Free Masonry...a threat to your church?

[ttg]

Is it a religion? Does it force you to abandon your beliefs? Or is it a social club/charitible organization where nobody takes their vows and worship of false gods seriously? In the higher degrees of the Scottish Rite, "light" consists of a Mason being exposed to Pagan beliefs and practices. "For example he is introduced to the Egyptian deities Osiris, Isis, Horus, and Amun; to the Scandinavian deities Odin, Frea and Thor; to Hindu, Greek and Persian deities and to Jewish Kabbalism [i.e. occultism]…" (A Study of Freemasonry Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1993).

Their vows also demand that you deny your own church: During the ritual candidates are told, "And, finally, keep aloof from uniting yourself with any sectional, political, or sectarian religious organization whose principles can in any way bias your mind or judgment, or in the slightest degree trammel with obligations and the vows you have just made."

I'm asking because someone I used to work with recently got a well paying job just because the interviewer saw his Mason's ring, because someone mistook my class ring for a Mason's ring, and because I just realized the Mason Temple is just down the road from where I work.

 

[Imagican]

Wow, not easy questions to answer 'straight out'. Due to the secrecy of this organization, it's not always easy to discuss it. Some will offer that ANY exposing of them is nothing short of 'conspiracy theory'.

It's not too difficult to learn a bit about them though, past and present. Just google in Masonry, or Free Masonry and there is much available concerning this group.

As far as the 'threat' to the churches, I believe that Masonry is nothing short of 'idolatry'. Of course, there will be those that will refute this, but that is the nature of discussion boards.

The 'threat' that I perceive is that theirs IS a religion of sorts and being such denies the importance of there being ONLY ONE GOD. There is MUCH indication that those that would join this institution are required to complete devotion, (in a sense, replacing God with 'something else'), and complete 'secrecy' concerning their actions and ritual. If they are not subversive to that most would consider 'righteous', why the secrecy?

I met a minister of prison ministry once who was also a Mason. The story went that his brother was the warden so that is how he got the job. After discussing this man's behavior towards his job with a number of the inmates, it was easy to see that this man knew practically NOTHING about God or Christ and was simply there to gain a 'pay-check'. His behavior was little different than a 'prison guard', and he did little to encourage ANY true worship. The doors to the chapel were rarely open and he made it as difficult as possible for anyone to attend services or use it's resources to study. This is ALL hearsay, so please, don't quote 'me', I simply offer it for I still remember how I felt upon hearing these things. Considering there are those that will go through MUCH in order to try and bring the Word and worship to inmates from the 'outside', here's a man on the inside that one would think would be there to 'help' those less fortunate, yet everything that I heard about the man indicated that he perhaps 'despised' which he 'should' have been representing.

And maybe, (maybe), Masonry had NOTHING to do with this, but from all that I have learned about these people, they have 'their own' agenda as far as 'religion' is concerned.

Another neat word to study is illuminati. It has been offered that these two go hand in hand as far as 'making way for the anti-Christ. Both Masonry and Illuminati make for a pretty interesting study, so check it out and what you find may come as 'quite a surprise'.

 

[reznwerks]

threat

Masonry only requires that a Mason have a belief in a higher power. It doesn't matter whos God or a God of your own imagination. It doesn't require you give up your church or go against it. Mason have Protestants, Catholics, Muslims Agnostic etc. Are some of their rituals pagan? Probably but so are Christian rituals. Baptism for one. You can see shadows all day long but the truth is that Masonry has been more influential in the founding of the United States than Christianity. Most of the signers of the Dec of Independence were Masons many presidents including Washington were Masons.

 

[moniker]

The story went that his brother was the warden so that is how he got the job.

You don't see that as the main reason for his actions? That he was simply a crony appointee who was trying his darndest to do as little as feasibly possible that could be considered work and yet still get paid. Not having to worry about being fired because his brother was the boss. Instead it would have to be because he was a freemason and thus he was trying to leave the prisoners blind to the light of salvation.

 

[disruptor]

Freemasonry likes to present itself as a harmless brotherhood of businessmen, politicians and similar pharisees engaged in charitable acts. The facts about Freemasonry seem to be somewhat different. Some of these facts have been revealed by defecting Christians.

As has been pointed out, a Mason goes through the 32 degrees of the Scottish rite, he worships every Egyptian pagan god, the gods of Persia, gods of India, Greek gods, Babylonian gods, and others. At the highest levels, various ritual sacrifices to these gods must be performed. At the 17th degree, the Mason receives the password that will permit him access to the supreme Masonic deity. This password is "Abaddon".

Rev 9:11 "And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon".

Abaddon and Apollyon both mean "Destroyer", i.e. Satan.

http://www.freemasonrywatch.org
http://www.trosch.org/bks/msnc/masonry-exposed.html

 

[jgredline]

Free masons

Freemasonry is referred to by numerous names. Some of these names include: the Brotherhood, the Craft, the Order, and the Lodge. Masons are distinguished into different classes: The Entered Apprentice, The Fellow Craft, and The Master Mason. In these three classes there are 33 degrees, where a Mason can grow in his understanding and knowledge of the ways of the Brotherhood. Various signs, tokens, and secrets are made known to the Mason as he graduates to higher levels or degrees. One of the most known symbols for Masonry is the letter "G." Depending on whose interpretation you believe, this symbol can represent geometry, God, or gnosis. Christians traditionally interpret the symbol as God, whereas others within the Order define it as knowledge or gnosis.

"To believe in God" is one of the greatest deceptions of Masonry... because for a Mason, the only "acting God" is the "Lodge" and the "Worshipful Master", like for Communists the real acting "god" is the State and the Premier.... The primary allegiance and obedience of the Mason is to the "Worshipful Master", the only proper form to address him!... and through the Master to any other secret "higher Mason authority"... In the Lodge, the "Master" is "Worshiped", not God!... you can not even mention your God!.... This is why Masonry is incompatible with Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, because their primary allegiance is to "God"... and even many local authorities are debating whether membership to the Craft is compatible with local government.

 

[MrVersatile48]

The Freemasonry Threat


Faint echoes remind evangelicals of a nearly forgotten foe.
Ted Olsen


Family Life Church loves their new building in Elgin, Illinois, except for one thing: The walls still bear symbols of its past as a Masonic temple. The suburban Chicago Daily Herald reported that Elgin officials barred the markings' removal because they "contribute to the overall character of the building, its history." The church argued the symbols conflict with Christian belief, but the government said the church can only cover them up, not remove them.

Family Life Church's effort echoes a long fight in Kenya's Presbyterian Church of East Africa over eradicating Masonic symbols in colonial-era churches and government buildings. "These symbols and artifacts must be removed and destroyed," PCEA head David Githii explained to The Nation as at least 30 stained-glass windows and other items were removed from Nairobi's St. Andrews Church. "They are anti-Christ." Githii sent demolition squads to other PCEA churches around the country. Tensions with preservationists and Presbyterian Freemasons got so heated that police had to be called to keep the peace.

Yes, there are still Freemasons, including a reported 1.8 million members in the United States. And if the unconfirmed anecdotes ct editors hear regularly are to believed, Masonic cliques still wield power in several places...


http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/200 ... /7.18.html

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God bless!

Ian

 

[MrVersatile48]

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[MrVersatile48]

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[MrVersatile48]

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