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The Clash of Kingdoms: Surrendering Our Rights [Matthew 5:38-42]

July 19, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 07/19/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:32-42

Description:

An eye for an eye,
and a tooth for a tooth.

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

as Jesus confronts
the desire for personal vengeance.

God gave this law
to restrain retaliation
and uphold justice.

But the scribes and Pharisees
turned it into permission
to get even.

Christ calls the citizens
of His kingdom
to another way:

turn the other cheek,
walk the second mile,
and willingly surrender
what you have every right to claim.

Not because justice
doesn’t matter,

but because vengeance
belongs to God.

And because the King Himself
surrendered His rights,
and bore the judgment we deserved…

and freed us
from the burden
of getting even.

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The Gravity of Our Words: The Law, the Lie, and the Lord of Truth [Matthew 5:33-37, 48]

July 12, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 07/12/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:33-37, 48

Description:

“Let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’;
anything beyond these is of evil.”

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

as Jesus confronts
the promises we make,
the words we manipulate,
and the loopholes we use
to excuse deception.

The Pharisees had built
a system of oaths
that sounded righteous

while leaving room
to lie.

And their loopholes expose
the same impulse in us —

to shape the truth
to serve ourselves.

But every word is spoken
before the sovereign God.

The Law leaves us
without excuse

and drives us
to the Lord of Truth —

the One whose perfect obedience
is counted as ours,

and whose every word
was true —

and remains
forever true.

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The Adulterous Heart and the Covenantal Home [Matthew 5:27-32]

July 5, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 07/05/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:27-32

Description:

The greatest threat
to your marriage
and your soul

is not the enemy
outside the door —

it’s the one inside.

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

as Jesus exposes where adultery truly begins:
not with the body, but in the heart.

The King presses the seventh commandment
beyond outward restraint
and into the hidden life
of desire —

confronting lust
as adultery of the heart
to be put to death,

and bringing the careless breaking
of the marriage covenant

under the holy authority
of the One who made it.

Because in Christ’s kingdom,
purity is not a mask we wear.

It is a grace we need —

given by the faithful Husband
who forgives,
cleanses,
and restores.

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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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Salt, Light, and the Glory of the Father [Matthew 5:13-16]

May 31, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 05/31/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Study: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:13-16

Description:

In a dark and corrupt world,

Christ does not make His people

hidden,
useless,
and unchanged —

but salt
and light.

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

as Jesus teaches His disciples
what the citizens of His kingdom
are in the world:

salt
of the earth,

and light
of the world.

Not because they are trying
to earn their place
before the King,

but because grace
has made them new.

And now their lives —
their witness,
their good works,
their open allegiance to Christ —

restrain corruption,
pierce the darkness,
and point beyond themselves.

Because the good works
of kingdom citizens

are not meant to draw attention
to them —

but to lead men

to glorify the Father
who is in heaven.

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Blessed Are the Citizens of the Kingdom [Matthew 5:1-12]

May 24, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 05/24/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Study: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:1-12

Description:

What kind of person
is blessed?

Jesus answered that very question
from the mount.

And His answer—
as it did then—
still turns the world upside down.

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

as Jesus sits down
and begins to teach
the citizens of His kingdom.

And what He says
is not what the world expects:

Blessed are the poor in spirit.
Blessed are those who mourn.
Blessed are the gentle.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
for righteousness.
Blessed are the merciful.
Blessed are the pure in heart.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Blessed are those who have been persecuted
for the sake of righteousness.

This is not worldly strength.

This is kingdom character.

Grace-wrought.

Christ-shaped.

And blessed
by the King Himself.

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Follow Me: The Sovereign Call of the King [Matthew 4:18-25]

May 3, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 05/03/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Study: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 4:18-25

Description:

Ordinary men.

Ordinary work.

Ordinary lives.

Sitting in their boat
with their father.

And then Jesus speaks:

Follow Me.

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

as the King who has come
now begins to call men to Himself.

First stop: the Sea of Galilee—

where fishermen, brothers, and sons
hear the sovereign call of Christ.

He calls them from their nets.
From their boats.
From life as they knew it.

And in His hands, ordinary men
become fishers of men.

But as crowds begin to gather around Jesus,

Matthew leaves us with a searching question:

Are we merely near Him…

or have we truly heard
the call of the King?

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The King Comes into the Darkness [Matthew 4:12-17]

April 26, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 04/26/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Study: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 4:12-17

Description:

It was a place with a past,

and a reputation.

It was a place where light
did not belong.

And yet—

this is where the King begins.

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

by taking us
not to Jerusalem…
but to Galilee—

where Jesus begins His ministry.

This was not the center of prestige,
but the edge of reproach.

Zebulun.
Naphtali.

Names etched
with history.
Marked by judgment.
Covered in shadow.

And yet—

this is exactly
where the Messiah goes.

Because when the King comes,
He does not avoid the darkness.

He steps into it.

Just as the prophet Isaiah foretold—
the people dwelling in darkness
have seen a great light.

Not a message.
Not a movement.

But a King.

And with Him,
a command:

Repent.

For the kingdom of heaven
is at hand.

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The Obedient Son in the Wilderness [Matthew 4:1-11]

April 19, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 04/19/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Study: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 4:1-11

Description:

Hot.
Hungry.
Alone.
…And tempted.

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

by taking us
into the wilderness.

There, Jesus is led by the Spirit
to face the devil.

Forty days without food.
Forty days without comfort.
Forty days without relief.

What unfolds
is no ordinary temptation.

For here stands
the true Son,
the true Israel,
the last Adam—

to do what they could not.

Where Adam fell,
Christ obeys.

Where Israel failed,
Christ stands.

Tested beyond every other son—
Jesus answers
with the Word of God.

He does not seize bread,
demand proof,
or bow for kingdoms.

He obeys.

And in that obedience—
He conquers.

Because before the crowds,
before the miracles,
before the cross—

HE STANDS
AGAINST SATAN.

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The Risen Christ Enthroned [Acts 2:22-36]

April 5, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 04/05/2026, Easter Sunday

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Key Text: Acts 2:22-36

Description:

What does Easter actually mean?

Is it simply that Jesus is alive…

…or is it something far greater?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Resurrection Sunday 2026, Pastor Monty Simao takes us to the book of Acts —

where the apostle Peter stands and declares with bold clarity:

The Jesus who was crucified
has been raised by God,
exalted to His right hand,
and made both Lord and Christ.

This is not merely the announcement of life after death.

This is the declaration of a King enthroned.

The cross was not the end.
The resurrection was not the finale.

It was the coronation.

Because the first sermon ever preached about Easter didn’t stop at the empty tomb—

…it pointed
to the throne.

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The King Revealed at the Jordan [Matthew 3:13-17]

March 29, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 03/29/2026, Palm Sunday

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 3:13-17

Description:

What kind of King
receives a crown…

by stepping into the water?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
Pastor Monty Simao continues our study
in the Gospel of Matthew, where the King is revealed
at the Jordan.

John calls sinners
to repent.

And then—

the sinless One arrives.

Not to stand apart…
but to step in.

“To fulfill all righteousness.”

And as He rises—

the heavens open,
the Spirit descends,
and the Father declares:

“This is my beloved Son.”

Before the crown…
before the cross…
before the palms —

the King is revealed.

Because the King
who comes to save His people—

first stands
in their place.

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Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven Is at Hand [Matthew 3:1-12]

March 22, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 03/22/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Study: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 3:1-12

Description:

When God sends a voice
to shatter your confidence…

“REPENT!”

What do you do?

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

where the silence is broken.

A voice cries out
from the wilderness:

“Repent,
for the kingdom of heaven
is at hand.”

Not to comfort—
but to confront.

It is a warning
to those of us who trust in appearance…
in heritage…
in religion.

“Do not say,
‘We have Abraham as our father.’”

Because the King is near —
the axe, already laid
at the root.

And the One who is coming
will gather His wheat —
and burn the chaff
with unquenchable fire.

So when the warning comes
telling you to repent —

WILL YOU?

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Herod Rages, God Reigns [Matthew 2:13-23]

March 8, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 03/08/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Study: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 2:13-23

Description:

It is one of the darkest scenes
in the early life of Christ.

A new King has been born in Bethlehem.

But the throne in Jerusalem
is already occupied.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the Gospel of Matthew,
where we see the kingdom of man collide
with the kingdom of God.

For on that throne sits
a ruler hardened by power,
a king consumed by fear,
and a man determined to destroy
anything that threatens his crown.

That man is Herod the Great.

And when word reaches him
that a child has been born
who is called “King of the Jews”—

he rages.

A family flees into Egypt
under the cover of night.

Soldiers march into Bethlehem.

Doors are forced open.
Mothers cry out.

And children are murdered.

It’s a scene filled with sorrow,
exile,
and loss.

And yet, even here,
God is not absent.

The Child is preserved.
The Scriptures are fulfilled.
And redemption advances
exactly as promised.

Because even when the kingdom of man rages against heaven —

GOD STILL REIGNS.

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The King Revealed and the Hearts Exposed [Matthew 2:1-12]

March 1, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 03/01/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Study: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 2:1-12

Description:

Have you ever noticed how pressure reveals what’s really inside a person?

Put someone in a crisis…
Put someone in a moment of decision…
Put someone face-to-face with authority…

And the heart is exposed.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the Gospel of Matthew in which we enter a courtroom.

Not a courtroom of marble columns and wooden benches —
but a courtroom in Bethlehem.

The King has been born.

And now the witnesses step forward:

The Magi travel from the nations to worship.
Herod plots to destroy.
Jerusalem trembles.
And the religious leaders quote Scripture —
yet never move an inch toward Christ.

We’ve all heard it before…
It’s the Christmas story.

But this passage goes far beyond
a familiar wintertime scene.

It’s a revelation.

A revelation in which the King of Kings is revealed…
and the human heart is exposed.

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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

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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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You Need a Change of Heart [Proverbs 4:20-27]

January 18, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 01/18/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs

Key Text: Proverbs 4:20-27

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Even when we know what’s right…
why is it so hard to change?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao takes us to the book of Proverbs as we continue our Wisdom and Worship study — where Proverbs 4 confronts one of the great misunderstandings of the Christian life: that lasting change comes through behavior modification.

Here, Solomon teaches that the real issue lies deeper than behavior — it lies in the heart.

The heart is the command center of life, and everything we say, do, and pursue flows from it.

Consequently, this passage calls us to carefully guard what we allow into our hearts, to recognize how our words and actions reveal our inner condition, and to seek true transformation at the source.

Ultimately, this proverb — and the others in this book of wisdom — point us beyond self-effort to the gospel, where God promises not merely better habits, but a new heart, given through Jesus Christ, who alone makes real and lasting change possible.

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Precious in the Sight of the Lord [Psalm 116:1-19]

January 11, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 01/11/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs

Key Text: Psalm 116

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When the pain is real…
when the cry is desperate…
and when life feels closer to the end than the beginning…

What kind of God listens?

Today on the Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
Pastor Monty Simao continues our Wisdom and Worship series
with Psalm 116 —
a song of suffering, deliverance, and grateful devotion.

The psalmist reveals a God who hears the voice of the lowly,
rescues those at the edge,
and dares to call the death of His saints precious.

But the psalm does more:
It points us forward to Jesus —
God’s own Son —
who sang these words
on the night He was betrayed
and went to the cross,
transforming death itself
from an ending… into a doorway to life.

Here we learn what it means to trust the Lord in suffering,
to offer a sacrifice of praise,
and to live — and die —
with the confidence that we are precious in His sight.

Because the very God who hears your cry
is the same God who holds your life…
and your final breath.

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His Lovingkindness Is Everlasting [Psalm 118:1-29]

December 28, 2025

Sermon Notes

Date: 12/28/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs

Key Text: Psalm 118

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Disappointment.
Loss.
Questions… unanswered.

What do you cling to when your year ends this way?

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good… His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao takes us to Psalm 118 in our Wisdom and Worship study — a psalm of thanksgiving written from the other side of distress.

His lovingkindness is everlasting.

It does not deny danger, betrayal, or discipline — but declares that none of these things has the final word.

His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Framed by the repeated confession that “His lovingkindness is everlasting…”

…Everlasting.

This psalm calls God’s people to give thanks, trust the Lord alone, and rejoice in the salvation He provides.

His lovingkindness is everlasting.

On this final Lord’s Day of the year, Psalm 118 invites us to look back with honesty, look ahead with hope, and look upward in praise.

His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Ultimately, this psalm finds its fullest meaning in Jesus Christ — the Rejected Stone who became the Chief Cornerstone — whose saving work turns suffering into victory and fear into joyful worship.