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

February 22, 2026

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 02/22/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Study: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 1:18-25

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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.

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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

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon 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.

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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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