February | 2026 | Scandia Bible Church

The Chasm of Guilt and the King Who Crossed It [Matthew 1:18-25]

February 22, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 02/22/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Study: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 1:18-25

Description:

A virgin conceives.
A righteous man trembles.
An angel speaks.
And everything changes.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study through the Gospel of Matthew — where we are pressed to consider whether the greatest problem we face is not our circumstances… but our guilt before a holy God.

We try to close the gap with effort, education, religion, and a clean reputation.

But Matthew declares that none of this reaches heaven.

The only bridge across this chasm comes from God Himself:

Jesus — conceived by the Holy Spirit,
named because He will save His people from their sins,
…and called Immanuel —
because He — God — is with us.

The King has come —
to cross the chasm
we never could.

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The King from a Crooked Family Tree [Matthew 1:1-17]

February 15, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 02/15/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Study: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 1:1-17

Description:

What if the most “boring” part of your Bible
is actually a blazing announcement
that the King has come
for people just like you?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
Pastor Monty Simao begins a new study
through the Gospel of Matthew —
a disciple’s journey through
the Gospel of the Kingdom.

Matthew doesn’t open with angels.
Shepherds.
Or a manger.

He opens with a list of names.
A genealogy.
A family tree filled with kings and cowards,
outsiders and adulterers,
faith-keepers and failures.

This is the line of Abraham.
The throne of David.
The road through exile.

And this — Matthew tells us —
is the family the Son of God chose to enter.

In the first seventeen verses,
Jesus is revealed as the Christ,
the Son of David,
the Son of Abraham —

the promised King
who fulfills every covenant,
steps into our crooked history,
and brings a kingdom
big enough for sinners
and bold enough for the nations.

As this Gospel begins,
we are invited to bow before the King,
to trust His sovereign grace,
and to follow Him into the story He is writing.

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Slaves and Masters in Christ [Colossians 3:22 – 4:1]

February 8, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 02/08/2026

Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor

Series: Colossians

Key Text: Colossians 3:22 – 4:1

Description:

You belong to Christ.
Not in part.
Not in theory.
Not on Sundays.
But entirely.

And that allegiance reshapes everything —
even the places where authority,
work,
and power intersect.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
Pastor Josh Peglow continues our study in the book of Colossians,
where Paul addresses one of the most uncomfortable realities
in the ancient world:

Slaves.
And masters.

What do we do with passages like this?

Is the Bible endorsing slavery?
Is Paul simply accommodating the culture of his day?

Or is something deeper happening?

Paul doesn’t sidestep the tension.
He brings it under the Lordship of Christ.

Because if Jesus is truly Lord,
then no relationship stands outside His authority.

Not even this one.

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Transformed by the Gospel [Galatians 1:11-24]

February 1, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 02/01/2026

Preacher: David Teves, deacon

Series: Galatians

Key Text: Galatians 1:11-24

Description:

The gospel.
Not from man.
Nor explained by man.

It was a revelation.
From the risen Christ Himself.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
Deacon David Teves continues our study in the book of Galatians,
where the Apostle Paul defends both the source of the gospel
and the authority with which it comes.

Paul was not shaped by the message he preached—
he was overturned by it.

For only God’s grace
could turn an enemy of Christ
into a bold proclaimer.

And that same gospel
continues to do its work today—
not by human effort,
but by divine power.

The gospel doesn’t merely inform us.
It transforms us.

And in the end,
there is but one response:

Glory to God!