to what lies ahead

Rom1:29-32 lists a who's who among the devil's children. They should make a facebook or something and sell mugs for money. In any case, one in that list struck me this morning. It follows boastful in v30.

inventors of evil

No matter which translation you look in, it's the same. You're so evil, you're making up new ways to be evil. You're spreading unrighteousness in places it didn't exist in before. You're the opposite of the Creator, who made things for good; you make things up for the sake of rebelling against God. You're constantly daydreaming of ways to be like your father, him of the lies.

You think that characteristic is only a remnant of old Rome, but you'd be wrong. Start with the modern legal system, and the packs of ravenous lawyers bent on twisting laws and the Constitution to suit their evil beliefs. A right to infanticide guaranteed by the Founding Fathers? RICO laws meant to silence protestors? Zoning ordinances meant to take down crosses? Free speech modifiers meant to silence the faithful? You think your creativity is an asset. It is, liarschild. It is. But you're on the wrong side of the throne.