I agree. Let's quote Jesus' words when he encountered hypocrites and liars:
"You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say." ~Matthew 12:34
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.
"You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness" ~Matthew 23:25-27
I wonder if any of these words apply to Cruz: robber, self-indulgent, appearing one way outwardly but actually quite different inwardly. Yea, I can see the parallels.
In this thread, one thing brought up about Cruz is his history of not tithing. It is a valid issue. One that Cruz admitted was a weakness and he needed to do better. He made no excuse about it, it was an area he said he needed to work on. He did not say, he didn't need forgiveness here, he didn't say he was above having to ask forgiveness, he admitted his shortcoming. The buck stopped with him. No deflection, just taking it like a imperfect man.
And Nathan said to David, "The LORD also has taken away your sin; you shall not die. "However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme -2 Samuel 12
Now what did Cruz's lack of tithing do? It gave people who are enemies of the Lord great occasion to blaspheme... we see it right here on this thread. We see it daily on threads where people post stuff like "holy roller" and "hypocrite".