Rev. 21:8 “ . . . . all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone . . . ”
Wow, those are pretty scary words. Honesty and integrity are vital with having a relationship with God and other people. God is opposed to the proud and those that are dishonest and continually lie and take advantage of others. Have you ever felt let down and hurt when someone you trust, bald face lies to you and steals from you and cheats you out of what is yours. Doesn’t it “Fry your Taters” as my wife says. It is not what you lost that hurts so much, as it is the fact that someone your trusted took advantage of your trust in them. We went through this as a church when we were defrauded of over hundred thousands dollars, by someone who calls himself a pastor, we found out he was by far one of the best liars in town, a “Bernie Madoff” of pastors, having defrauded other churches of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and individuals in Tucson over the years. He sets up multiple LLC’s (limited Liability Companies) and then when someone takes him to court, which they have, and he loses, which he has, he just bankrupts the LLC and sets up another one. He is a real scam artist. Even after we had been warned by other pastors that knew this guy, that he had major integrity problems and wasn’t to be trusted we trusted him. If you are an honest person, you tend to see other people as honest, that was our mistake. This charlatan later on tried to use the church as a front to open a wedding business on the East side of town, but the neighbors caught on to it and he was denied a permit. He is suing the county now and trying to make money on a lawsuit, but I personally think it was God bringing about a little justice here on earth. One of our best days was when we were completely free from this habitual liar. There is nothing worse then be bound together with a habitual liar.
When we habitually lie, the scriptures tell us, “we become seared in their own consciences as with a branding iron” in other words we become hard hearted and it doesn’t bother us to lie, cheat, steal, and hurt people, because our consciences no longer works. There is one thing to remember after you have been hurt, defrauded and lied to, and that is, it is much better being the person that was lied too, than the person that is the liar. Our prayer for these people is that they would repent and get their life right with God.
Dr. David McSpadden from Iowa recently held a “Marriage Enrichment Seminar” on February 27, 2011 at Saguaro Buttes that was sponsored by Saguaro Buttes with about 30 couples in attendance. It was a 3 hour seminar that covered various topics, concerning love and marriage. He also did a panel discussion that was a lot of fun with three different couples fielding quesitons. We hope to be able to provide 4 of these Errichment seminars a year to help couples in their relationships. If you are interested in future seminars, send us your name and email address and we will keep you posted. 
