re: Who are the Free Masons and what are their goals?

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I joined the Masonic Lodge at the age of 23, mostly because of my Dad’s influence, but also because of my curiosity and the power which I recognized that the Freemasons possessed within the society. Shortly after I was raised to a 3rd degree Master Mason, God began to stir my spirit and He drew me back to Him. Doris and I found a great Church with a wonderful pastor who helped me greatly for the next 10 years. I spent almost 35 years as a construction worker and was a witness there when God would open the doors for me. I also worked as a lay minister teaching Sunday school and ministering for the Pastor upon his request. I have never actually pastored a Church of my own, but I do feel that God has given me a great burden and love for lost souls, as well as, a pastor’s heart.

God began to deal with me about the Freemasons shortly after I came back to Him. I did not understand why, because all I could see at the time was the good works that the Freemasons accomplished. Now I know that you cannot find out the truth in a cult or in any occult organization when you are still on the inside of it. In Freemasonry, a person is forbidden to look on the outside by a death oath! Finally, after many years of internal questions, I decided to break that oath and to look on the outside of Freemasonry. It was one of the most difficult things I have ever done, but it only took a few minutes on the outside to find out that what I was a part of was occultic in nature. I sadly realized that I had been lied to and deceived for several years.

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