogmas page 744)
“The teachers, even of Christianity, are in general the most ignorant of
the true meaning of which they teach. There is no book of
which so little is known as the Bible. To most who read it, it is incomprehensible
as the Sohar.” (Morals and Dogma page 105)
The Book: The masons believe that every letter in
the Kabalah
contains mysteries that can only be solved by the initiated; the mason. It unlocks and decodes the symbols, formulas; secrete rites, magical
words and mysteries of the Christian Bible.
This appeals to man. To have secrets, knowledge and powers that
others do not. God says to stay away from this stuff. [24] The Christian is not on a path of a mystical
search of the laws of God because Christ has already come and fulfilled the
Law.
The mason points to another book other than the Bible;
the Kabalah.
(Cult identifier)
Matthew 5:17 – Jesus
fulfilled the law
17 "Do not
think that I have come to abolish THE LAW or the Prophets; I HAVE NOT COME TO ABOLISH THEM
BUT TO FULFILL THEM.
NIV
Kabalah More than you want to know
“A system by which Hebrew
words converted into numbers and then into other words or the same
numbers and the names of powers, the secret names of angels and demons of each
sphere which can be used in magical conjuration. Names, like symbols, are believed to possess
magical properties.” Colin Wilson -The Occult
“Thus the words of several verses in the scripture which are regarded as
containing an occult sense, are placed over each other, and the letters are
formed into new words by reading them vertically; or the words of the text are
arranged in squares in such a manner as to be read vertically or otherwise”.
“Words are joined together and re-divided, and the initial and final
letters of certain words are formed into separate words. Again every letter of the word is reduced to
its numerical value, and the word is explained by another of the same
quantity”.
“These permutations and combinations are much older than the Kabala, and
obtained amongst Jewish occultist from time immemorial.” Excerpt from Lewis Spencer, an Encyclopedia
of Occultism
Masons: Oath
“The
first duty of every Mason is to obey the mandate of the master (of the Lodge), The Masonic
rule of obedience is like the nautical imperative; “Obey orders, even if you break owners”.
The Book: The owner of the believer is Jesus; the Masons
imperative is a higher call than that of Jesus.
We are commanded to NOT swear an oath. [25] JESUS DID NOTHING IN SECRET.
John 18:20 – I
have said nothing in secret.
20 "I HAVE SPOKEN OPENLY TO THE WORLD," Jesus replied.
"I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come
together. I SAID NOTHING IN SECRET.
NIV
Mason: Apprentice Degree
“I promise and swear that I WILL NOT
write, print,
stamp, stain, hew, cut, carve, indent, paint, or engrave it on anything
movable or immovable, under the whole canopy of heaven, whereby or whereon the least
letter, figure, character, mark, stain, shadow, or resemblance of the same
may become legible or intelligible of myself or any other persons in the known
world, whereby THE
SECRETS OF MASONRY may be unlawfully obtained through my
unworthiness.”…”binding myself…. to
have my throat
cut across, my tongue torn out by the roots, and my body buried in the
rough sands of the sea at low water-mark, where the tide ebbs and
flows twice in twenty-four house,
SO HELP ME GOD….”
Mason: Second Degree
“… Binding
myself
under no less penalty that to have my breast torn open and my heart and vitals taken from thence
and thrown over my left shoulder and carried into the valley of Jehoshaphat,
there to become a prey to the wild beast of the field, and vulture of the air,
if ever I should prove willfully guilty of violating any part of this solemn
oath….”
Mason: Master Mason Degree
“… Binding
myself under no less penalty than to have my body severed in two in the midst,
and divided to the north and south, my bowels burnt to ashes in the center, and the
ashes scattered before the four winds of heaven…”
“Upon entering the Order, the initiate BINDS TO HIMSELF every Mason in the world.” (Morals & Dogmas page 726)
WELL LET’S SEE NOW
Here’s where we are; throat cut, tongue torn out, breast torn open,
heart and vitals taken out, body sawed in half, buried in the rough sands….
Anybody up for that? If your son is a Mason and tells its secrets,
you are oath bound to kill him. Your oath has bound
you to every Mason in the world and their
God. Good
Grief
Bet they don’t tell you that at the first meeting
with cookies
and punch.
You are swearing by God’s name in vain, and God will
hold you responsible for your vow.
James 5:12 – Do
not swear
12 Above all, my
brothers,
DO NOT SWEAR-
NOT BY HEAVEN
OR BY
EARTH OR
BY
ANYTHING ELSE. Let your
"Yes" be yes,
and your
"No," no, or you will be condemned.
NIV
Exodus 20:7 – Don’t
use God’s name in vain
7 YOU SHALL NOT
TAKE THE NAME
OF THE LORD THY GOD
IN VAIN; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless
that takes his
name in vain
KJV
Masons: God’s Lost Name
The “Royal
Arch” degree lists the lost name of god as JAH-BUL-ON and the Mason must never reveal this
name. J.B.O.
J – Jehovah Hebrew, B –
Baal Babylonian, O – Osiris Egyptian
Bible: This
statement places Jehovah on the same level as Baal, Osiris and all other pagan
gods. It implies that all worship the
same god just with different names. This
is cross pollination of the religions.
Jehovah is the I AM THAT I AM.[26]
Exodus 3:14 – God’s
name is not lost, it’s… I AM that I AM
14 And God said
unto Moses, I
AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shall thou say unto the children of
Israel, I AM
hath sent me unto you. KJV
Mason: De Molay
A Masonic order for boys
14 to 21 years of age prior to becoming a Mason. Interestingly; Knights Templar, Sir Knight Jock Du Molay
was burned at the stake for heresy on 3/14/1314.
Mason: Eastern Star
A sort of adoptive masonry for
Women who are relatives of Masons.
They submit themselves to the God of the Masonic Order. Their symbol is the INVERTED FIVE POINTED STAR, the same one
used in Satanism
known as Baphomet,
a goat headed god, a demonic deity. The
satanic goat of Mendez
is the “God of
Lust”.
For the daughters of masons; Job’s Daughters, Rainbow Girls, Daughters of the Nile.
Mason: Good Works
“There is perennial nobleness
and even sacredness
in work. Be he never so
benighted and forgetful of his high calling, there is always hope in a man who
actually and earnestly works: In
idleness alone is there perpetual despair.”
Man
perfects himself by working.”
Morals &
Dogma page 341
“This Mason was true to all our teachings, and the apron he now wears in the casket
represents that
purity of life and conduct by which he will now gain admission into the CELESTIAL LODGE above.” (Masonic funeral quote)
The Book: The Masons do good works everywhere,
hospitals and clinics, and the best known is the Shriner’s Hospital for
children. Works do not save you; you do good
works BECAUSE you are saved.[27] God will say,
get away from me
you evil person, I don’t even know you.[28]
Titus 3:4-5 – We
are NOT
saved by good works, but by His Grace
5 he saved us, NOT
BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUS THINGS we had done, but because of his MERCY.
He saved us
through the washing of rebirth and renewal by THE HOLY SPIRIT,
NIV
Shriners
A.A.O.N.M.S. Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Probably
the thing most people think of when thinking of a Shriner is his peculiar red
hat, the fez;
it is always red. In Turkey Morocco,
Egypt and other MOSLEM
countries, the red
fez is the traditional head cover for men.
The explanation for the red color appears to have its
origins in blood...
literally in blood. The tradition is that when the Christian city
of Fez in Morocco was overrun by Moslems
in the westward sweep of Islam, about 900 A.D., there was a great slaughter of
the Christian population. [29]
As many as 50,000 Christians, men, women,
and children, were put to the sword that dark day in history and blood
literally ran in the streets. The Moslem
conquerors, celebrating the slaughter, dipped their woolen caps in the blood,
turning them red,
and wore them as a symbol of their victory.
This apparently, is the origin of both the
name “fez”
and the color “red”
of the cap. If this is so (and
apparently is), every Shriner who puts on his red fez and wears it is
commemorating (although he probably doesn’t know it) the slaughter of tens of
thousands of Christians when the Christian city of Fez was converted by the
sword to Islam.
In case you don’t know it, the Shrine is
the Islamic expression of the Masonic system.
Every Shriner takes his oath or obligation (a bloody, terrible death oath)
kneeling before an Islamic altar on which is the Koran
(not the Bible). He seals his oath by
calling upon “Allah,
the God of the Arab, God of Mohammed and the God of my fathers”, and confesses
in the ritual that “he who follows Islam follows truth” [30] Excerpt from The Masonic
Christian Conflict by Keith Harris
2 Peter 2:2 – Secret
destructive heresies; Shameful ways
1 But there were
also FALSE PROPHETS among the
people, just as there will be FALSE TEACHERS among
you. They will
SECRETLY INTRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE HERESIES, even denying
the sovereign Lord who bought them-
bringing swift destruction on
themselves.
2 Many will
follow their SHAMEFUL WAYS and will bring
the way of truth
into disrepute. NIV
Mason: George Washington
George Washington evidently was a
Mason at one time, but the last 30 years of his life he was a non-affiliated
Mason. The Masons say he presided over the English Lodges. George Washington sent a letter correcting
this error. It said, “The fact is, I
preside over none. Nor have I been in
one more than once or twice within the last thirty years.” ( Letter dated 9/25/1798 )
Should you be a Mason What did God say?
Charles Finney 1830’s Evangelist, renounced Mason (Freemasonry page
115.) “Surely if Masons really understood what
Masonry is, as it is delineated in these books, no Christian Mason would think
himself at liberty to remain another day a member of the fraternity. It is as plain as possible that a man knowing
what it is, and embracing it in his heart, cannot be a Christian man. To say he can is to belie the very nature of
Christianity.”
Dwight L. Moody Moody
Church in Chicago “I do not see how any
Christian, most of all a Christian minister, can go into these secret lodges
with unbelievers. They say they can have
more influences for good; but I say they can have more influence for good by
staying out of them, and then reproving their evil deeds”.
“Abraham had more influence for good in Sodom than Lot had. If twenty five Christians go into a secret
lodge with fifty who are not Christians, the fifty can vote anything they
please, and the twenty-five will be partakers of their sins. They are unequally yoked together with unbelievers”.
[31]
2 Corinthians 6:17 – Come out, be separate
17 "THEREFORE COME OUT FROM THEM AND BE SEPARATE, says the Lord.
… and I will receive you."
NIV
Matthew
12:37 –
You condemn yourself by your own words
37 For by your words you will be
acquitted, and
BY
YOUR WORDS YOU WILL BE CONDEMNED."
NIV
The Take Away
Freemasonry has all the ear
marks of the NEW AGE
MOVEMENT. It is the only CULT that has infiltrated the Church. History of Masonry is that of Philosophy, it
is derived from the mystery religions of old.
Masonry is the ancient worship of Baal, with just modern new titles.
They have spin off organizations like the Eastern Star
for women; the DeMolay
for teenage boys and Rainbow girls for the teenage girls. They state they are a universal religious
organization that is open to all beliefs; Christianity is reduced
to just one of the many accepted religions.
Whatever you honestly believe; is truth.
They have secret oaths and secret rites. (The
ministry of Christ was public and open.) The
Masons point to a different person other than Jesus (Hiram
Abiff) and point to books other than the Bible (The Kabalah). By definition; the Masons are a cult.
Their symbols, by their own admission are
presented to mislead the initiate.
Nature is God: They pray to G.A.O.T.U. Great Architect
of the Universe who is the highest God. (Higher than
the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.) The God of the Christian is reduced to
just another of the false gods.
The Bible may
be placed on the altar in a “Christian” Lodge, but cannot be read from; ever! Modified passages are used in ceremonies with
the name of Jesus Christ stricken out. Prayer
is encouraged, but the name of Jesus Christ cannot be uttered. Jesus Christ was a noble reformer and no
more.
The Messiah may or may not have already
come; it’s not for the Mason to decide. Climbing
the Masonic Ladder of “GOOD WORKS” gains you salvation
ACCEPT ALL OR NONE
The Book: The Holy Bible
The Man: Jesus the Christ
The Plan: The Gift of Salvation
[1] 2 Timothy 3:6-7 – ALWAYS LEARNING
BUT NEVER ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE -- Colossians 2:8 – Learning Deceptive philosophy of the world -- Romans 12:2 – BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR
MIND
[2] Genesis 11:1-9 : They
built a tower to the pagan gods, and God confused their language
[3] Genesis 10:1 – Noah’s
evil son Ham gave us Cush
and Nimrod -- Genesis 10:9-10 – Nimrod builds
Babylon -- Genesis 11:4 – Nimrod builds the Tower of Babel to reach into the
heavens -- Genesis 11:9 – God scatters the Baal worshipers over the face of the
earth
[4] Genesis 11:9 – God
scatters the Baal worshipers over the face of the earth
[5] Genesis 5:32 - Noah
was 500 years old when he fathered the Godly line of Shem,
[6] James 1:17 – EVERY GOOD
GIFT AND EVERY PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE, and cometh down FROM THE FATHER
[7] 1 John 2:2 – Christ is the atoning sacrifice for the sins of ALL the
nations.-- Philippians 2:9-11 – At the name of Jesus every knee should bow -- Daniel
7:13-14 – All peoples, nations and men of every
language will worshiped Jesus
[8] 2 Corinthians 6:14 – Do
not be yoked with unbelievers.
[9] Romans 10:9 – Confess
only JESUS IS GOD IN THE FLESH
[10] James 2:19 – Devils
believe in one God too.
[11] Deuteronomy 29:26 – They
worshiped gods they didn’t even know
[12] 1 Corinthians 15:33 –
Beware, evil consultations corrupts good morals
[13] John 1:4 – In Jesus is
the life; we can be sure -- John 17:3 – There is only one true God and Son
Jesus Christ
[14] 2 Thessalonians 2:10-11 –
They perish because they refuse the truth
[15] John 14:6 – We can be
sure of the way; Jesus said I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE
[16] John 12:36 – We are already sons of light
[17] 2 Corinthians 11:14-15 –
Deception is a tool of Satan, disguising himself as a worker of light
[18] 1 John 1:6-7 – We lie
about Christ, if we chose to walk in darkness
[19] 1 John 1:5 – God is light, He has no
darkness -- Matthew 5:16 – We have light to shine before men
[20] 1 John 2:3-4 – If you
don’t obey God, you have no truth; you are a MAKE-BELIEVER
[21] 2 John 7 – They are many
deceivers who DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS CHRIST as coming in the flesh -- 1 John 2:23 – If you
deny the son, you also deny the father God
[22] Ephesian 2:8-9 – YOU HAVE
BEEN SAVED, THROUGH FAITH, NOT BY WORKS,
[23] John 10:9 – Jesus is the
gate; the entrance to heaven -- 1 John 5:12 – Jesus is the ONLY way
[24] Deuteronomy 18:10-11 –
God says, DON’T DO IT.
[25] Matthew 5:34-37 – Let your yes be yes and your no be no, Do not take an oath it is from Satan
[26] Exodus 6:3 – JEHOVAH is the God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob -- Psalms 83:18 – JEHOVAH is the most high God
[27] Ephesians 2:8-10 – We are
created to do good works; we are saved by faith and the grace of God
[28] Matthew 7:21-23 – Jesus
will say to good works without faith; I never knew you.
[29] Jude 4 – Certain ungodly
men crept in denying the ONE Lord God
[30] Matthew 7:15-20 – Watch
out for evil teachers in sheep’s clothes; you will know them by their fruits
[31] John 4:23 – A time is
coming; True Worshipers will worship God in Spirit and Truth -- Matthew
18:16-17 – Bible and Jesus; testimony of Two witnesses -- 2 Corinthians 13:1 – Old & New
Testament; testimony of Two witnesses
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