From Psychedelics & Depravity to a New Life in Christ | with Joshua Zatkoff
Before knowing God, Joshua was a heavy drug user which landed him in unfortunate situations such as incarceration, rehabilitation centers, homelessness and even instances of overdose that left him on the brink of death.
Though he considered himself well-versed across the drug spectrum, a lot of his use did include a variety of psychedelics.
In this conversation, Josh tells the story of how his degenerate lifestyle led him to repentance and genuine faith in Jesus’ saving grace. But it doesn’t end there. Josh talks abut something that isn’t necessarily considered a popular topic amongst believers: back-sliding.
He speaks on how his discouragement of others rejecting Jesus sort of took him back to drugs he swore away from, and shares a supernatural encounter he had with God after compromising himself by taking mushrooms again where he finally understood the magnitude of his sin, his foolishness of faith in self, the simultaneous loving wrath of our Lord, the dangers of psychedelics and the undeserved mercy of Christ that left him running back into the Fathers’ arms once and for all.
Josh’s story is an inspiring example in so many facets.
It shows how you are truly never too far gone to accept Jesus.
It shows how incredibly patient Jesus is.
It shows how very real the threat of spiritual warfare is at all times.
It shows how important it is for Christians to remain diligent in Christ rather than of the world.It shows the essence of sin.
It shows how God truly is both eternally loving and fiercely wrathful all at once.
We talk about psychedelics, back-sliding, New Ageism what it means to be a new creation in Christ and so much more.
