Should A Christian be a Mason?
| Posted On: 05/14/09 11:13:37 AM |
Age 51, AR |
In my opinion concidering the materials that I have read, I would definatly encourage Christians not to become Masons. I would encourage however that if they are deciding to do so that they read materials available on Masonry.
Once such source is a book called "Scarlet and the Beast." by John Alexander.
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Should A Christian be a Mason
| Posted On: 05/14/09 11:07:47 AM |
Age 51, AR |
There is a lot of material concerning Masonry that could enlighten a lot of Christians concerning this Secret Society, One source of this material can be found in a book called "Scarlet and the Beast" by John Alexander.
I am not a Mason however have had people in my family that are. There is so much controversy concerning this organization however their fundamental statements that are Written in the Masonic Manifesto, and various other publications shed light on their true intent. In my opinion I would say that no true Christian should concider or become a Mason. Do the research.
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In All Handbooks?
| Posted On: 05/14/09 10:55:35 AM |
Age 51, TX |
Thanks for sharing this. I had been taught for several years that Masonry was wrong, but no one said exactly why; just that it was a "secret" organizations and Christians should not participate. You said this was from the Kentucky Masonic Handbook. Do all lodges follow this? If so, now I know why a Christian should have NO PART in Masonry!
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Masons
| Posted On: 05/14/09 10:53:22 AM |
Age 63, MS |
I was Mason for good many years. While I didn't really get into the back ground of the order I begin to here bit and pices of it. The thing that got me was how somany let this be thier church. In that they would not attend church but was very faithful to the lodge. I begin to see enough that I felt that I didn't need to belong any more and quit the lodge and the Masons/Shriners. While there are some good thing done by the shrines but when you let anything come between or supplment your faith in God you are in trouble. You can not serve two masters. I have a lot of friends that are still Mason some of them get real mad if you try to talk to them about Masons. I pray for them that they will search their hearts and look at what and who they are serving when they set in the lodge.
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Here we go again.
| Posted On: 05/14/09 10:44:13 AM |
Age 44, TX |
I think you need to talk to a few more Masons and do a little more research. One paragraph in one book just doesn't do it. There are people out there lying about what Masons are because they are mad or offended by the Masons.
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The curses from Masonic Oaths are very real
| Posted On: 05/14/09 10:16:32 AM |
Age 43, TX |
The curses created by masonic oats are very real. I have experienced the before and after of renounincing them and it really is quite amazing.
Here is a great example of the prayer I was given to use.
http://www.livingbreadcrumbs.com/inspiration/prayer/breaking_freemasonry_curses.htm
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Should a Christian be a Mason?
| Posted On: 05/14/09 10:08:53 AM |
Age 72, IL |
Absolutely not. It is one of the most ungodly organization in the world. when the Holy Spirit showed me that I [ex-mason] was serving Satan I got out and repent of the sin of serving two masters. John 14:6 "I am the way the, the truth and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." That's me, you and anyone else that want to be in the Kingdom of God. Yours in Christ Jesus, Pastor Lloyd W. Jordan Jr.
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Should a Christian be a Mason?
| Posted On: 05/14/09 10:03:05 AM |
Age 71, TX |
The finest Christian men and women I've ever known, two grandfathers, my father and mother, brother, aunts, uncles and sons were Masons, Shriners. Most belong or belonged to the Eastern Star. These men and women were or are teachers, pastors, and leaders in their communities and churches, volunteer fire fighters, work with the homeless. One son served six deployments to Iraq to help keep this country free.
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You Are Too Nice!
| Posted On: 05/14/09 09:26:43 AM |
Age 42, OR |
In the article you say that an altar in which multiple religions join is "anti Christian". I believe it goes beyond that as revealed in Bible prophecy that a one world religion would be worship of the anti Christ and thus Satanic. This would lead us to believe that Masonic organizations are based on Satanic practices.
Our world believes that Satanic practices are all about ceremonies in the woods with candles and pigs blood and black cats (thank you Hollywood). When the anti Christ comes he will be lovely and appealing and seductive...he might even wear a suit and tout philanthropy. We should be more wary as Christians.
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Masonry, the Demonic Association
| Posted On: 05/14/09 09:17:37 AM |
Age 59, CA |
Years ago, actually decades ago, I once told a co-worker who said that her father was a Mason that Masonry was a cultic demonic organization and not Christian. She immediately became defensive and was surprised I had even said that. I continued to let her know the truth as I had read several things on Masonry and knew as a Christian that it was not of God. She refused to believe the truth, got very angry with me and refused to discuss anything further with me. I eventually left that company and found another job but I never forgot her. I ernestly pray that she finally found the truth and accepted it.
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Wow!
| Posted On: 05/14/09 09:15:21 AM |
Age 53, NC |
How do you politely give this information to people in your church who are Masons or Shriners (a part of the Masons who do much charitable work)? I can only pray that they are like the gentleman in the article, with no clue what the Masons really represent!
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Universalism in Freemasonry is from Lurian Kabbalah
| Posted On: 05/14/09 09:15:21 AM |
Age 2, MN |
The quote from the Kentucky Masonic Handbook you posted clearly spells out the Universalist objectives of the Lurian Kabbalah. Doctrines taken from the Lurian Kabbalah were integrated with Christian metaphors to create a hybrid religion known today as "Christian Kabbalah." English Freemasonry is a handmaiden to Christian Kabbalah as are Rosicrucians, Mormons,and the New Order of the Latter Rain (NOLR) aka New Apostolic Reformation (NAR).
Excerpt from:
"Chap 28: Knight of the Sun, or Prince Adept" in Pike, Albert. Morals and Dogma (1871).
p.753
"These numerations or Sephiroths are held in the Kabala to have been originally contained in each other; that is, Kether contained the nine others, Hakemah contained Binah, and Binah contained the last seven.
For all things, says the commentary of Rabbi Jizchak Lorja [Isaac Luria], in a certain most abstruse manner, consist or reside and are contained in Binah, and it projects them, and sends them downward, species by species, into the several worlds of Emanation, Creation, Formation, and Fabrication; all whereof are derived from what are above them, and are termed their out-flowings; for, from the potency which was their state there, they descend into actuality."
p772-773
"SANCTA SANCTIS, we repeat again; the Holy things to the Holy, and to him who is so, the mysteries of the Kabalah will be holy. Seek and ye shall find, say the Scriptures: knock and it shall be opened unto you. If you desire to find and to gain admission to the Sanctuary, we have said enough to show you the way. If you do not, it is useless for us to say more, as it has been useless to say so much.
The Hermetic philosophers also drew their doctrines from the Kabalah; and more particularly from the Treatise Beth Alohim or Domus Dei, known as the Pneumatica Kabalistica, of Rabbi Abraham Cohen Irira, and the Treatise De Revolutionibus Animarum of Rabbi Jitzchak Lorja [Isaac Luria].
This philosophy was concealed by the Alchemists under their Symbols, and in the jargon of a rude Chemistry,--a jargon incomprehensible and absurd except to the Initiates; but the key to which is within your reach; and the philosophy, it may be, worth studying. The labors of the human intellect are always interesting and instructive.
To be always rich, always young, and never to die: such has been in all times the dream of the Alchemists.
To change into gold, lead, mercury, and all the other metals; to possess the universal medicine and elixir of life; such is the problem to be resolved, in order to accomplish this desire and realize this dream."
http://www.sacred-texts.com/mas/md/md29.htm
A central question then boils down to this:
Is the Jewish Kabbalah a divine writing and if so, is it compatible with the Christian faith? Is Jesus Christ the "Philosopher's Stone" by which a believer may become a "Christ" as Christian Kabbalists believe?
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Masonry is not for a Christian
| Posted On: 05/14/09 08:54:21 AM |
Age 72, IL |
Several years ago I received regular videos from John Ankerberg, and one of them was on Masons, which explained a concern I had had since childhood. My father had belonged to a Masonic Lodge since his college days at Oklahoma University. As a child, I had asked him why we left a church I liked just because they didn't let Masons be Deacons. He told me then that everything about Masons was a secret. Well, thirty years later I showed him the Ankerberg video, which had some bad things about Masons, and asked if any of it was false. He said that none of it was false, which did not involve him giving away any secrets. A short time later he quit the Masons. The amazing thing to me is that so many Christian churches allow Masons to be Deacons.
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Christian's Tolerance of Masonry
| Posted On: 05/14/09 08:51:33 AM |
Age 53, TN |
I have challenged several men on their association with the cult of Masonary. One of their strongest arguments is that "even people in my church and churches all over the country are Masons." To that I say you do not worship man but Jesus. Sin is sin and the church is full of sinners. Any man that would dare to make a blood oath to another man; bow and call another man "Worshipful Master"; agree to NEVER testify against a brother Mason, even if he knows he is guilty of a vile act against someone, etc.. is no Christian. I've seen men wear that ring with so much pride even in the church. It sickens me to think that is all it takes to blind the soul. Maybe Churches should start handing out fancy rings if men seriously need some outward symbol of belonging. I don't really mean that, it is just so cheap and I am appalled that men can so easily be drawn in without even knowing what the organization is doing. Make no mistake about it, we are told we cannot serve two masters. The Word of God is truth. We must choose who we will follow and know if we gain the whole world (that is a huge draw for the Masons is that the Brotherhood will protect you, give you work, etc..) but loose our soul what has it profited us???? The cost is dear, rejection of that truth. My opinion of Masonary is a group of men too shallow to serve God and too ignorant to see how their ego will bind them to this cult. But I do not understand why the church has not been more vocal about denouncing this horrible organization.
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Chaplain
| Posted On: 05/14/09 08:39:08 AM |
Age 43, SC |
I found your article interesting. As pastor and chaplain I'm around alot of mason in the church. I would like more information so that I can make an educated argument when talking with individuals who are involved in the Mason's. Can you provided me with more information.
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Much more serious than you think
| Posted On: 05/14/09 08:10:01 AM |
Age 57, LA |
I agree that what is written in the Mason Book, which you quoted, is sufficient to reject it totally, being that it suggests there are other ways of salvation, than through Jesus Christ. However, that is but one heretic statement of belief tucked away in that demonic "organization." I say demonic because you'll also find that Lucifer is at the top of the hierarchy of all the degrees, but only the "enlightened" ones, or so it claims, can really understand and "appreciate" that. I'm telling you, run for the hills if anyone approaches you, (although they claim you have to ask someone first to join) to become a mason. My husband and I have studied this extensively to try and tell his dad to renounce his vows. He has been "hood-winked" to the truth, as if a veil is over his mind. He defends it. We've even said, "Just ask the Lord what He thinks of it," and see what He says. Finally, we had to dust our feet, because he kept defending it after many prayerful attempts. I beleve, also that those vows he made has even affected the family spiritually, as they were inadvertently made to demon spirits.
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The Truth Abiut Freemasonry
| Posted On: 05/14/09 08:05:37 AM |
Age 56, KS |
I'm sorry. I forgot to say that my father was an Illuminate in Prince Hall FM. In the book I state that it does not matter what I think or feel. What matters is what the Word of God says. I used FM documents, Masonic Moniters and scripture to show the unholy alliance. I would like the opportunity to discuss the topic with you, Dr.Regan. I wrote the book for this purpose, my father committed suicide and did not know Jesus. I want to do whatever I can to save souls. "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." At one conferene I held, six Masons remitted (terminated their membership) and asked Jesus into their heart! To God be the glory!
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This is a constant struggle
| Posted On: 05/14/09 08:00:50 AM |
Age 43, MN |
I, too, have a few Christian friends that are Masons. The struggle I have with my friends is that they want to continue a cyclical argument about the Masons that goes something like this:
It's not a cult. It's a group just like the Lions, that does wonderful charitable work for the community.
True, but look at the fundamental beliefs of the masons.
Why? I just want to be a part of the great work they do.
Then why not just join the Lions?
I pray for my friends that ARE involved with the Masons. I feel as if they are blindly being led own the path of deception, swearing an allegiance to a universalist organization, under the disguise of "doing good works for the community".
Great article.
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The Truth About Freemasonry
| Posted On: 05/14/09 07:51:28 AM |
Age 56, KS |
I have recently released my newest book titled
"Free Masons:The Biblical Perspective-Why No Man Can Serve Two Masters" It can be seen and purchased through my website:www.drpeggyelliott.com. Currently it is the only book written that includes info about FM, Prince Hall Masons & The Order of the Eastern Star.
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It's amazing what studying does for your knowledge!
| Posted On: 05/14/09 07:10:18 AM |
Age 45, MO |
This man's experience closely parallels mine in coming out of of the RLDS (aka Community of Christ) church. It started with trying to prove to someone that the Mormon church (which shares historical roots with the RLDS/COC) was actually Christian. It took a couple of years, but through study of what Joseph Smith and his peers said in their own writings, it became clear that neither church was Biblically based. It was a heartbreaking experience to walk away from family, friends and history, but greatly overshadowed by the joy of walking into the eternal arms of my savior Jesus Christ through the salvation offered through the Bible! To put it simply, if it walks like a duck, looks like a duck, quacks like a duck -- it's probably NOT a rooster. The Bible is clear about what God's plan for His people is...and we are responsible for reading, learning and living it! What a treat to hear that someone else found the Truth!
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