The Good News: Living In The Light - Pt.2 (9/13)

The Good News: Living In The Light (Pt.2) - 9/13/2026
Pastor Jay Singh

[MAIN PASSAGE FOCUS]:
HEBREWS 12:1-10 (NLT)
[God’s Discipline Proves His Love]
1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
2We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.
Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame.
Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.
3Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t become weary and give up.
4After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin.
5And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children?
He said,

“My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and don’t give up when he corrects you.
6For the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.”

7As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children.
Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father?
8If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all.
9Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?
10For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how.
But God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness.

[TPT - Parallel] (Verses 5-10)
5And have you forgotten his encouraging words spoken to you as his children?

He said,
“My child, don’t underestimate the value
of the discipline and training of the Lord God, or get depressed when he has to correct you.
6For the Lord’s training of your life
is the evidence of his faithful love.
And when he draws you to himself,
it proves you are his delightful child.”

7Fully embrace God’s correction as part of your training, for he is doing what any loving father does for his children.
For who has ever heard of a child who never had to be corrected?
8We all should welcome God’s discipline as the validation of authentic sonship.
For if we have never once endured his correction it only proves we are strangers and not sons.
9And isn’t it true that we respect our earthly fathers even though they corrected and disciplined us?
Then we should demonstrate an even greater respect for God, our spiritual Father, as we submit to his life-giving discipline.
10Our parents corrected us for the short time of our childhood as it seemed good to them. 
But God corrects us throughout our lives for our own good, giving us an invitation to share his holiness.


HEBREWS 12:25 (NLT)
25Be careful that you do not refuse to listen to the One who is speaking.
For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, we will certainly not escape if we reject the One who speaks to us from heaven!




NOTES:

Q: How do we become a body that thrives with endurance, strength and explosive power together?

-To have explosiveness in the body requires adhering to correction and constantly checking in on your alignment.

Q: Am I fulfilling my God given assignment or am I just checking the church attendance box?

It’s not a matter of waiting to be told when something needs changed or addressed-

There are those who wait and there are those who pursue-

Truly embracing God’s correction and discipline seeks after and takes initiative to pursue all necessary adjustments that need to be made.

[HIGHLIGHT 1]
God gives supernatural insight and revelation to those who have a willingness to follow His lead and conform to His ways.


REVELATION 3:19 (NLT) Jesus speaking (to the Laodicean church who were half-hearted in their faith) :
19I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.

*Examples of people that wasted God's divine discipline and correction:

1.King Saul -
1 Samuel 15

2.The People of Judah
Jeremiah 5:3

3 Lord, you are searching for honesty.
You struck your people,
but they paid no attention.
You crushed them,
but they refused to be corrected.
They are determined, with faces set like stone;
they have refused to repent.


PSALMS 84:11 (NIV)
11For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold
from those whose walk is blameless.

[HIGHLIGHT 2]
Being teachable and agreeable sows deposits of harmony into the body as this tests and proves our flexibility to move by The Spirits leading and not our earthly promptings.

[HIGHLIGHT 3]
Becoming teachable and agreeable shuts out and eliminates space and time for offenses to invade and sets its sights on oneness and becoming adaptable to what God is doing.


*-We must turn from the need to only being motivated by Him to being motivated to be with Him, Saturated with Him, loved by Him.


We need to come back to exalting Jesus, standing in awe of His beauty and leaving space and room to truly encounter His presence.


-This is now a posture of being open to His discipline and correction.
--This is how we become teachable and agreeable.
---Beholding The Lamb!


2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NLT)
16All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.
17God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.


[ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS - Let's Discuss]

Is my heart agreeable towards the things of God's heart and in connection to The Body or am I operating on an impulse of offense?

Is Christ's discipline being embraced in My life or do I have itching ears with the need to fill fleshly voids?

Am I open to correction and willing to make necessary changes that go against my preferences?