TWPC - DAY TWO AFTERNOON SESSION | SEPTEMBER 11, 2026 | THE BIRTH-PANGS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT PRIESTS

TWPC D2S1 | September 11, 2026 | THE BIRTH-PANGS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT PRIESTS God is calling you beyond a Christianity of outward religion, spiritual activity, inherited traditions, intellectual knowledge, miracles, deliverance, prosperity, or dependence on ministers into the reality of His life formed within you. The goal of redemption is not merely to prepare you to die and go to heaven, but to bring the life, nature, wisdom, love, holiness, authority, and even the power of resurrection into your present existence, until your whole being—including your mortal body—is brought increasingly under the government of the Spirit of life. The signs, upheavals, darkness, deception, wars, crises, and pressures of the age should therefore not merely frighten you; they are like birth pangs announcing that creation is moving toward the manifestation of a different kind of humanity—the mature sons of God and a New Testament priesthood capable of expressing Christ and participating in the coming order of His kingdom. Yet this company cannot be produced by activity alone. The essential preparation is intimacy: you must know Christ personally, face to face and heart to heart, rather than only knowing about Him through books, sermons, pastors, conferences, or even biblical information. Scripture is meant to lead you to Him, ministers are meant to point you to Him, and spiritual leadership becomes dangerous whenever it takes the place that belongs to Christ. Learn therefore to hear His voice, discern it from every counterfeit voice, and cultivate a secret-place relationship strong enough to recognize Him even amid the noise and deception of the world. Whenever He calls, “Come away,” be prepared to leave behind whatever has become a wall between you and Him—even things He originally gave you: ministry, family, career, money, revelation, reputation, spiritual gifts, church activity, technology, routines, or the approval of people. Every new level of intimacy will require a new surrender. Do not insist on meeting God only on your own terms, at familiar times, through familiar routines, or in familiar spiritual environments; allow Him to lead you beyond your comfort and carry you where you would not naturally choose to go. In the secret place He will expose the “little foxes”—hidden pride, anger, lust, anxiety, impatience, offenses, distractions, self-interest, ambition, and subtle inward corruptions that public ministry and external deliverance may never uncover. Guard spiritual impressions carefully because spiritual things can be delicate, and refuse the distractions that continually interrupt communion with God. Seek Him with your whole heart, not merely His power, gifts, solutions, success, protection, or provision; even legitimate desires can become idols when they redirect your heart away from Him. Seek Him in Scripture rather than merely reading to preach, seek Him in prayer rather than merely presenting needs, and seek Him through fasting and solitude until knowing Him becomes the one necessary thing around which everything else is ordered. Love must remain the true measure of maturity, because prophecy, knowledge, faith, sacrifice, spiritual gifts, and ministry accomplishments become empty without the nature of divine love—patient, humble, truthful, enduring, unselfish, and free from pride. Revelation must become practice quickly, because truth that is admired but not obeyed soon fades and leaves you searching for another conference or another experience. Recognize also that straying from God rarely begins with dramatic rebellion; a tiny deviation maintained over time can take you far from the mark, and prosperity, poverty, failure, pain, offense, disappointment, ministry success, or desperate desires can all become idols that alter your direction. Therefore repent wherever your heart has shifted, guard your heart carefully, receive the restoration God offers, and ask Him to renew your hunger, discernment, strength, love, purity, spiritual hearing, and capacity to obey. The call of this season is to return to Christ Himself, allow truth to restore what has been lost, become one with His Word and His nature, grow from infancy into mature priestly sonship, carry His presence rather than merely discuss it, and become a fruitful vessel through whom God can reveal His life, establish His kingdom, and manifest Christ in the earth.