Walking in the Light

If we’re being completely honest with ourselves, we all want to belong to something bigger. We want brotherhood. We want to feel like we’re part of a community that stands for something, that does good in the world, and that watches out for its own.

That’s exactly how the Masonic lodge gets its foot in the door.

On the surface, it looks great. They do charity work, they talk about being moral men, and they even keep a Bible on their altar. Generations of Christian men—grandfathers, fathers, and even pastors—have joined the Masons thinking it’s just a harmless fraternity, like a rotary club with aprons.

But if you are a follower of Jesus Christ, you have to look past the charity dinners and the respectable public image. You have to ask yourself: What is actually happening when the doors are locked and the blindfolds go on?

When you compare what the Bible says with what the Masons actually teach in their secret rituals, you realize very quickly that you cannot walk both of these paths. They go in completely opposite directions.

## Jesus is Not Just One Option Among Many

First, let’s talk about who Jesus is. In the lodge, men of every religion gather around the same altar. To keep everyone happy, the name of Jesus is deliberately left out of the prayers and rituals. They pray to a generic "Supreme Being."

But as Christians, we don’t worship a generic God. We worship the God who came down in the flesh, died on a Roman cross, and walked out of a tomb. Jesus didn't say, "I am a pretty good philosophy." He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

If you have to agree to leave Jesus outside the door just to sit at the table with a brotherhood, then that brotherhood is a compromise. You cannot silence the name of the Savior for the sake of social harmony.

## The Trap of Secret, Bloody Oaths

Then there are the oaths. To join, a man is blindfolded, a rope is put around his neck, and he has to swear solemn oaths of secrecy. He has to agree that if he ever reveals the secrets of the lodge, he deserves to have his throat cut from ear to ear, or his heart ripped out of his chest.

Now think about that. Jesus was incredibly clear about this in the Sermon on the Mount. He said, "Do not swear at all... Let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’"

Why would a child of God, who has been set free by the blood of Christ, bend his knee at a pagan altar and bind his soul with curses and threats of death? Fear and secrecy do not belong to the Kingdom of God. The Gospel is wide open. It’s preached from the rooftops. Jesus said, "I spoke openly to the world... and in secret I have said nothing." If it has to be hidden in the dark, it’s not of God.

## The Lie of the White Apron

Lastly, there's the issue of how a man gets to heaven. When a man joins the lodge, he’s given a white lambskin apron. He’s told that this apron represents a "purity of life" that will get him into the "Celestial Lodge Above" when he dies.

That is a flat-out lie, and it's the oldest one in the book.

The Bible is brutally honest with us: our own righteousness is like filthy rags. We can’t clean ourselves up, we can’t earn our way to heaven, and no Masonic apron can wash away our sins. We are saved by grace alone, through faith in Jesus Christ alone, because of what He did, not what we do. Teaching men that they can climb a ladder of degrees and good works to reach God is a false gospel that leads people straight to hell.

## The Moral: You Can't Have Two Masters

At the end of the day, the moral of the story is simple: You cannot serve two masters.

You cannot wear the armor of God on Sunday and the apron of the lodge on Tuesday. You cannot pledge your deepest loyalty to a secret group of men while claiming that Jesus is the absolute Lord of your life. Light and darkness cannot mix.

If you are a Christian and you are currently in the lodge, please hear this: this isn't about pointing fingers or making you feel guilty. It’s a call to wake up and step into the freedom Christ bought for you.

Scripture tells us, "Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them."

It’s time to lay down the secrets, walk out of the lodge, and live entirely in the light of the Cross.