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I was talking to a Mason a while back. |
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Written by Ed Decker
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Friday, 09 October 2009 02:09 |
I was talking to a Mason a while back.He is in The Blue Lodge, encompassing the first three levels of Masonry, so he’s really in the lower level. He told me he was a Christian. I said, "Do you love the Lord Jesus Christ?" He answered, " Yes, of course I do. There is nothing in Masonry that would offend Jesus Christ" I said, "Are you sure there is nothing that you do in Masonry that would be offensive to Jesus?" He replied, "Ed, nothing that I do in the Blue Lodge would ever offend the Lord Jesus Christ." "Do you love the Lord, " I asked?
"Of course I do!" "Do you believe the Word of God? " "YES, of course I do!" "Do you live the Word of God? " "YES, well, at least I do my best!" " Well then, if you love the Lord Jesus Christ, then you’ll do what he says and you will not do what he says not to do. So how can you be a Mason?"
"What are you talking about," he asked with a quizzical look? I said, "Well, Jesus himself says to swear no oath. Let your yes be yes and your no, no. He said anything more comes from the evil one." I then read him that scripture in Matthew, Chapter 5. "Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’ But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne; nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one, (Matthew 5: 33- 37. NKJ)
He looked at me for a long minute and finally responded with a deep sigh, "Yeah, but that’s, you know, symbolic." I said, "I’m sorry, but it’s not symbolic. It’s the Word of God. Are you willing to risk going to Hell for some symbolic oath?
That’s the simplest, most direct answer to the lodges and also to Mormonism’s temple ritual! As Christians, we are admonished by the Lord, Jesus, Himself, not to swear any oath. So we don’t swear oaths. We must let our yes be yes and our no, no. If we violate that simple, direct instruction from our Lord, Jesus , we are in the grip of the evil one, Satan. Simple, but true. Remember The generous gifts and prayers of friends like you support Saints Alive, our newsletters, websites and outreaches
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