I know that in the OT the people didn’t want God to rule over them - they wanted a king -so He gave them a king - Saul, who turned out to be a disaster. However, in the NT, there are numerous Scriptures where government duties and church duties are defined. Jesus never told the government officials to go into the world and preach the gospel - he did say, render unto Caesar the things that are Caesars, and unto God the things that are Gods. We also know that when the righteous are in charge - the people rejoice. However, only God knows the heart of men - not you, not me. Words can be deceiving and I believe St. Cruz is deceiving people using his “faith” to pull the wool over people’s eyes.
He could be. I don’t think he is. I think Cruz is a legitimate Christian man.
But you’re right that for the most part only God knows that- though we can judge and see fruits and I haven’t seen any rotten ones from Cruz yet.
But honestly, we’re at an impasse. You think Cruz is using his faith to pull the wool over people’s eyes.
I think Donald Trump, who immediately after Hillary Clinton stepped out of the SoS office, he was still a fan of hers, and he still respected Bill enough to call him for advice in June- now Hillary is the worst Secretary of State ever and Bill is no different than Bill Cosby, when Bill hasn’t raped, assaulted, or harassed any new women in the last 6 months- well, that we’ve heard about.
I think he’s pulling the wool over people’s eyes while being an enemy of the Clintons, conveniently enough after he runs for President as a Republican but not before, and while telling us he’s a transformed conservative without nothing but his own rhetoric, spoken or written, as “evidence” that such is the case.
But obviously, when all this is done we’ll probably find out who was right, or if either of us was right.