What kind of person is truly worthy to live in the presence of God? No one. Unless… he is perfectly righteous.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao takes us to the fifteenth psalm in our Wisdom and Worship study, in which David asks this very question:
“O Lord, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy hill?”
The answer:
Only the one whose life is blameless…
whose heart is pure…
whose actions are flawless…
whose words are faithful…
and whose love is unwavering.
In other words — no one but Jesus.
This portrait of holiness stands not as a ladder for the proud to climb, but as a mirror for the humble to see their need.
Jesus Christ is the only Man who ever walked this earth with perfect integrity, perfect truth, and perfect love.
He alone is worthy to dwell on God’s holy hill.
But by His grace, His righteousness becomes ours—
and we too, amazingly, will one day dwell on the holy hill with the Lord God Almighty.
Because in the end, Psalm 15 is not about us meeting the standard… but about the One who already has.
We all know the commandment. But in Colossians 3, Paul throws us a curveball:
When it comes to your old self — YOU MUST KILL.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Josh Peglow continues our study in the book of Colossians, where we as believers are called to kill — “put to death” —the very parts of us that have already died with Christ.
It’s strong language — unsettling, even.
But it’s the language of transformation.
Because in order to walk in the new humanity Christ has given us,
the remnants of the old must not be… excused tolerated or ignored.
They must be killed — so our new life can flourish.
(**Note: Unfortunately this recording had a few audio “drop-outs.” They were technical in nature and not something we intentionally edited or withheld).
When our sin feels too heavy to face, we all have places we run.
We cover. We excuse. We delay. We bury what we hope will simply disappear in the dark.
But concealed sin is not erased sin. It doesn’t fade — it festers. It hardens our hearts, isolates our souls, and sooner or later… it breaks us.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our Wisdom and Worship study by taking us to Proverbs 28:13 —
where Solomon tells us that God’s mercy is found not in hiding, but in honesty…
not in perfection, but in repentance.
This verse opens a doorway to gospel hope:
for the God who sees our sin is the same God who invites us into mercy
— because Christ has already borne the full weight of our transgression, and has opened wide the arms of forgiveness.
The way out of hiding is not through trying harder.
It’s through Him.
Because the real question is not whether you’ll try to cover your sin…
but whether you’ll come into the light where mercy lives.
When life feels like it’s slipping out from under us… we all run somewhere.
To people. To accomplishments. To distraction. To whatever promises to hold us up when we feel like we’re falling.
But what happens when those refuges give way?
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our Wisdom and Worship study with Psalm 62 — where David declares that every refuge in this world is fragile and false… but God alone is strong, faithful, and near.
This psalm doesn’t simply call us to believe about God —
but to rest in Him.
To entrust our weary souls to the One who never shifts, never fades, and never fails.
Because the question is not whether you will seek refuge.
The question is whether the refuge you will seek… will save.
What do you do when the foundations of life collapse? David — the very shepherd-warrior who would one day be king — tells us in Psalm 11.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our Wisdom and Worship study by taking us to the eleventh psalm — where David, in the face of real danger and deep cultural decay, does not flee… but fixes his eyes on the throne of God.
Psalm 11 reminds us that true refuge is not found in retreat, but in…
The Lord who reigns. The Lord who sees. The Lord who tests. The Lord who judges in righteousness. And the Lord who promises that His people will behold His face.
Christ, our righteous King, has already endured the judgment we deserve — that we might share forever in the glory for which we were made.
Because when the world falls apart… the Lord does not.
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Currently on the workbench:
The Jim Allen Gospel of John Study (1997-1998) is now complete and in our SBC Classic Edition collection!
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With the increased release of sermons from our archives, SBC Classic Edition is now podcasting on its own dedicated feed, separate from our current Sunday sermons.
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