"But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat... Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person." 1 Corinthians 5:11-13

During a Larry King Live interview, Billy Graham said:
"And all of a sudden, all of my sins came before me. Everything I had ever done wrong that I had forgotten about years ago came into my mind. And I prayed, Lord, forgive me, may the blood of Jesus Christ cleanse me from all of my sins... not because of my good works or because of all the things I have tried to do, but because the Lord had forgiven me."
-Billy Graham, interviewed by Larry King, Larry King Live, CNN, retrieved July 15, 2013, [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0506/16/lkl.01.html]

That sure sounds good doesn't it?
That's what we would typically expect to hear from someone who had been born again in Christ, and that's why Billy Graham has deceived so many people. Wolves by themselves are very easy to spot, and we know to defend ourselves from them, but it is the wolves IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING that are dangerous because they are hard to spot, and you have to look closer to see the truth.

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
-Matthew 7:15

I looked up old videos of Billy Graham, and found a sermon he gave back in the 1950s: "Because it's the ONLY way to heaven. It is the only way to get forgiveness of sin, and if you haven't come by faith to the foot of that cross renouncing your sins, I don't care who you are, what you are -- you will never be in heaven." Again, this sounds really good and Biblical from a simple reading, but what we're going to find out in this teaching is that Graham did NOT believe this. He may have taught it, but he didn't believe it.

Before we begin, I want to make it clear that I am NOT saying people have not been truly born again saved at a Billy Graham event. It is possible for someone to have a repentant heart (i.e. grief and godly sorrow of wrongdoing; see 2Co 7:10, Luke 24:47), and hear the Gospel message of believing on the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins (Mat 26:28), to be saved. I am NOT saying all people who worked in Billy Graham's organization are all apostates. I am NOT saying Billy Graham has never preached a message that was Biblical. However, what I AM saying is that we have VERY little evidence of Billy Graham's faith in the Jesus Christ of the Bible, and a LARGE amount of evidence that he believes in a false, new-age idol he calls "Jesus Christ."

Since his recent death on Feb 21, 2018 (I'm updating this article as of Feb 2018), I've been getting messages accusing me of all sorts of evil for daring to question Graham. The world absolutely loves Billy Graham, and they sing his praises in the media from one end of the world to the other, but the Bible's warning about that is very clear:

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
-Luke 6:26

The Bible tells us that if we will teach the truth, then men shall speak evil of us:

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
-Matthew 5:11

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
-John 15:20

Billy Graham was also yoked together with the world in a 501c3 incorporation, which is not of Christ, and he used new-age bible versions, often promoting the NIV. We won't cover these problems here because we address them in other teachings; however, these things ought to be red flags to Christians, automatically warning them of Graham's wicked leaven, and that we ought to sanctify ourselves from him.
(Read "501c3: The Devil's Church," and "Why I Use the King James Bible" here at creationliberty.com for more details.)

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
-John 17:15-17

We are supposed to be sanctified (i.e. set apart) from the world. I pray this article would assist Christians in sanctifying themselves from wicked men, and guarding themselves from the lies they'll hear from mainstream and social media about Graham.

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
-Ephesians 5:6

Don't be deceived. Not everyone that calls Jesus "Lord" shall enter into the kingdom of heaven:

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
-Matthew 7:21-23

I talked to a friend of mine many years ago, and when I explained to him the false doctrine of Billy Graham, he didn't want to believe it; he said that Graham must have been senile in his old age and just misspoke. However, I'm going to start us off with quotations clear back to the 1950s in order to prove the point that Graham has ALWAYS believed false doctrine.

The San Francisco News interviewed Billy Graham in 1957, and he stated the following about converts at his evangelistic sermons:
"Anyone who makes a decision at our meetings is seen later and referred to a local clergyman, Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish."
-Billy Graham, San Francisco News interview on Sept 21, 1957, quoted by Edward Hendrie, Bloody Zion, self-published, 2012, p. 169, ISBN: 9780983262763; See also Patrick Marrinan, Paisley: Man of Wrath, Anvil Books, 1973, p. 208

This is extremely significant because if someone is born again in Christ, then they need to come out of the Jewish synagogues and come out of the Catholic temples. For example, the Jews DENY Jesus Christ; they teach Jesus was a heretic. Yet, Graham is sending them right back into that which they were supposedly saved out of, and the Bible instructs that those of us born again in Christ should come out from among them.
(Read "Corruptions of Christianity: Catholicism" here at creationliberty.com for more details.)

So on the one hand, he has preached repentance and faith in Christ, but on the other hand, he has sent people into the arms of those who reject repentance and faith in Christ. This is a double-minded man who teaches one thing, but does another.
(Read "Is Repentance Part of Salvation?" here at creationliberty.com for more details.)

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
-James 1:8

The Pittsburgh Sun interviewed Graham in 1952:
"Many of the people who reach a decision for Christ at our meetings have joined the Catholic Church and we have received commendations from Catholic publications for the revived interest in their Church following our campaigns. This happened both in Boston and Washington. After all, one of our prime purposes is to help the churches in a community. If after we move on, the local churches do not feel the efforts of these meetings in increased membership and attendance, then our crusade would have to be considered a failure."
-Billy Graham, Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph in 1952, quoted by David W. Cloud, Flirting with Rome: Evangelical Entanglement with Roman Catholicism, Way of Life Literature, 1992; See also Wilson Ewin, Evangelism: The Trojan Horse of the 1990's, Bible Baptist Church, p. 3

First of all, Graham boasted of leading people into the pagan Catholic Church, filled with all its antichrist abominations. If these people were converted to Christ, Graham sends them right back into the doctrines of the Devil.

The second thing to notice is that Graham did NOT state that his goal was to win souls, lead people to salvation, nor teach the truth; rather, Graham stated that his goal was to fill church buildings with more people, whether they be Catholic temples or Jewish synagogues. With this understanding, we can see why it is so common today to see church buildings filled to the brim with false converts; much of it due to the wicked practices of the Billy Graham Crusades, and you know that the pastors of these church buildings would be completely on board with that "help," because more people equals more money.

Most of Billy Graham's "crusades," and his audiences' so-called "decisions for Christ," added converts to the heretics of Rome's pagan Catholic Church.

The fact that Graham's mission was to "help church in a community," means that he was compassing land and sea (i.e. traveling all over the world) to make men proselyte (i.e. a convert to a religion), only to make them double the child of hell than himself:

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
-Matthew 23:15

According to the documentation in Cathy Burns's book, Billy Graham and His Friends: A Hidden Agenda (with over 4,000 footnote references on Graham and his "crusades"), Graham has had priests and nuns in the audience of his crusades. In our teaching, Corruptions of Christianity: Catholicism, I go over how the Catholic Catechism (i.e. the authoritative rulebook for the Catholic Church) states clearly that if you believe that Jesus is the only way to heaven, and that grace comes through faith alone, then you are an anathema (i.e. banished from the church and fated to hell), and so why are there nuns and priests supporting Graham?
(See Cathy Burns, Billy Graham and His Friends: A Hidden Agenda? Sharing, 2001, ISBN: 9781891117176)

The answer is that they know that Graham doesn't actually believe what he teaches. They know that his movement is ecumenical, which is the foundation of the Catholic Church. In fact, by 1973, there were nuns singing in Graham's choirs, and in some instances, Graham had Catholic bishops on stage with him to "bless" the audience during his sermon, which was a result of Catholic bishops declarations that Graham's message was compatible with the Catholic Church.

In an interview, Graham stated why he believed that Jesus died on the cross:
"'The Lord said, 'I will never forsake you.' No matter how sinful we are, how bad we are, God loves us. I believe he sent his son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for us because he loves us and he doesn't have any termination [ending] to that love."
-Gannett News Service, "Billy Graham Still Preaches the Gospel of Inclusion," Quad-City Times, May 16, 2005, retrieved Mar 24, 2018, [https://bit.ly/2I1xg4x]

Notice that he did not say to save us from our sin and God's wrath, and to bring us into the light of His truth. Of course, the average person would object to what I'm saying because of John 3:16, the famous verse:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
-John 3:16

I have no argument with the love of God, but this is not the full explanation. John 3 continues to explain the specifics to us:

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
-John 3:17-21

This matter is about sin, and that God loved the world enough to give His Son as a sacrifice to save them from their sins if they come with repentance and faith to the foot of the cross. If it were not for the sin of mankind, there would be no reason for Christ to have come and shed His blood on the cross in the first place.

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps... Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
-1 Peter 2:21-24

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
-1 John 2:2

And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
-1 John 3:5

It is Graham's vague and generalized answers which helped make him so popular in the media. If one simply speaks about God's love, it's a positive, feel-good message that many people of all false religions and cultic doctrines are willing to accept because they don't want to confess their sins to the Lord Jesus Christ.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
-1 John 1:9

This same message positivity message is preached throughout the ecumenical movement (i.e. universal, one-world religion) because it seeks to bring all people under one umbrella. Once we understand this, it should be no surprise that Graham yoked so closely with the Catholic Church. (Read "Pope Francis's Deceptive John 17 Movement" here at creationliberty.com for more details.)

"Cardinal Cushing of Boston (who, as Archbishop, had even endorsed a Graham crusade in Boston in 1950) met with Billy, upon returning from Vatican II, declaring before a national television audience that Graham's message was good for Catholics. Billy's friendships with Father Theodore Hesburgh, the legendary president of the University of Notre Dame, Bishop Fulton Sheen, Francis Cardinal Spellman, and Pope John Paul II ran deep. For example, Billy and Pope John Paul II met together on three occasions, and Graham once proudly repeated the Pope's private words to him: 'We are brothers.'"
-Jon M. Sweeney, Billy Graham and the Catholics, Huffington Post, Nov 4, 2014, retrieved Feb 22, 2018, [huffingtonpost.com/jon-m-sweeney/billy-graham-catholics-_b_6100092.html]

As I already stated, Vatican II directly opposes Christian doctrine that grace comes through faith, and that the blood of Christ is the only way to heaven. The reason that Archbishop could say that Graham was good for Catholics is because Graham doesn't actually believe grace through faith and blood of Christ alone, or in other words, if Graham was teaching the truth of the Word, that Archbishop would dispise him.

The day of Graham's death, the National Catholic Register published an article in which they directly stated that Billy Graham would not preach in his "Crusade" ministry in an area unless he had approval from the Catholic Church:
"Whenever he traveled, Graham worked with local churches; in fact, he wouldn't hold a crusade in a given area unless he was invited by a majority of area churches, including, eventually, Catholic churches. Those who responded to his altar calls he put in touch with local pastors, including Catholic priests, to continue their discipleship."
-Steven D. Greydanus, "Billy Gram, R.I.P." National Catholic Register, Feb 21, 2018, retrieved Feb 22, 2018, [ncregister.com/blog/steven-greydanus/billy-graham-rip]; This Catholic publication also clearly states that "Graham began building bridges with Catholics in the 1950s."

Thus, from the 1950s until his death in 2018, Graham believed that Catholicism was part of Christ's church, and that all Catholics are going to heaven. The fact is that almost all those in the Catholic Church will end up in hell and the lake of fire with their hopes in false doctrine, but Billy Graham only cared about the ecumenical movement; he did not care for the souls of these lost Catholics.

After learning the truth of Graham's brotherhood with Catholics, it should be no surprise that he accepted their heresies. For example, in 1961, Graham was interviewed by Wilfed Bockelman of The Lutheran Standard, and said:
"I do believe that something happens at the baptism of an infant, particularly if the parents are Christians and teach their children Christian truths from childhood. We cannot fully understand the mysteries of God. But I believe that a miracle can happen in these children so that they are regenerated, that is, made Christians through infant baptism. If you want to call that baptismal regeneration, that's all right with me."
-Billy Graham, quoted by Briton Hadden & H. R. Luce, Time, Vol. 78, Time Inc., 1961, p. 612

The doctrine of "baptismal regeneration," a strictly Catholic doctrine, means that someone can be saved via baptism, and that is directly against of the Gospel of Christ. Baptism is a commandment of Christians to do after they have come to repentance and been born again, but baptism is NOT how men are saved because that is works doctrine. On top of that, it is certainly not true that babies are saved by having their heads sprinkled with so-called "holy" water from a priest. In short, Billy Graham believed that people can come to the Lord Jesus Christ through some other method than repentance and faith, which makes him a heretic.
(Read "The Biblical Understanding of Baptism" here at creationliberty.com for more details; Read also "The Age of Accountability Concerning Children" here at creationliberty.com for more details on where children end up if they die young.)

Graham voiced his agreement with the Pope in his Larry King Live interview:
"I would be for abortion in violent rape... I take the same stand that the pope takes, I'm against abortion, except in cases of rape..."
-Billy Graham, interviewed on Larry King Live, January, 1988, retrieved Feb 18, 2018, [https://youtu.be/wMUhnCJln1A]

If you watch the whole video interview, it's interesting to note that Graham attempted to help justify abortion by inserting the word "violent" before he would say "rape." This is a PR (public relations) tactic used to try to make people feel hurt more for the condition of the mother than the VIOLENT murder of the baby.
(Read "Abortion: Paganism, Satanism, Sacrifices, and Witchcraft" here at creationliberty.com for more details.)

Certainly, it is horrible if a woman is raped by a man and becomes pregnant, but why punish the baby for the sins of the father? If they want to kill someone, it would only make sense for our government to step forward and kill the rapist, not the baby, which is what the Lord God commanded the Jewish government to do in such situations. (Deut 22:25)

Notice also that Graham compared his position to that of the Pope, who also believes that babies should be violently murdered under certain circumstances. Graham constantly put himself into a position where he compared himself, and his beliefs, to that of the Catholic Pope, making himself out to be like the "Pope of the Protestants."

That being said, I should make sure readers understand that I am not a "protestant;" although that's what a Catholic would typically call me because they were taught to do so by their pagan cult. I am not "protesting" the Catholic Church; I've never been a part of it, and the entire Catholic Church is wicked from head to toe. The so-called "Protestant" church buildings today are just as wicked as the Catholic Church. I am NOT Catholic, I am NOT Protestant; I am a Christian, born again by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, and I am sanctified from their wicked traditions and doctrines.

This information is not new or hidden; in fact it seems like the Catholics are more aware of Graham's heresies than evangelicals. The number of times Graham stood up in front of the world and praised the popes of Rome is astounding: "In this exclusive interview, evangelist Billy Graham hails Pope John Paul II's pilgrimage to Portland as a triumph for Christianity. Dr. Graham and other religious leaders also heap praise on the pontiff for helping to push forward the religious revival worldwide." -Quote taken from the image caption, The Star, June 26, 1979

Billy Graham not only hinted to the pope's authority in many of his public interviews, but also submitted himself to be a political agent of the Catholic Church on numerous occasions:
"I became friends with Kim Il Sung (ph) in North Korea... He was the great leader of -- against the Americans, of course, and for him to hug me and say those things, it gave me an opportunity to do some things for China and for the United States that I've been asked to do, and he received my message, and so the pope, the Vatican, asked me to do the same. I did it for them."
-Billy Graham, interviewed by Larry King, Larry King Live, CNN, retrieved July 15, 2013, [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0506/16/lkl.01.html]

Billy Graham went to North Korea to do a political song-and-dance for a communist dictator who could not have cared less about the Christian God of the Bible. Graham himself stated that he did that on behalf of the Catholic Pope (who is an antichrist).

Graham praised the Pope as the "greatest religious leader" in the world:
"Since his election, Pope John Paul II has emerged as the greatest religious leader of the modern world, and one of the greatest moral and spiritual leaders of this century... The Pope came [to America] as a statesman and a pastor, but I believe he also sees himself coming as an evangelist, forthrightly urging those who have perhaps given little thought to spiritual matters to realize the truth of the Christian message and commit their lives to Christ... The Pope sought to speak to the spiritual hunger of our age in the same way Christians throughout the centuries have spoken to the spiritual yearnings of every age—by pointing people to Christ... Also, in countless ways many evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics are discovering they share a common bond through their mutual commitment to the Christian faith... Recently I learned that the word 'pontiff,' (a title by which the Pope is often known) comes from the Latin words which originally meant 'bridge builder.' During his visit to America, Pope John Paul II was indeed a bridge builder, and that is something our divided world desperately needs. In a world which often seems to have lost its way, his voice will continue to remind us of our responsibilities to each other—and to God."
-Billy Graham, "The Pilgrim Pope: A Builder of Bridges," Saturday Evening Post, January-February, 1980

It is the ecumenical false preachers, like Graham and the Pope, that cry out for a mass, worldwide unity of so-called "peace," but the Lord Jesus Christ taught that He did not come to bring peace:

Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
-Luke 12:51

Christ then goes on to talk about dividing the households based on the truth, not uniting them together. The only unity we should have in Christ is that within the church, and Graham is not a part of the church because he is not a Christian.
(Read "Did Christ Come to Bring Peace?" here at creationliberty.com for more details.)

Just to give a quick example, at one time Billy Graham thought the World Council of Churches (WCC—a wicked organization that is an ecumenical abomination against Christ) was a group from which the final antichrist would come, but since attending his first meeting, not only did he faithfully attend almost every meeting they had throughout his life, but he was honored and commonly gave presentations at those meetings.
"In 1948, Billy Graham was asked, 'What do you expect the World Council of Churches to do this Auguest when they visit Copenhagen?' He replied, 'I believe they are going to nominate the antichrist!'... He has attended all but two WCC assemblies ever since."
-Charles emert, "Billy Graham's 23 Years of Theological Change," 1971, quoted by Cisco Wheeler, Behold a White Horse, Xulon Press, 2009, p. 329, ISBN: 9781607913559

At the Lausanne Conference on Evangelism in 1974, Graham was interviewed about his relationship with the WCC:
"As far as I know, we have nothing but the warmest relationships with the World Council of Churches."
-Ken M. Schmidt, 'Not Afraid to Tell the Truth': Exposing Apostasy and the Conspiracy of Silence in the Last Days!, Xlibris Corporation, 2011, p. 104, ISBN: 9781465334497

Graham also tried to soften the concept of hell, redefining it so it becomes fluffier and easier to swallow. A Florida newspaper reporter told Graham that a poll showed 45% of Americans don't believe in hell, asked Billy why he thought that was the case:
"I think that hell essentially is separation from God forever. And that is the worst hell that I can think of. But I think people have a hard time believing God is going to allow people to burn in literal fire forever. I think the fire that is mentioned in the Bible is a burning thirst for God that can never be quenched."
-Orlando Sentinel, Sunday, Apr 10, 1983, [newspapers.com/image/227870570]

Graham is only giving his personal opinion on the matter, but that's not how the Bible describes it. The rich man who went to hell was talked about by Christ:

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
-Luke 16:24

Graham and Satan want to soften the idea of hell, so people will think it's not so bad. There are many people today who don't want to be with God; they go into drinking, drugs, sex, violence, and much more, trying to drown out any thought of the Christian God of the Bible, and when they hear Graham's message, they'll think it's not such a bad place to go, which is why many wicked rock musicians speak positively about going there.
(Read "What's Wrong With Christian Rock?" here at creationliberty.com for more details.)

In Billy Graham's interviews, he often started his sentences with "I THINK," instead of starting with "the Bible says," because Graham's version of God does not come from the Bible. Graham's version of God comes from his own mind; shaping his "god" into his own image.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
-Psalm 50:21

Billy Graham died with his hopes in his false doctrine, and he too ended up in hell. The Bible tells us that all those whose names are not written in the book of life will be cast into the lake of fire, and hell itself is also going to be cast into the lake of fire, increasing that heat more than ever before.

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
-Revelation 20:14-15

Was Billy Graham a Freemason? Billy Graham worked in unison with a lot of Freemasons, and he also believed in very similar philosophies to the Freemasons, but there is no physical evidence that he ever joined the Freemasons as a full-fledged member. There are certainly a lot of websites out there who accuse him of being a 33° Mason, and they have a lot of speculation, but they never give any solid evidence for it, and I will not falsely accuse. At one time, I did teach that Graham was a 33° Mason, and I did so in error. I made the mistake of just following whatever was popular, instead of digging in, doing the hard work and research, and then teaching what's right; I apologize to anyone who got false information from me in the past on that issue. I'm working hard to correct such errors, so I can please the Lord Jesus Christ by doing what's honest in His sight. The following is an excerpt from our article, "Freemasonry: A Luciferian Beacon," which gives more details. ********************** Billy Graham is also widely rumored to be a Freemason, I've looked at numerous websites and videos that claim to have proof that Graham was a Freemason, and I know there are people out there who wish to keep their Freemason ties a secret, but I want to present facts, not speculation. Though Graham did yoke up with a lot of Freemason devils, it doesn't mean he was a Freemason. It's like saying 'because Graham yoked up with Catholics, therefore he was a Catholic', which is not logical. Again, I have found no direct evidence that he was an official member of Freemasonry, and his office has written official notices that denied the allegations. Although Billy Graham was NOT a Christian, I will not falsely accuse him of something; I want hard evidence of what lodge he was a member of, rather than speculation from theorists. However, that being said, one of the main reasons for the controversy over Graham's involvement with the Freemasons is based on a photograph taken of Graham's meeting with President Lyndon Johnson, who called on Graham as a counselor. Lyndon Johnson was only a 2nd degree Fellowcraft Mason, but was a member of a Masonic lodge nonetheless. In the photo, Graham was seen giving what appears to be the "Real Grip of a Master Mason" that we mentioned earlier is the secret handshake of the Masons in the 3rd degree. (Graham also used to counsel Harry Truman, who was also a Master Mason.) It's possible that Graham may have known about the Masonic handshakes without actually being in the Masons, or he might have been a supporter of the Masons without actually being in it because, after all, Billy Graham yoked himself up with about every wicked, worldly entity you could think of, but I don't think it's enough evidence to say he was a secret member of the Masons; although it's possible. There are other wicked televangelists who are falsely accused of being 33° Freemasons without any evidence of their being even remotely connected to a Masonic lodge. I'm not saying these men are not Freemasons, perhaps they could be, but I will not teach that they are without evidence, and those who claim to be Christians and teach such things without proof of their claims ought to be ashamed of themselves. (I used to be one of those people, so I know from personal experience, and I am ashamed that I used to do that.) Examples include Oral Roberts, Kenneth Copeland, Robert Schuller, Al Sharpton, and many others. Almost everywhere you go online today, there are "Christian" blogs (who don't seem to have any standards of verifying facts; as would be Biblical) who accuse anyone who is a religious leader of being a Freemason, so I ask Christians to please be careful about what you read on the internet. Just because a man is a false preacher, it doesn't automatically make him a Freemason. I've already been branded a false Christian and heretic for daring to suggest that we ought to require evidence before accusing these men of being Masons, but in the next section on the Illuminati, I will quote a testimony from a man who has been in the higher degrees of the Masonic/Illuminati order (beyond 33°) who was saved and came out to testify that there are many men in the spotlight who have been accused of being Masons, but are not, and that the true Masons are working behind the scenes. ********************** Again, read "Freemasonry: A Luciferian Beacon" here at creationliberty.com for more details.

The following video is a 1997 interview of Billy Graham by British journalist David Frost:

FROST: "Why is Isalm the fastest growing religion in the world?" GRAHAM: "The tremendous discipline that they have in Islam in the sense that there's a judgment if you do wrong, and there's a tremendous hope that people have that you are Islamic. Suppose you die on the battlefield fighting for Islam, the promises they give you for the first thousand years would make any young man say, 'Well, I think that's what I'd like to have.' They have so many things. And I think Islam is misunderstood too, because Mohammed had a great respect for Jesus, and he called Jesus the greatest of the prophets except himself. And I think that we're closer to Islam than we really think we are."

-Billy Graham, Interview with David Frost, "Talking with David Frost: Reverend Billy Graham," David Paradine Television, Feb 18, 1997; Billy Graham is called "Reverend" by many people, which is an unbiblical title; Read "Titles Are Unbiblical in the Church" here at creationliberty.com for more details.)

If anyone is reading this and does not understand the extreme amount of heresy in Billy Graham's answer in this interview, then you have a lot to learn about the Bible. Christians with understanding will be absolutely disgusted by what Graham said. I would highly recommend our teaching, "Islam: Religion of Terror" to understand that the "Allah" of the Muslims is NOT anywhere even remotely close to the Christian God of the Bible, and you will see that their "Allah" is a moon god, Islam is pure paganism, and their Quran (i.e. the Islamic bible) profanes the doctrines of the Lord Jesus Christ.

At the beginning of this article, I quoted Billy Graham saying that Jesus Christ is "the ONLY way to heaven," and that if you don't renounce your sins at the foot of the cross, "you will never be in heaven." Christians should be able to see now that, even though Graham may have said that behind the pulpit, in reality, he didn't believe it.

Here's Billy Graham, once again in 1997, stating the same heresies to another heretic, Robert Schuller (who also died in his sin and went to hell back in 2010), on the Hour of Power television program:

SCHULLER: "Tell me, what do you think is the future of Christianity?" GRAHAM: "Well, Christianity, in being a true believer—you know, I think there's the Body of Christ, which comes from all Christian groups around the world; or outside the Christian groups. I think everybody that loves Christ, or knows Christ, whether they're conscious of it or not, they're members of the body of Christ... And that's what God is doing today; he's calling people out of the world for his name. Whether they come from the Muslim world, or the Bhuddist world, or the Christian world, or the non-believing world, they are members of the body of Christ because they've been called by God. They may not even know the name of Jesus, but they know in their heart that they need something that they don't have, and they turn to the only light that they have, and I think that they are saved and will be with us in heaven..." SCHULLER: "Fantastic! I'm so thrilled to hear you say that! There's a wideness in God's mercy!" GRAHAM: "There is, there definitely is."

-Billy Graham, interview with Robert Schuller, Hour of Power, May 31, 1997, [https://youtu.be/3WFkb9NkEHE]

Both Graham and Schuller just denied the Lord Jesus Christ, and stood directly opposed to His doctrine. First, I'll address Schuller, when he says, "There's a wideness in God's mercy," because God only gives His grace to the humble heart of repentance:

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
-James 4:6

The proud of heart will not receive God's grace; they must first be humbled to a state of repentance (i.e. grief and godly sorrow of wrongdoing). Jesus Christ did not say that many are going to heaven; He said FEW are going to heaven, and MANY are going to hell. Jesus Christ did not say that the gate to heaven was wide; He said the gate to DESTRUCTION is wide, and the gate to HEAVEN was narrow. (i.e. slender; a single small path)

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
-Matthew 7:13-14

Graham denied Christ in his words because he stated that false, pagan, religious cults, like Buddhism, Islam, and even Atheism, are all "light." Go back and read his words, he said that they, "turn to the only light that they have." There is only one light, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ, and you cannot find Christ in Buddhism, Islam, or Atheism.

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
-John 8:12

He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
-1 John 5:12

Those who do not have the Lord Jesus Christ as the foundation of their hearts do not have the light of life. They are blind, and they walk in darkness. Those that would say anything other than Christ is the source of light and understanding in this world, or would claim that any other entity can offer salvation of the soul, is a liar.

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
-Ephesians 5:8-11

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
-John 8:44

Graham could not hear and understand these things because he was not a Christian; he was not God's child. He was not a sheep of the Lord Jesus Christ, and therefore he could not understand.

He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
-John 8:47

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
-John 10:27

Graham helped lay the foundation for the ecumenical (one-world) movement as we see it today. It's interesting that he believed and taught the same thing that is believed by his Freemason friends. Luciferian Manly P. Hall, one of the most influential Freemasons in history, and one of the most honored and revered Freemasons in their order, stated almost the same thing that Graham said on Schuller's show:

"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 one-ness of all spiritual truth."

-Manly P. Hall, The Lost Keys of Freemasonry, Courier Corporation, 2009, p. 65, ISBN: 9780486473772

The name 'Lucifer' means "bearer of light," and this name is mentioned only one time in Scripture. When God calls Satan "Lucifer," He is mocking Satan, and declaring that Satan will end up in hell.

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
-Isaiah 14:12-16

If someone asked me what the future of Christianity was, I would answer: "The Book of Revelation." God has already told us what our futures are, and what the future of the unbelieving world will be, but Billy Graham did not answer in this manner because he did not have the Word of God hidden away in his heart.

For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
-Psalm 119:89

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
-Matthew 24:35

Graeme Keith, chairman of the Carolinas Billy Graham Crusade Committee, said:
"'We have Jewish, Catholic, Protestant and other denominations represented on the committee... Our goal is to make it the finest crusade Dr. Graham has ever conducted.' Graham has even gone further afield on occasion. At his 1966 World Congress on Evangelism in Berlin, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, who is head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, was featured. The Coptic Church is a blend of Christianity, Judaism, animism [belief that inanimate objects have souls] and paganism [i.e. witchcraft]."
-Brad K. Gsell quoting Graeme Keith from the Charlotte Observer, Mar 1, 1996, The Legacy of Billy Graham: The Accommodation of Truth to Error in the Evangelical Church, Fundamental Presbyterian Publications, 1998, p. 28; Read "Denominations Are Unbiblical" here at creationliberty.com for more details.

Even some pagans and witches have been drawn into Billy Graham's message; being a part of the "Coptic" cults. We can see that almost every religion all around the world gives praise to Billy Graham's Crusades, which demonstrates very clearly that he is of the world, and not of Christ.

If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
-John 15:19

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
-1 John 3:1

However, the world does know Billy Graham, and they love him, because Billy Graham was never of the Father. Graham taught a feel-good message instead of the truth of the Word, and when unbelieving viewers see his false message on TV, they think, "Oh that's wonderful! I'm getting into heaven no matter what I believe and do. I can keep lying, stealing, fornicating, drinking, doing drugs, etc, and believe whatever religion makes me feel better about myself!" *Click—changes the channel.* Billy Graham went to hell when he died, and he will be dragging MILLIONS of false converts with him when they die.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
-Proverbs 14:12

How much does the world love Billy Graham? Enough to give him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Ronald Reagan had this to say:
"Reverend William "Billy" Graham's untiring evangelism has spread the word of God to every corner of the globe, and made him one of the most inspirational spiritual leaders of the Twentieth Century."
-Ronald Reagan, award speech, Ronald Reagan, Book 1, Office of Federal Register & National Archives and Records Service, 1982, p. 287

Yet, the Bible tells us that those such things, which men honor and revere, are an abomination in the sight of God:

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
-Luke 16:15

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
-Jeremiah 17:9

The Lord Jesus Christ did NOT promise us that we would be brought before kings to receive fancy medals and honorable rewards for following Him. Jesus promised us we would be brought before kings through imprisonment, to be ridiculed, cursed, and executed through persecution.

But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
-Luke 21:12

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
-Matthew 5:11

Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
-Acts 14:22

I write this to expose Graham because I love you all enough to tell you the truth and warn you of the danger of God's wrath that is coming. As I'm doing updates on this article this week (the week Graham died), I've gotten all sorts of hate mail, and I'm sure they'll keep coming in; it's obvious by what they say in their letters that they only read the title to the article, and never bothered reading it at all, which means they're answering the matter before they've even heard it, which the Bible is says is foolishness.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
-Proverbs 18:13

Some of that hate mail are just people calling me an "idiot," and that's all they write. That's what the Bible calls a railer, and the Bible says that any man who calls himself a Christian, and is a railer, we're not supposed to keep company with them, we are not supposed to eat with them, and we are to remove them from the church because God says they are wicked:

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat... Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
-1 Corinthians 5:11-13

Yet, we Christians don't exchange railing for railing. Though they curse us, we ought to pray the Lord Jesus Christ would bless their families with all their needs:

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
-1 Peter 3:9

Some of the hate mail I get are people who whine and complain that we ought not to judge others, but the Bible tells us:

But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
-1 Corinthians 2:15

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
-John 7:24

The followers of Graham keep showing me that they hate righteous judgment. They judge me in all the hateful and evil things they say to me, but then turn around and say I shouldn't judge them. They don't want to be judged in righteousness because they hate the Christian God of the Bible.
(Read "Unbiblical Cop-Outs: Don't Judge Me!" here at creationliberty.com for more details.)

They only love the false "god" that Graham preaches to them, and they would rather hear his fanciful fables that scratch their itching ears than to hear the truth:

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
-2 Timothy 4:3-4

They did not receive a love of the truth, that we Christians receive when we are saved by the Lord Jesus Christ:

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
-2 Thessalonians 2:10

If you are born again in Christ, then come out from among the wickedness of this world and be sanctified:

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
-2 Corinthians 6:14-18

If the cult-following of Graham cannot understand these things, the Gospel is hid to them because they are lost:

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
-2 Corinthians 4:2-4

That's why the Lord Jesus Christ spoke to men in parables, so that those who are not of Christ will not be able to understand; blinded by their pride:

Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
-Matthew 13:13

But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
-Matthew 13:23

In previous editions of this article, I told all those who had a heart that cared for Billy Graham to pray that he would come to repentance and be born again; however, he died without it, and thus, he ended up in hell. There is no more we can do for him; it's over now. There can be no salvation for Graham any longer. What we CAN do is warn as many people as possible to beware his false doctrines, so as many as can be saved, would be saved.

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments [first teachings] of the world, and not after Christ.
-Colossians 2:8

If this article was a help to you, then please send it on to as many as will hear the truth. I pray the Lord Jesus Christ keep our eyes open to His Word, and bring as many as possible to the humility of repentance so they can be saved.

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