Billy Graham wore the mask of a servant of righteousness

So what does Freemasonry look like in Christian garb? You don't have to look far to find an example. Yesterday I mentioned that the Southern Baptist denomination in the USA is thoroughly infiltrated by Freemasonry. We know that the most prominent Southern Baptist leaders have been Freemasons from the chapter of the Handbook of Freemasonry I quoted. What name immediately comes to mind? It's the most famous evangelist of the 20^th century: Billy Graham. Everything this man did in the name of neo-evangelical Christianity, of which he was a co-founder, served to spread Freemasonry. This statement refers specifically to the Lausanne Movement, which has exerted great influence on the neo-evangelical scene since 1974.

The question arises: are those who came to faith during a Billy Graham evangelistic campaign not really Christians? It is impossible to give a general answer to this question because we cannot look into people's hearts. Billy Graham had to preach biblical truths in order to be credible in his deception. It is quite possible that some who heard these truths actually came to believe because the gospel contained in the Bible is the power of God for the salvation of all who believe in it (Romans 1:16-17), not because Billy Graham preached it. The salvation of every Christian depends on the sovereign work of God, not on the work of any one man, whether or not he has the reputation of being a world-famous evangelist. But I cannot think of another person that did more damage to biblical Christianity in the 20^th century than the evangelist Billy Graham.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15: ¹³ For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. ¹⁵ Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.

NASB 1995

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Jim Shaw, The Deadly Deception (Lafayette, LA: Huntington House, Inc., 1988).

Excerpt from this book, page 104-105:

WINE IN A HUMAN SKULL

When it was time for the final obligation, we all stood and repeated the oath with the representative candidate, administered by the Sovereign Grand Inspector General. We then swore true allegiance to the Supreme Council of the 33rd Degree, above all other allegiances, and swore never to recognize any other brother as being a member of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry unless he also recognizes the supreme authority of "this Supreme Council." One of the Conductors then handed the "candidate" a human skull, upside down, with wine in it.

With all of us candidates repeating after him, he sealed the oath "May this wine I now drink become a deadly poison to me, as th; Hemlock juice drunk by Socrates, should I ever knowingly or willfully violate the same" (the oath).

He then drank the wine. A skeleton (one of the brothers dressed like one - he looked very convincing) then stepped out of the shadows and threw his arms around the "candidate." Then he (and we) continued the sealing of the obligation by saying, "And may these cold arms forever encircle me should I ever knowingly or willfully violate the same."

 The Sovereign Grand Commander closed the meeting of the Supreme Council "with the Mystic Number," striking with his sword five, three, one and then two times. After the closing prayer, we all said amen, amen, amen," and it was over.

PROMINENT MEN TOOK PART

There were some extremely prominent men there that day, including a Scandinavian King, two former presidents of the United States, an internationally prominent evangelist [Jim Shaw later identified him as Billy Graham], two other mternat1onally prominent clergymen, and a very high official of the federal government, the one who actually presented me with the certificate of the 33rd Degree. Some made only brief appearances; others stayed much longer. However, they didn't do much mixing or socializing with us, except for those whom they already knew. Even though these celebrities weren't extremely " brotherly," it was still quite an experience for me just to be associated with them.

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