The Law Intensified & The Kingdom Inaugurated [Matthew 5:21-26]

June 28, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 06/28/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:21-26

Description:

“You shall not murder.”

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
Pastor Monty Simao continues our study
in the Gospel of Matthew —

as Jesus takes up a commandment
everyone thought they understood —

murder.

But Jesus shows us that murder
is more than an outward act.

He reveals where it really lives —

in the heart,

where we find anger,
contempt,
and the careless words
we use to dismiss others.

And suddenly,
murder is not something
safely outside us.

Because apart from Christ,
it lives within us.

Our problem is deeper
than behavior to be managed.
It is a heart
that needs to be made clean.

And no amount of external righteousness
can do that.

Because before the King,
the Law exposes our need,
and drives us to Christ —

the One who yielded His rights,
stood in our place,
and paid our debt…
to the last penny.

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The King Who Fulfills the Law [Matthew 5:17-20]

June 21, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 06/21/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:17-20

Description:

Avg Guy: Okay… so the scribes and Pharisees were the experts in the Law and the Prophets.

SBC Host: That’s right.

Avg Guy: And Jesus says our righteousness has to exceed theirs to enter the kingdom.

SBC Host: Yes.

Avg Guy: So I just need to try harder than a Pharisee… and I’m in!

SBC Host: Not exactly.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
Pastor Monty Simao continues our study
in the Gospel of Matthew —

as Jesus corrects
that misunderstanding.

For Jesus did not come
to abolish the Law or the Prophets.

He came to fulfill them.

The kingdom
does not make righteousness smaller.

It exposes lawlessness
treating God’s commands lightly,

and outward religion
that cannot make sinners clean.

The righteousness that enters the kingdom
is found first
in the King who fulfilled the Law —

and by grace,
bears fruit
in His people.

Avg Guy: Oh.

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God is Faithful [1 Kings 19:1-21]

June 14, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 06/14/2026

Preacher: Derek Orn, chapalin

Key Text: 1 Kings 19

Description:

What are you doing here?

That was the question God posed to Elijah
as he stood at the mouth of the cave.

But it was not a question for Elijah alone.
It is was also a question for us.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
Derek Orn brings us to the life of Elijah —

a prophet who had seen the power of God,
and yet found himself weary,
afraid,
and ready to be done.

In that place, God did not meet him
according to what Elijah deserved,
but according to who God is.

Faithful in mercy.
Faithful in His Word.
Faithful to call His servant forward.

But the question
does not stay with Elijah:

What are we doing here?
What are you doing here?

Are you coming before the Lord
to manage a transaction?

…Or to hear from the God
whose faithfulness
is our only hope?

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Christ’s Provision for the Church [Colossians 4:15-18]

June 7, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 06/07/2026

Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor

Series: Colossians

Key Text: Colossians 4:15-18

Description:

Final words have a way
of revealing what matters.

And as Paul closes
his letter to the Colossians,

he does not point the church
back to itself.

He points them
to Christ.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
Pastor Josh Peglow concludes our study
in the book of Colossians —

as Paul reminds the church
that they have not been left
to follow Christ alone.

They have one another.
They have the Word.
They have ministry to receive
and ministry to fulfill.
They have suffering to remember.

And above all,
they have grace.

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