When You Come to a Fork in the Road :: By Dave Hubley

Published on: June 9, 2022 by RR7

(There is a special message at the end of this article for those who do not have Jesus in their life and are looking for peace and a way to better understand the present-day insanity and confusion.)

I have always found it fascinating when “old sayings” float to the surface in our lives and find application for otherwise unintended circumstances.

I believe it is God’s way of prompting us to take a closer look at ourselves. Perhaps it’s just me going through word drills in my mind, but then again, maybe not. God does most frequently communicate with people through people.

Yogi Berra, one of America’s most quoted and beloved baseball icons, had sentence structure that was wonderfully humorous and memorable, to say the least.

One of the better known is: “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”

I found it in the process of doing some research, and the word association and mental picture it created came into my mind (no doubt by prompting of the Holy Spirit) as it relates to the fact that every single person will eventually come to this specific fork in the road. All of us, with no exceptions.

It is relative to the two paths which Jesus spoke of in Matthew 7:13-14:

“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.”

As we see by this verse, there are only two. When you come to it, which will you choose?

Truthfully, if you have not decided which fork/path you will take, then you will have decided. You have, by not deciding, selected the “broad path that leads to destruction” because you have rejected the Grace and Mercy of God.

“For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

“For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23).

I have learned (the hard way) that in life, we can sometimes travel a road/path, etc., for a very long while. So long, in fact, that we have trouble deciding to turn back even when we know that it is the wrong path. This is why God equipped us with a conscience that convicts us when we do or think either right or wrong. And, as we all know, it can be quite powerful.

“So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them” (Romans 2:15).

Sometimes we can even see in our minds a retroactive road map, perhaps comprised of the results of some of our poor decisions that clearly confirms that we have taken the wrong path, but we purposely discard it or elect to go our own way. It can haunt our every waking moment.

I know of which I speak, my friends. For many, many years, that was my “modus operandi.”

If we go on this wide path long enough in this world, we can become so hardened of heart that we might even reject the council of friends or loved ones who try to help us to see the Truth and thus turn around.

It’s that “turn around” part that we don’t care for. We wrongly think (because, all-to-often, that Bible Word “repent” comes up) that we would “have to” change our ways. We would have to “give up” something.

Well, you would end up giving up something, but it would not be because you “had to.”

No, it would be because you would “want to!”

You would find that you are no longer under that compulsion to sin. Wanton sinning is like walking with a backpack loaded with bricks. It wears you down with guilt and shame or perhaps some other dark weight that you can’t or won’t be able to define. Maybe it won’t be felt right away, but eventually it is.

I know of what I speak. I am not one of those who became free through the Love and liberation of the mercy of Christ when I was a youngster. I was in my forties. I can still look back and see what a miracle Jesus performed for me and what a miracle the Holy Spirit performed IN ME!

I gave up NOTHING, and I have gained everything. It has been 30 years, and I still revel in the free air of Salvation.

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32).

I do know the Truth, and He is Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God.

You can as well.

And now to the crux of this article.

Your situation is not hopeless. No, it is not, as long as you still draw breath!

There is the great God and Savior who can overcome any of our individual obstacles if we let Him. Due to His own Sovereign will, He will not force us to choose Him. It is entirely up to us.

So, even if you desire to repent (which means change the direction of your life), but you don’t know how or where to begin, or perhaps you think you can’t – but, in fact, you can. Yes, you can.

“For with God nothing will be impossible” (Luke 1:37).

It is actually a simple and straightforward process once you decide to ask Him for help. He already knows every single thing about you – all that you have done, think, feel. Even what you are thinking this very moment.

He cannot be surprised, and He never refuses anyone who comes to Him in humility.

I don’t mean to oversimplify such an important thing as the salvation of your soul; after all, it required someone to die.

That Someone was/is Jesus Christ, whom God decided would pay for your sins and mine. The sinless Son of God allowed Himself to be nailed to a Roman cross for all who will repent and believe that He is who He said He is. And then, He rose from the grave to prove that He has power over death and, in fact, He is who He said He is! Imagine that!

No, you don’t have to imagine it. It is simply the Truth.

He, as He said, had the mercy to give His life for us and the power to take His life up again. That is exactly what He did.

“No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. This command I have received from My Father” (John 10:18).

So, in view of this, is there really any legitimate reason to think He can’t rescue you?

He can actually take you back to that fork in the road and show you which is the “narrow way,” the Way that leads to life.

And then, if you choose “life,” the Holy Spirit will guide you along the way. All the way Home.

I pray that you will heed and understand that you can be free from fear and feeling defeated, crushed, and utterly helpless. It requires that you come before God on His terms.

And, what are His terms according to His Word?

Genuine repentance (turning to God instead of continuing to reject or ignore Him).
Confession of sins (that you are a sinner and acknowledge that to God).
That you understand that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).
To acknowledge to God that you are unable to pay that debt.
Belief that Jesus Christ paid your death sentence for you on the cross
To believe that Jesus is the Way, the only Way, that God has established by which humans may be saved from the consequences of their sin and rebellion.

God has made it absolutely clear that there is no one who comes before Him, under His terms, that will be refused.

No one: no race, no color, no country of origin, regardless of any previous belief system: no one.
No matter what your past sins have been, God can and WILL forgive you because He says He will.
Salvation is available to everyone without any exceptions.

If you put all your trust for salvation in Jesus and Him only, you can follow that prayer up by simply saying, “Thank you, Father God, for hearing my prayer and saving me,” because we can trust Him to keep His Word.

He always has. He always will.

John 5:24: “Truly, Truly, I say to you that he who hears My words and believes the One who sent Me has eternal life and will not be condemned. He has crossed from death to life.”

There are no answers and there is no hope in the world by governments, organizations, politics, or politicians. There are only lies and deception. But you can have the Truth and the peace you seek.

Once you have taken the right fork, you will be able to begin to understand the roadmap:

The answers are in the Word of God. The Bible.

If you ask God with all your heart, He will hear you.

“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13).

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From 2006: To Save the Planet, Kill 90% of People :: By Geri Ungurean

Published on: June 9, 2022 by RR7

I think there have been numerous board meetings about killing at least 90% of us off to save “Mother Earth.” The Georgia Guide Stones, which was built in 1980, really got the ball rolling on this planned Culling of Humanity.

reason.com from 2006:

At first, I thought someone was making a really stupid April Fool’s joke, but apparently it is true that the Texas Distinguished Scientist of 2006, University of Texas ecologist Eric Pianka, told a meeting of the Texas Academy of Science that 90 percent of his fellow human beings must die in order to save the planet. A very disturbed Forrest M. Mims III – Chairman of the Environmental Science Section of the Texas Academy of Science, writing at The Citizen Scientist – reported:

Professor Pianka said the earth as we know it will not survive without drastic measures. Then, and without presenting any data to justify this number, he asserted that the only feasible solution to saving the earth is to reduce the population to 10 percent of the present number.

He then showed solutions for reducing the world’s population in the form of a slide depicting the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. War and famine would not do, he explained. Instead, disease offered the most efficient and fastest way to kill the billions that must soon die if the population crisis is to be solved.

Pianka then displayed a slide showing rows of human skulls, one of which had red lights flashing from its eye sockets.

AIDS is not an efficient killer, he explained, because it is too slow. His favorite candidate for eliminating 90 percent of the world’s population is airborne Ebola (Ebola Reston) because it is both highly lethal and it kills in days instead of years. However, Professor Pianka did not mention that Ebola victims die a slow and torturous death as the virus initiates a cascade of biological calamities inside the victim that eventually liquefy the internal organs.

After praising the Ebola virus for its efficiency at killing, Pianka paused, leaned over the lectern, looked at us, and carefully said, “We’ve got airborne 90 percent mortality in humans. Killing humans. Think about that.”

The Seguin, Tex. Gazette-Enterprise also reported another recent doomsday talk by Pianka:

A University of Texas professor says the earth would be better off with 90 percent of the human population dead.

“Every one of you who gets to survive has to bury nine,” Eric Pianka cautioned students and guests at St. Edward’s University on Friday. Pianka’s words are part of what he calls his “doomsday talk” — a 45-minute presentation outlining humanity’s ecological misdeeds and Pianka’s predictions about how nature, or perhaps humans themselves, will exterminate all but a fraction of civilization.

Though his statements are admittedly bold, he’s not without abundant advocates. But what may set this revered biologist apart from other doomsday soothsayers is this: Humanity’s collapse is a notion he embraces.

Indeed, his words deal, very literally, on a life-and-death scale, yet he smiles and jokes candidly throughout the lecture. Disseminating a message many would call morbid, Pianka’s warnings are centered upon awareness rather than fear.

“This is really an exciting time,” he said Friday amid warnings of apocalypse, destruction, and disease. Only minutes earlier, he declared, “Death. This is what awaits us all. Death.” Reflecting on the so-called Ancient Chinese Curse, “May you live in interesting times,” he wore, surprisingly, a smile.

So, what’s at the heart of Pianka’s claim?

6.5 billion humans is too many.

In his estimation, “We’ve grown fat, apathetic and miserable,” all the while leaving the planet parched.

The solution?

A 90 percent reduction.

That’s 5.8 billion lives — lives he says are turning the planet into “fat, human biomass.” He points to an 85 percent swell in the population during the last 25 years and insists civilization is on the brink of its downfall — likely at the hand of widespread disease.

“[Disease] will control the scourge of humanity,” Pianka said. “We’re looking forward to a huge collapse.”

*********Remember – this is from 2006!

Professor Pianka is apparently a brilliant herpetologist, but like brilliant Stanford University entomologist Paul Ehrlich, who wrote The Population Bomb nearly 40 years ago, he is completely ignorant of economics and demography. Pianka might start alleviating his ignorance by reading some of the analyses by Jesse Ausubel, head of the Human Environment Program at Rockefeller University. Relying on human creativity and wealth creation, Ausubel foresees the 21st century as the beginning of the Great Restoration of the natural environment.

Admittedly, predicting a bright future for humanity and the planet has never made anyone rich or famous, but at least such forecasters have the satisfaction of knowing that they are right. Source

Tucker Carlson interviewed Pianka many years ago:

https://youtu.be/462Fc-sRcDo <click to watch interview

heartland.org from 2006:

SCIENTIST GIVEN AWARD, STANDING OVATION AFTER ANTI-HUMAN DIATRIBE

An audience at the Texas Academy of Science was given a disturbing view into the mind and morals of a respected scientist on March 3 when Eric Pianka accepted the academy’s 2006 Distinguished Texas Scientist award.

Pianka, a professor at the University of Texas, described human beings as a “scourge” on the earth, called for a police state to ensure mandatory sterilization of all U.S. citizens, and rooted for the lethal Ebola virus to mutate into an airborne form that might kill 90 percent of the people on earth.

Forrest Mims, chairman of the academy’s Environmental Science Section, began taking notes on Pianka’s speech after an audience member was prohibited from filming the presentation. Another member of the audience surreptitiously turned on an audiocassette recorder.

The notes and partial transcript of the disjointed, rambling speech are eerily reminiscent of the Unabomber manifesto, in which Ted Kaczynski called for the destruction of technology and the death of people who in any way affect the earth’s environment.

Made Bizarre Statements

During his acceptance speech, Pianka said, “We need to change our tax system so that you’re taxed for having kids rather than getting a reward,” as quoted in the April 6, 2006, Pearcey Report.

“After the human population collapses, there’s going to be a lot fewer of us. Food’s going to be diminished. Pollution’s going to go down, which will be good. The bird flu’s good, too.”

Pianka continued, “The reason China was able to turn the corner and is gonna become the new superpower in the world is because they got a police state, and they can force people to stop reproducing.

“Instead of being cursed with our fertility, I would bless us with infertility,” Pianka said. “I asked a reproductive physiologist years ago about this. I said, ‘Could you design a molecule that you could administer once that would bind to the DNA to turn off reproduction and make people sterile?’ And he said, yeah, theoretically. And I said, well, if you did that, could you design an antidote that would unmask it just briefly for a few seconds? And he said, yeah, probably. So this is what we need. We need to sterilize everybody on the earth [laughter] and make the antidote freely available to anybody who’s willing to work for it.

“Immediately you’d get responsible parenthood,” Pianka explained. “No more juvenile delinquents, unwanted kids. You have a kid, you had to work, and you had only a few seconds to do it in.”

Cheered for Ebola Deaths

In a March 31 column in The Citizen Scientist, a biweekly publication of the Society for Amateur Scientists, Mims noted a few other striking comments from the Texas Academy of Science award winner. “One of Pianka’s earliest points was a condemnation of anthropocentrism or the idea that humankind occupies a privileged position in the Universe. Pianka hammered his point home by exclaiming, ‘We’re no better than bacteria!'” Mims pointed out.

Added Mims, “AIDS is not an efficient killer, [Pianka] explained, because it is too slow. His favorite candidate for eliminating 90 percent of the world’s population is airborne Ebola (Ebola Reston) because it is both highly lethal and it kills in days instead of years. However, Professor Pianka did not mention that Ebola victims die a slow and torturous death as the virus initiates a cascade of biological calamities inside the victim that eventually liquefy the internal organs.”

Students, Profs Gave Ovation

The most disturbing aspect of the speech, according to Mims, was not Pianka’s ideas but rather the reaction of the university students and so-called intelligentsia in attendance.

Observed Mims, “There was a gravely disturbing side to that otherwise scientifically significant meeting, for I watched in amazement as a few hundred members of the Texas Academy of Science rose to their feet and gave a standing ovation to a speech that enthusiastically advocated the elimination of 90 percent of Earth’s population by airborne Ebola.”

The ovation was nearly unanimous, Mims notes. “Almost every scientist, professor, and college student present stood to their feet and vigorously applauded the man who had enthusiastically endorsed the elimination of 90 percent of the human population,” Mims wrote. “Some even cheered. Dozens then mobbed the professor at the lectern to extend greetings and ask questions. … Five hours later, the distinguished leaders of the Texas Academy of Science presented Pianka with a plaque in recognition of his being named 2006 Distinguished Texas Scientist.”

Dangerous Times

“We live in dangerous times,” explained Mims in his article. “The national security of many countries is at risk. Science has become tainted by highly publicized cases of misconduct and fraud.

“Must now we worry that a Pianka-worshipping former student might someday become a professional biologist or physician with access to the most deadly strains of viruses and bacteria? …. I still can’t get out of my mind the pleasant spring day in Texas when a few hundred scientists of the Texas Academy of Science gave a standing ovation for a speaker who they heard advocate for the slow and torturous death of over five billion human beings.” (emphasis added) Source

And here we are, brothers and sisters in Christ, in the most insane times we could ever imagine. Think about all of those scientists giving that creature a standing ovation over his idea of killing over 90% of humanity with disease.

Ebola was the disease of choice. And this was 16 years ago. Today, the monsters are hiding behind the C-19 Jabs. Can you imagine Gates or Fauci coming on TV and blatantly confessing that their bioweapons which they will use for the culling process is Ebola or Smallpox; or any other KILLER virus which is being cooked up (gain of function) in their Bio Labs?

Demonic, isn’t it?

“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it” (John 8:44).

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