Hardshellism & Masonry & The Irony

The way the Hardshells of today explain how "faith" is both essential and not essential for being regenerated or eternally saved is to affirm that

1. the "faith" that is essential, yea "the faith of God's elect" (Titus 1:1), is without belief of any gospel revelation or of the God of Abraham, and

2. that this essential faith is simple faith in some deity and of salvation by such deity, and

3. that this simple faith in deity is the result of "regeneration" and the personal preaching of Christ via the Spirit and without human means

4. that the "faith" that is not essential for regeneration is gospel faith, the kind believers in the NT have, and a belief in one God in trinity.

But, did you know that the "faith" of the Freemasons is like the Hardshell understanding of "the faith of God's elect"? Yes, the faith that every Mason confesses, while on his knees in the center of the Lodge, is "I believe in God" (and this "god" can be any god the confessor wishes). The "faith" of Freemasons is like the "faith" of God's elect? Ironic, is it not?