The Hebrew word "Messiah" and the Greek word "Christ" both mean
anointed; usually a consecrated person. When applied to Jesus, it
means "God's anointed one." The Bible clearly teaches that Jesus is
the Christ in many places but the most definitive statements are
found in Mark 14:61, 62; Matthew 16:15-17; and John 4:25, 26.

To deny that Jesus is the Christ is to condemn oneself to eternal
damnation. 1 John 2:22, 23 says, "who is the liar but the one who
denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, the one who
denies the Father and the Son. whoever denies the Son does not have
the Father, the one who confesses the Son has the Father also."
Revelation 21:8 says that the unbelieving and liars will all be in
the lake that burns with fire and brimstone.

Masonic tradition teaches the worship of the supreme God, the
Great Architect of the Universe. Who is this God? Investigate the
words of Albert Pike, 33rd degree Mason and author of Morals and
Dogma, p.226:

Masonry, around whose altars the Christian, the Hebrew, the
Moslem, the Brahmin, the followers of Confucius and Zoroaster, can
assemble as brethren and unite in prayer to the one God who is above
all the Ballim, must needs leave it to each of its Initiates to look
for the foundation of his faith and hope to the written scriptures
of his own religion.

God teaches in Exodus 20:3-5, that "You shall have no other gods
before Me, you shall not make for yourself an idol...you shall not
worship them or serve them..."

In Judges 1 and 2, the Israelites did not drive out the followers
of false gods and God's verdict was, "They shall become as thorns in
your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you." (Judges 2:3)
God's commandment to us as Christians is not only should we not be
bound together with unbelievers, (2 Corinthians 6:14-17) but we
should seek to make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19-20) by
preaching the saving gospel of Jesus Christ.

Freemasonry is in direct conflict with the Bible in that Masonry
condones communal worship of a generic deity:

To respect all forms of worship, to tolerate all political and
religious opinions; not to blame, and still less to condemn the
religion of others; not to seek to make converts; but to be content
if they have the religion of Socrates; a veneration for the Creator,
the religion of good works, and grateful acknowledgment of God's
blessings. (Morals and Dogma, p.333)

In order for Masonry to be acceptable to all faiths, it is
necessary to relegate the Bible to a position of equality among all
religious books:

The Book of the Law shall be an indispensable article of the
lodge furniture. This book, however, need not necessarily be the
Holy Bible; but according to the religious faith of the members of
the lodge. It may be the Koran, the Zend Avesta, or the Vedas or
Shasters. (The Freemasons Pocket Companion, p.44-45)

This statement, by implication, makes Jehovah God one god equal
to many; an interesting situation for the Masonic Christian whose
all-knowing God knows of no others (Isaiah 44:8).

The final straw is laid on the proverbial camel's back when the
deity of Jesus is denied by Albert Pike. On page 524 of Morals and
Dogma, he states,

We do not undervalue the importance of any Truth. We utter no
word that can be deemed irreverent by anyone of any faith.

(Jesus, in John 14:6, declares Himself to be the Truth,
exclusively.) In the same paragraph, Pike make the blasphemous
statement,

And as little do we tell the sincere Christian that Jesus of
Nazareth was but a man like us, or His history but the unreal
revival of an older legend.

In one paragraph, he destroys the very foundation of Christian
beliefs and then, as if he was totally oblivious to his own writings,
states on the facing page,

Thus Masonry disbelieves no truth, and teaches unbelief in no
creed, except so far as such creed may lower its lofty estimate of
the Deity, degrade Him to the level of the passions of humanity.
(Morals and Dogma, p.525)

The Gospel of the Bible is a gift to us from God and available to
all who simply believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Redeemer, the
one who died for sins and is resurrected. Christianity does not
require a special meeting place to conduct secret rituals that are
sealed with blood oaths. (Matthew 5:34-37; Luke 12:1-3) At your next
lodge meeting, ask yourself if you are worshiping the Great
Architect of the Universe, the God of all religions, or are you
truly worshiping Jehovah God, the one true God of the Bible. If your
answer is the latter, then you must ask yourself if your presence in
the lodge is truly honoring and glorifying your God.

In answer to the question, "Who said a Christian can't be a
Mason?", a modern paraphrase could be made from the words of God's
prophet Elijah:

How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the
Lord is God, follow Him; but if the "Great Architect of the
Universe" isGod, follow him." (1 Kings 18:21)

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name
(besides Jesus) under heaven given among men by which we must be
saved. He who has ears to hear, let him hear. (Acts 4:12; Mark 4:9)

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