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

May 3, 2026

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon 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:

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Are we merely near Him…

or have we truly heard
the call of the King?

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When Good Things Come to an End [selected texts]

February 16, 2020

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 02/16/2020

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Revelation

Key Text: Isaiah 2:2-4; 1 Corinthians 13:13,8; Ephesians 4:11-13

Description:

“All good things must come to an end.”

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monthy Simao preaches his final sermon for our study in the book of Revelation, in which he points out the many wonderful and good gifts the Lord has given to His church in this life. 

Many of His good gifts, however, will come to an end. They will come to an end when this present evil age is over, and they no longer are needed. 

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For unlike the idiom we all know, stated at the beginning, which conveys negative emotions of acceptance that all things are temporary… with God, these things come to an end because they must make way for the better things that have arrived.

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Growing in Maturity [Ephesians 4:12-13]

July 3, 2011

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Date: 07/03/2011

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 4:12-13

Description: Although pastors today seem more and more concerned with church growth it is Christ Himself who is building His church. The primary function of pastors is to devote themselves to the ministry of prayer and the preaching of the Word.

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