Are Freemasons Christians?
Harmless fellowship gatherings... or something else?
Who hasn’t seen or heard about the miniature cars driven by Shriners at parades throughout the country? While the Shriners do some good things, (like the Shriner’s Hospitals), they are not a Christian organization by any stretch of the imagination…
To become a Shriner, a person must first be at least a third-degree or Master Mason.
Masons or Freemasons (aka The Craft) do not hold fast to the one true God of the Bible. Instead, they believe that “each man must act with courage, fidelity, and devotion to his God”... who or whatever that may be. That could mean Allah, Shiva, Gaia, or any other god.
It doesn’t matter...
Freemasonry had its origins in the guilds of 14th-century stonemasons that regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. Over time, Freemasonry has evolved to focus more on good works and self-improvement. They hold that “By becoming an active part of the Masonic community, a man can build himself into a better man.”
Freemasonry is completely at odds with Christianity. Freemasons do not consider the Bible to be the exclusive Word of God. They also reject the deity and sufficiency of Jesus Christ. When a person takes the oath of Freemasonry, they swear that the following is true...
• The Great Architect of the Universe is represented by all gods in all religions
This is not Biblical... Exodus 20:1-5 reads, “Then God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God...
• Salvation can be earned by good works
This is in direct conflict with Ephesians 2:8-9 which reads, “8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
• Jesus is just one of many equally wise prophets
Again, not at all Biblical. Scripture is clear on this. Colossians 2:9 reads, “For in Him (Christ) the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.”
Since this oath contradicts the teaching of Scripture, Freemasons are not Christians as they deny the deity and sufficiency of Christ. Instead, Freemasonry acts to draw people away from Jesus, not toward Him.
Works alone will not save us. Instead, confessing our sins and turning from them will...
He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit... (Titus 3:5)
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
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To answer your question I think good people get tricked into freemasonry, but real Christians would catch on to the strange rituals very quickly, and would not continue
Jim a couple of years ago I bought an old Bible. It has metal closures on. It’s old and I thought it was pretty cool so I purchased it on eBay.
The first day I had it on my bureau, that night, I had a nightmare. I really hadn’t had a bad dream for years and years I woke up and the first thing I thought about was that Bible I looked at the front of it and started to see patterns that I hadn’t noticed before patterns in the shape of Mollach so I did then what I should’ve done before I purchased it…..I did some research anyway guess what….. it’s a Freemason Bible (the Rev mentioned on the first page was a Freemason) I’m not sure what to do with it now I said a prayer over it and have not had nightmares since and it was too expensive to just throw away so it still sitting here