SID: Well speaking of fruit tell me about the time you were in that elevator with some non-believers. There were three people in the elevator. What happened?
JOSHUA: You know Sid, that was amazing because I got on that elevator. Went to step onto it and as I was stepping on to that elevator I instantly got covered with this gold dust from heaven and the manifestation
SID: How do you explain that to some, to? Forget Bible members, even believers? (laughs)
JOSHUA: I cannot explain it. And I think you know some people may think that I’m crazy. They may think that I’ve lost my mind but I know what it is. I know what I’ve seen. I know what I’ve experienced. And that’s just that. I mean I got covered with this supernatural gold dust and the people on the elevator just begin reacting by screaming and shouting. And they were in awe because they knew that it was something unusual that was happening to me. I don’t think they thought it was necessarily a miracle from God at the time that they saw it. They just knew it was supernatural. It was something that they saw instantly. And those elevator doors closed and I realized these people were on for the ride whether they liked it or not and God was setting them up for something supernatural.
SID: Like what? What happened to the three?
JOSHUA: Well you know what? They all three of them end up giving their heart to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior by the time we got to the lobby level. All three of them. I simply said this is a miracle from God because Jesus loves you. And tears begin welling up in the one lady’s eyes and she said that they had been in downtown Toronto that afternoon. Somebody had told them about Jesus but they just kept on walking and you know what? They walked right onto that elevator where God was giving them a sign to confirm the Word that was spoken.
SID: You know I don’t think it’s an accident that it states in the Bible in Corinthians the Jew requires a sign.
JOSHUA: Right.
SID: But I would say that anyone from another religious group you’ll reach a few but if you want to reach multitudes it’s the same way you reach a Jewish person. Signs and wonders.
JOSHUA: It’s the power of God in operation. It’s the demonstration of the glory of God. That’s what it is.
SID: Now let me take you back. I’m curious. At age 16 what was life like and then there was a dramatic change. What happened?
JOSHUA: Well at the age of 16 I was very familiar with church, with church things, with church practices but very unfamiliar with the presence of the Holy Spirit until one night when I got into a church meeting and as the evangelist was preaching I literally felt the hand of God come upon me and catapult me out of my chair onto the floor. And when I ended up on the floor I was laughing hysterically. I was rolling and I remained like that for several hours. And at the end of the encounter I felt so “drunk” in the Holy Spirit. I had never been drunk in my life. You know I’m only 16 years old. Had been a good kid all my life. Never had alcohol or anything like that but I knew what it felt like to be “drunk in the Spirit” because I was just, I was totally intoxicated. I couldn’t get up. I couldn’t do anything. And my parents literally carried me from the church into their vehicle, into their van.
SID: They carried you because you could not go in your own ability?
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