God tells us to "have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret" (Ephesians 5:11,12 NIV).
    But once a person is already a Mason, what should he do if he realizes that Masonry is wrong and sinful? What can someone do who has already taken the oath "for all time?" Is that person bound to keep his oath? Here is what the Bible advises you to do:
 

"If a person swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in whatever manner a man may speak thoughtlessly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty in one of these. So it shall be when he becomes guilty in one of these, that he shall confess that in which he has sinned. He shall also bring his guilt offering to the Lord for his sin which he has committed...So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him" (Leviticus 5:4-6,10)
 

    The Bible tells every person that if he swears an oath, if the implication are hidden from him, when he understands the implication and finds himself guilty of offending God’s moral law, then he is guilty, and is to confess that he has sinned and to repent.
    In the Old Testament a person was to go to the priest and confess that he had sinned and offer a sacrifice for atonement. Today, A Christian is to come to his High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ, who has died on the cross for his sin; he is to acknowledge that he is guilty of swearing wrongly and repent of his oath, ask for forgiveness, and acknowledge that he will obey God in following the truth.
    The Bible says, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9 NIV).
    It is the duty of every Christian to break and renounce ant evil oath that binds him to disobeying God. By taking the Masonic oaths, a person swears to uphold Masonry and all its teachings (whether he knows all of them or not). Swearing to uphold all that is included in the Masonic oaths is sinful, unscriptural, and should not be a part of the Christian’s life for the following reasons:
 

1) They make a Christian man swear by God to doctrines which God has pronounced false and sinful. For example, Masonry teaches the false doctrine of "the Fatherhood of God," whereas Jesus taught that only to those who receive Him, who believe in His name, "He {gives} the right to become children of God’ (John 1:12).
2) The Christian man swears to accept and promote the Masonic lie that Jesus is just one of many equally revered prophets in the world. He does this when agreeing that all religions can lead a man to God. But the Bible records Jesus’ true words: "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but through Me" (John 14:6).
3) The Christian swears that he is approaching the Lodge while in spiritual ignorance and moral darkness, when the Bible says Christians are children of light and are indwelt by the Light of the world. The Bible says, "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord" (Ephesians 5:8 NIV).
4) The Christian falsely swears that the God of the Bible is equally present in all religions. But the Bible says, "I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God besides Me" (Isaiah 44:6).
5) By swearing the Masonic oath, Christians are perpetuating a false gospel to other Lodge members who look only to the gospel of Masonry to get them to heaven. But the Bible says, "But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!" (Galatians 1:8 NIV).
 

    The Scripture warns:
 

"Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: ‘I will live with them and walk with them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people. Therefore come out from them and be separated,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclear thing, and I will receive you’" (2 Corinthians 6:14-17 NIV).
 

    It is clearly the Christian’s duty to break and renounce any evil oath that binds him to sin: "Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them" (Ephesians 5:11 NIV). Every Christian Lodge member should renounce his Masonic oath and confess it as a sin to his Lord. The Lord promises to forgive each one who will do so. ("If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins...1 John 1:9). In this way the Christian will stop adding his influence to the sins of the Lodge whose false religion results in the damnation of so many souls (John 3:18,36; 8:24; 12:48, cf. 3:6-8).
    Right now confess to God that you have ignorantly taken a vow against Him and His teachings and ask His forgiveness. Then notify your Lodge in writing that you have decided to leave the Lodge. Tell them you believe that their teaching and their vows are not biblical, and as a Christian you can no longer participate according to 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 and Ephesians 5:8-17.
 

John Ankerberg & John Weldon