The spiritual landscape of our age is littered with the ruins of those who attempted to serve two masters, seeking to reconcile the clear light of the Gospel with the shadowed mysteries of the lodge. Freemasonry presents itself as a benevolent fraternity, a system of morality veiled in allegory, yet for the believer who is bought with a price, it represents a profound and dangerous compromise. We are commanded in the scriptures to “have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them” (Ephesians 5:11, KJV). To kneel at an altar where the name of Jesus Christ is intentionally omitted to avoid offending the “architect” is not an act of charity, but an act of high treason against the King of Kings.
The very foundation of the lodge is built upon the shifting sands of syncretism, suggesting that all religions are but different paths to the same “Grand Architect.” This is a direct assault on the exclusive claims of our Savior, who declared with absolute finality, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6, KJV). When a man enters the lodge, he is told he is in “darkness” and must seek the “light” of Masonry. What a chilling indictment of the soul! For the Christian has already been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of God’s dear Son. To seek “further light” outside of the Holy Scriptures is to suggest that the light of Christ is insufficient, a theological error of the gravest magnitude that mocks the sufficiency of the Word.
Furthermore, the “bloody oaths” and secret obligations of the craft are a snare to the conscience. Our Lord was explicit in His instruction regarding our speech: “But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil” (Matthew 5:37, KJV). To swear a binding oath upon one’s life to protect “secrets” that consist of little more than handshakes and passwords is a vain use of the tongue and a violation of the command to “swear not at all” (Matthew 5:34, KJV) in such a manner. These oaths create an “unequal yoke” with unbelievers, binding the Christian in a covenant of brotherhood that transcends his bond with the body of Christ. There can be no concord between the temple of God and the idols of the lodge; a man cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of devils. We must stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free and refuse to be entangled again with the yoke of bondage found in the secret chambers of men.