Newsletter
September
October 2004
A Note From Ed First, A little family
news: Our son, Josh and his wife, Joscelyn, had a beautiful baby girl, Olivia Elise on
October 13th. [8 ½ lbs, 21 inches] And
on October 20th, |
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Recently, I discovered that the deepest roots of the Mormon heresies lie within the Kabbalah, the Book of ancient Jewish mysticism and in the Zohar. The claim to become as gods goes back through them, all the way to the lie of Satan in the Garden of Eden. Both Mormonism and Freemasonry come out of this darkness. Pray for me as I dig deeper into these antichrist systems and expose the truth of the real bondage Mormons and Freemasons suffer.
Your brother
in Christ,
THE AMAZING
floating Dish Fable
I’ve said for years that DNA research would prove that the Book of Mormon story is a gigantic myth. DNA evidence now clearly shows that the Book of Mormon people never existed. Order the video, DNA vs. The Book of Mormon using the return card enclosed.
The Book of Mormon is based on the concept that Meso-America was an uninhabited land that was peopled by Jews who floated across the ocean in a boat of sorts that resembled two large dishes fastened together to form a hollow [with holes in both the bottom and the top for air]. Don’t believe this fairy tale!
Read what the Book of Mormon says about this remarkable vessel:
Ether 2 [17] And they were built after a manner that they were exceedingly tight, even that they would hold water like unto a dish; and the bottom thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the sides thereof were tight like unto a dish; and the ends thereof were peaked; and the top thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the length thereof was the length of a tree; and the door thereof, when it was shut, was tight like unto a dish.
[18] And it came to pass that the brother of Jared cried unto the Lord, saying: O Lord, I have performed the work which thou hast commanded me, and I have made the barges according as thou hast directed me.
[19] And behold, O Lord, in them there is no light; whither shall we steer? And also we shall perish, for in them we cannot breathe, save it is the air which is in them; therefore we shall perish.
[20] And the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: Behold, thou shalt make a hole in the top, and also in the bottom; and when thou shalt suffer for air thou shalt unstop the hole and receive air. And if it be so that the water come in upon thee, behold, ye shall stop the hole, that ye may not perish in the flood. [21] And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did so, according as the Lord had commanded.
Romans,
CHAPTER 10
During my morning Bible reading recently, in Chapter 10 of the book of Romans, I could not help but equate the Jews’ faith in the law rather than faith in the gift of life through Christ to the Mormons’ 3rd article of faith,
3. We believe that through the atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
The concept of salvation by grace is the big stumbling block to
the Mormons. The Apostle Paul clear states in his heart-cry for the Jews that:
“My heart's desire and prayer to God for the [Mormons] is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Rom 10:1-4 NKJV
The Mormons, like the Jews seek to be worthy by their own
righteousness. While every Bible Commentary I have read shows the terrible fallacy in
this, here is just one:
[Have not submitted themselves] Confident in their own righteousness. They have nor yielded their hearts to a plan which requires them to come confessing that they have no merit, and to be saved by the merit of another. No obstacle to salvation by grace is so great as the self-righteousness of the sinner. (From Barnes' Notes, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 1997 by Biblesoft)
I believe the Mormons are just one Cross away from stepping into orthodoxy. If they could just get the Cross right, those other heresies would fall by the wayside.
It is this revelation of the true gift of Christ’s atonement at the Cross that sets every saved Mormon free from those “laws and Ordinances” that stand between them and salvation.
“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
And
having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over
them in it”
CHARLES
SPURGEON
the great 19th Century preacher said this about Grace:
"I believe that Christ came into
the world not to put men into a salvable state, but into a saved state. Not to put them
where they could save themselves, but to do the work in them and for them, from first to
last. If I did not believe that there was might going forth with the Word of Jesus which
turns them from the error of their ways by the mighty, overwhelming, constraining force of
a divine influence, I should cease to glory in the cross of Christ."
I now have all of Charles Spurgeon’s sermons in my computer Bible study system and delight in feeding off his great zeal for the lost. Here is one I just enjoyed recently.
Spurgeon on my desktop
Charles Spurgeon delivered a sermon on October 7, 1888 entitled, No Compromise. 116 years later, Spurgeon's words still touch my heart with the same impact I am sure his listeners felt. I was in the office quite early one morning, praying, with a burden for those lost in spiritual darkness. I picked up a little booklet someone mailed in and opened it to a page whereon were written almost the very words of my prayers.
"How can we put ourselves into the right position to get at sinners, and win them to Jesus? How can we learn to speak the right words? How shall we suit our teaching to the condition of their hearts? How shall we adapt ourselves to their feelings, their prejudices, their sorrows, and their temptations? Brethren, we who preach the gospel continually may well cry, "If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence."
To seek for pearls at the bottom of the sea is child's play compared with seeking for souls in this wicked [world]. If God be not with us, we may look our eyes out, and wear our tongues away in vain. Only as the Almighty God shall lead and guide, and influence, and inspire, can we perform our solemn trust; only by divine help shall we joyfully come back, bringing with us the chosen of the Lord. We are the Bridegroom's friends, and we rejoice greatly in His joy, but we sigh and cry till we have found the chosen hearts in whom He will delight, whom He will raise to sit with Him upon His throne."
Praise God for the true fruit of this ministry! Praise God for a zeal for souls that keeps us at our duty, even though so many spurn our message. Spurgeon felt the same frustrations we do when He said,
"I am bowed down with dismay that my Lord's great love, which led him even to die for men, should hardly be thought worthy of [their] hearing, much less of [their] believing ...but, with a sneer [they] turn aside and prefer the witcheries of sin."
Please pray that we never become unbroken in spirit, that we never lose our zeal for the urgency of our calling, that we continually find new paths to the hearts of the lost!
Should Masons
Become Members Of a Christian Church?
Every Christian Church and pastor needs to look at Freemasonry and other Secret Society Memberships in interviewing New Member Candidates.
It is not necessary to have an in-depth understanding of such societies in order to discuss involvement during a membership interview.
I have listed several reasons why we would want someone involved with any branch of Freemasonry, the most common secret society, to evaluate and renounce such membership before becoming a member of the Church.
1. Blood Oaths
From the initiation rituals of the "BLUE LODGES" and through all 33 degrees of Freemasonry, every Mason in the world is bound by bloody oaths to maintain the secrets of the Lodge. These binding oaths are kept through the spirit of fear, because the penalties for betraying the brethren of the lodge include serious physical harm, mutilation and death to the Mason.
2. Going After Other Gods - Bowing to Jah-Bul-On
The quest of the Blue Lodge Masons is
the search for "The Lost Word." Most Masonic ritual is concerned with the
recovery of this lost word, presumed to be the name of God-supposedly lost through the
murder of the architect, Hiram Abiff, during the building of Solomon's
It is here that the secret name of the God of Masonry is revealed. That name is "JAHBULON." "JAH" is the short form of the Hebrew name of God, "Yahweh," or "Jehovah." "BUL" is a rendering of the name, BAAL. "ON" is the term used in the Babylonian mysteries to call upon the deity, "OSIRIS"!
What is represented as the god of Masonry is a three-headed monster so remote from the Christian Trinity and so blasphemous as to damn the soul of anyone who would dare to pronounce its name in a ritual of worship.
3.
Jesus Cannot be Lord In The Freemasonry Lodges and
If your view of God is anything but that which God, Himself has declared, your view is not Christian orthodoxy. If your view of Christ is not that which is equally Biblically based, your view of Christ is just as filled with danger. Let's see what the Masonic fraternity, itself has to say about the nature of God. Is Jesus Christ Lord?
"The true Mason is not creed-bound. He realizes with the divine illumination of his lodge that as a Mason his religion must be universal: Christ, Buddha, or Mohammed, the name means little, for he recognizes only the light and not the bearer. He worships at every shrine, bows before every altar, whether in temple, mosque or cathedral, realizing with his truer understanding the oneness of all spiritual truth." (The Lost Keys of Freemasonry, Manly P. Hall, 33o, p.65, Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co., Richmond, VA., 1976.)
"It is far more important that men should strive to become Christs than that they should believe that Jesus was Christ." (Mystic Masonry, by J.D. Buck, p. 62)
4. Association with Pagan Deities and Worshippers
Freemasonry allows that every Mason has the right to bow at whatever altar of worship, submitting to whatever god he chooses. They have a religious organization [with Altars, prayers, Holy Books] that brings all men to that common altar of Freemasonry.
Choose
One or The Other
Even as Elijah called
out on Mt Carmel “Ye have forsaken the
commandments of the Lord and thou has followed Baal!” I cry out “How
long halt you between two opinions? If the
LORD be God, follow Him. But if Baal, then
follow him.” (1 Kings
I am sorry, but there is no other choice for someone who claims to be both a Christian and a Mason. A Mason who professes to be a Christian, must either renounce his Christian faith or renounce Masonry! One is from on high and the other is from the pit! One cannot cling to both! How can such a one dare to risk laying his submission in such a group before the Lord on the last day only to be told, “I never know you, depart from me!” (Matt.7:21-23)
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