IN DEFENSE OF BILLY GRAHAM ( by David Rice)

[Tony Koretz]

IN DEFENSE OF BILLY GRAHAM ( written by David Rice)

Jesus loves, saves and builds up. Satan hates, condemns and tears down. Who does your example tell us that you follow?

Three lines of attack have been leveled against Billy Graham:

He is a Mason.
He is a Catholic.
He denied that Jesus is the only way to Heaven.
There are a lot of different stories told, but they all fall under one of those three headers.

Dr. Graham never drank, or caroused, or cheated on his wife. No one ever accused him of lying or stealing. He was never rich, he was an employee of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which was run by an independent board. Dr. Graham never sat on the board and he never ran the organization that bore his name. He lived all of his adult life in the same house, on the same farm in North Carolina… It was comfortable but not even close to anything you could call a mansion or a mega-home… There really was very little that one could accuse the Evangelist of doing or being that was even slightly wrong.

There are many Masons in Heaven because Billy Graham was unafraid to visit their lodges or preach the Gospel there. There are others in Heaven because he rented Masonic Halls to preach in when he was starting out… So, there are photos of Billy with Masons… “Aha! That will give ammunition to the narrow minded little bigots!” I can almost hear Satan shouting for joy… Never mind that if you were ever there, or if you listened to those programs on tape, all the good man ever did there was what he always did, preach the Gospel.

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[Tony Koretz]

Subject: Freemason
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 97 11:23:21 -0500
From: dkinde@graham-assn.org (Don Kinde)
Thank you for your e-mail message. We understand your concern about rumors that Mr. Graham is in some way associated with Freemasonry. The reports are erroneous — though we continue to hear them. Mr. Graham is not, has not been and does not expect ever to be involved in Freemasonry. Your help in keeping the record as accurate as possible would be much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Don Kinde
Christian Guidance Department
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

One possible source of this rumour was Composite Lodge No. 595’s website in Santa Monica, California, USA. The brother maintaining the site reproduced a list of famous freemasons that mistakenly included the Reverend Billy Graham’s name. Once the error was brought to his attention, the list was amended on December 28, 1996. Other masonic websites unwittingly reproduced the list and several years passed before most, if not all of them, were corrected.
The late Jim Shaw claimed that Billy Graham was present when he was made a 33rd Degree freemason. This is only one of Shaw’s many lies exposed in such publications as Is it True What They Say About Freemasonry?
On 13 June, 1997 anti-mason and fundamentalist Christian, Steve Van Nattan went on a syndicated Christian Fundamentalist radio talk show, “The Cutting Edge,” to announce his “proof” that Graham was not only a freemason but that the freemasons were trying to hide his membership. The Cutting Edge Ministry subsequentially accepted the denial issued by Billy Graham’s office.

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[John Webster]

Let’s look at Billy Grahams own words….aye.?
http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/friend-roman-catholic-church-pastor-billy-graham-dies-home-age-99/

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Website – http://www.thbunker.com.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by John Webster.

[Kara Pickering]

Billy Graham has passed on. He needs no one’s “defense” when it comes to Freemasonry, or the millions of dollars he has amassed in net worth. Do you think he currently cares?

Did anyone here know him personally? My family did. But that still would be unfair for me to either oppose or support him when it comes to judging him by the affairs of his heart.

Only the Lord knows the condition of a man’s heart. We, as Children of the Light, should be able to identify “them by their fruits.” Ultimately however, it is the Father who is the FINAL arbiter. It is foolish to trash OR defend a man you do not know personally. And what does one gain by doing either of these two things? We cannot see into a man’s heart, therefore any arguments for or against Graham are but moot points.

Either he is in Heaven with the Lord, or not. Neither of which are our concern, and we will not know until we get there.

I would encourage my brothers and sisters to refrain from arguing over this, and pay attention to the task the Lord has given you today.

Blessings,
Kara

King James Bible
Instructions to Servants
(Ephesians 6:5-9)

1Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 2And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

Reject False Doctrines
3If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 4He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

Contentment in Godliness
6But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 9But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Fight the Good Fight
11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 12Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 13I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; 14That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 15Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

[Phil Mandsager]

I would tend to disagree. We need to be ‘wise as serpents’ about these matters.
First of all his death came on the anniversary date of the Dedication of the Washington Monument.
Feb 21, 1885 the Masonic Monument was officially dedicated, 133 yrs later Billy dies.
There is a Masonic 33.
33 people preceded him to have the Honor of Lying in State under the Masonic Capitol Dome, another 33.
The Dome represents the Womb of Diana/ISIS/Astarte, penetrated by the Shaft of Baal.
So Billy was on both ends of that act.
He was buried under a Full Moon & Purim, Masonry loves to mock biblical Holy Days.
Bolshevik Communist Revolution: Nov 7, 1917
Billy Graham born: Nov 7, 1918 — 11×7=77
Mao comes to power in China and throws a Huge Parade: Oct 1, 1949
Billys’ ministry officially starts in California during the exact same time in 1949 —49=7×7=77
He was the first Evangelist to ever go behind the Iron Curtain and was a Communist Sympathizer.
He was in Russia in 1988, same year as the Summer Olympics held in Korea.
Remember the Economist 88′ Mag cover with the Phoenix Bird = death of the Dollar
So now we come full circle to the Winter Olympics back to Korea featuring Phoenix Birds timed with Billys’ death
Olympics ended with the Communist Chinese flag raised in Triumph over the Pentagon Stadium, president Xi announces lifelong term the day after, and then Trump jokes about it??
And also very troubling are the many False Prophecies about his death being a Prophetic Sign of some ‘great revival’. Coming from some of the biggest False Prophets out there: Kim Clement/Benny Hinn
Be not Deceived !!

[Tony Koretz]

I think one of the most important things is that whatever we feel about BG that we don’t argue in an unkind way about it. There has been awful division amongst Christians around BG following his death. I have seen some horrible ungodly arguments around it.
As far as Trump and his comments about the president of China goes, I have to wonder why no one in Christian “watchmen” circles has alarm bells ringing after he said ‘maybe they could try that some day” in the US. When Obama said something about going for a third term as President they all went crazy. But when Trump says something similar no one hardly bats an eyelid!

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