Freemasonry buys into the same lie that caused Lucifer’s fall: That we all are perfectable, and can become as God.
They deny the need for and the saving power of Christ’s shed blood.
I shall quote from our GL’s manual of ritual on the subject.
In the third section of the first degree, the lecturer notes that there are three movable jewels in a Lodge, “the rough ashlar, the perfect ashlar and the trestleboard. The rough ashlar is a stone as taken from the quarry in its rude and natural state, the perfect ashlar is a stone as prepared by the hands of the workmen, to be adjusted by the fellowcraft. The trestleboard is for the master workman to draw his designs upon. By the rough ashlar, we are reminded of our rude and imperfect state by nature. By the perfect ashlar, by that state of perfection AT WHICH WE HOPE TO ARRIVE by a virtuous education, our own endeavors and the BLESSING OF GOD. By the trestleboard, we are also reminded that, as the operative workman erects his temporal building aggreeable to the rules and designs laid down by the master on the trestleboard, so we, both operative and speculative, endeavor to erect our spiritual building aggreable to the rules and designs laid down by the Supreme Architect of the Universe in the great books of nature and revelation, which are our spiritual, moral and Masonic trestleboard.”
This can all be quoted because it is plainly written in a manual, btw.
So you see, God is author of all that Masonry holds to be requisite. You might notice that the word Lucifer never occurs in that passage. The word has not passed my lips in any Masonic form or ceremony, nor have I ever heard the word from any other Mason.
It is also important to remind oneself that a secular, fraternal organization can never supplant nor even really supply for a proper Church. Masonry is explicitly not a religion, nor does it intend to enforce any particular creed or religious tenet. That is why Catholics are welcome to join. But, just as any Protestant, Jew or Muslim must leave their particular liturgies and tenets at the door ( in the interest of amity among brothers), so must Catholics.
To ask someone to refrain from engaging a fellow Mason in religious debate is certainly not the same thing as rejecting him for having religious beliefs discordant in detail with your own. That does not stop some from conflating the two, but such conflation is erroneous and can lead to inaccurate and even prejudicial commentary. If such violates nothing else (and it is likely a violation of Truth), it violates Charity, which is paramount to Masonry and, if memory serves, was our Lord’s paramount command to His disciples, first to God and then to their neighbor. Likewise, Masons are also bound to love God, their country, and their neighbors; to obey Him, to serve the country, to work for the benefit or their neighbors (and rejoice in their prosperity) and finally to work on themselves, using the blessing of God as the cement to bind the spiritual stones He provides them into a man less selfish and more concerned with the good of those around him.
That is certainly the way it appears to me. It would not seem at all surprising, therefore, that at the core of Freemasonry is a deep respect for Lucifer.
Freemasonry is a deeply Luciferian religion. Read Pike. He makes it clear that it's about kabbalah, astrology, ancient Egyptian and Indian paganism, and so forth. No Christian could possibly love Christ and Lucifer. No Christian could possibly be loyal to both the Gospels and the dark magic of the kabbalah.
I ask other Christians to review this thread and to see the things the Freemasons here say about Lucifer. They admit that their religion holds Lucifer in high esteem. Their only defense is that this Lucifer isn't the Devil, but is rather an "angel of light." But St. Paul warned us of exactly this - the Devil will disguise himself as an angel of light. It's really quite transparent. I cannot accept their sincerity. I see no excuse for Freemasons.
Freemasonry is kabbalah. It is based on the occult. Freemasons are the channel for bringing occult influences into our schools, churches, communities, families. And in their heart of hearts they must know that they're part of something fundamentally evil. Churches that tolerate their presence are inviting the Serpent to their very bosom.
We Christians must exclude Freemasons of all stripes from our society. I certainly do. As soon as I find out that an acquaintance is a member of any Masonic organization, I gently confront them with the occult roots of their religion, if they do not renounce it I renounce them.
We cannot allow the smoke of Satan. Exclude them, my brothers and sisters. Summarily, and without regret.