Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Romans 3:9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
This is another attack that those who preach the gospel hear, "you think you are better that us" or the accusation of being self righteous. Our message is similar to saying "there is a cure to AIDS, Jesus is the cure, and we all had AIDS". No one is "better", rather some are sick and some are being cured. AIDS is the sickness, HIV positive is the infection. You can be cured of AIDS and still be HIV positive. This is why Christians will say "there but for the grace of God go I". We all know that we could have died of AIDS, but we got treatment from Jesus. If we stop that treatment the HIV could come back as AIDS.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
In yourself, in your natural man, in the flesh there is none that doeth good, everyone is unprofitable. Many people find that hard to believe. A lot of people claim to "have a good heart". I liken this to the crusades. People thought that they had a "good heart" to go and force people to become Christians or die. How much harm has the Crusades done to the gospel? I like to say all the worst ills in the world are done by those who claim to "have a good heart". The heart is deceitfully wicked. People in Germany followed Hitler because he restored national pride and led them out of the great depression. Most of the people who supported Hitler did not support the Gestapo or the concentration camps. But their support for Hitler translated to support for those things whether or not they knew it. In the US, if you are a taxpayer your taxes support everything the US government does even if you don't know what that is. It is very likely that the US does many things you would not support, but you don't know about it, and so you pay your taxes and you become a "useful idiot", an "unwitting supporter". Islam is trying to bring in a kingdom ruled by "God" on earth using warfare of the flesh. This approach is always going to be unprofitable. However, they are not going to listen to Christianity tell them it is wrong, after all Christianity had the crusades. How is Islamic extremism any different than the Crusades?
13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
This is the stunning fact. Look at the hatred they spew. It is so clear from Youtube that they are trying to stir people up to hatred on both the right and the left.
14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
TDS is called "Trump Derangement Syndrome". We have people who do nothing but spew hatred and cursing for Donald Trump every day. Before he was elected there were people who did the same only their target was Joe Biden. We should be thankful to God, blessing others, not cursing them. I am thankful that God gave us Joe Biden as president because it caused many to go to their knees in prayer to God. I am thankful that God gave us Donald Trump as president because it also has caused many to go to their knees in prayer to God. Neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump is going to bring in the kingdom of the heavens, but if they can motivate Christians to pray, then that is something to be thankful for.
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:
It is stunning to me how quick their feet are. When Jussie Smollett claimed to have been lynched in Chicago by "MAGA supporters" anyone with common sense would have questioned that, but not the Main Stream Media. They were swift to condemn. When Jacob Blake was shot in Kenosha Wisconsin in 2020 the NBA and Lebron James were swift to condemn the police. This sparked riots. Anyone with common sense would have asked the police questions as to why they shot him first. How many times do you allow the MSM to manipulate you into condemning others before you learn and slow down and check the facts first?
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:
What is the result? It is destruction and misery. These riots destroy the city where they riot and that causes misery to the people they are supposedly supporting. I was in Queens and Brooklyn when all these ones were calling for social workers to replace cops. I had family in Vermont, wealthy family members, who supported this policy. I told them I didn't know anyone in Queens or Brooklyn who wanted cops replaced by social workers. I attended a church with over a thousand members virtually all were people of color. We had many members from the poor to lower middle class, very few if any who could be called "wealthy". No one wanted to get rid of the cops.
17 And the way of peace have they not known:
We need our eyes opened, if you open your eyes to see you will immediately see that the whole world is motivated by selfish greed. Everyone is out for themselves, and as a result they will never know the way of peace. This really hit me in the face when I was in Taiwan. In China bribery is an accepted way of life. It was blatant, it was brazen. In Mainland China if you are an important official then you will use that position to advance your family's fortunes. You will get your children promoted to positions they are not equipped to handle. This happens in the US, but in China this is the way it is. The level of corruption is so widespread it is the normal.
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
This is the heart of the matter. We should teach the Bible in school, particularly we should teach the fear of God. If people saw that righteousness is "as you have done it will be done to you" and then we went through historical examples like the crusades will usher in Islamic extremism it would go a long way to causing people to fear God. A reverent fear of God is a foundation of the gospel. When I was 12 years old I was thinking about what I wanted to give my life to. Almost immediately I realized it all depends on whether or not God is real. If at the end of your life you must appear before God to answer for the things done in this life, then that completely changes how you are to live.