The Gospel in Calamity [Job 8-10]

June 1, 2014

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 06/01/2014

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Job

Key Text: Job 8-10

Description:  We’ve come to the second of Job’s friends, Bildad. Bildad doesn’t have the diplomatic skills of the older Eliphaz, instead he councils Job in his blunt cruelty.

Job is brought so low in his struggle that he cries aloud for a mediator, one who could stand between him and God. Job’s calamity and pain point out a desire that could only be fulfilled by Christ.

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Miserable Comforters [Job 4-7]

May 25, 2014

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 05/25/2014

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Job

Key Text: Job 4-7

Description:  In chapter 4 the first of Job’s friends, Eliphaz, breaks the silence and provides council to Job.  It is miserable council.  Eliphaz believes that calamity only follows sin and so has already concluded that Job is in sin and calls for his repentance.

Job is discouraged by his friend and eventually turns his plead to God.  In fact, Job is so discouraged that he requests God turn His gaze away from him and let him die in peace.

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Classic Edition — Ministry in the Light of God’s Grace

March 26, 2014

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Date: 02/20/2000

Preacher: James Allen, pastor

Series: Soteriology

Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 2000 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.”  In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen concludes his series in Soteriology which is the study of why salvation is necessary and how it is accomplished. In this sermon, Pastor Allen focuses on Ministry in the Light of God’s Grace.

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Classic Edition — Perseverance: God’s Sovereign Assurance

March 19, 2014

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Date: 02/13/2000

Preacher: James Allen, pastor

Series: Soteriology

Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 2000 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.”  In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen continues his series in Soteriology which is the study of why salvation is necessary and how it is accomplished. In this sermon, Pastor Allen focuses on Effectual Calling: God’s Sovereign Method.

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Classic Edition — Effectual Calling: God’s Sovereign Method

March 5, 2014

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Date: 02/06/2000

Preacher: James Allen, pastor

Series: Soteriology

Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 2000 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.”  In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen continues his series in Soteriology which is the study of why salvation is necessary and how it is accomplished. In this sermon, Pastor Allen focuses on Effectual Calling: God’s Sovereign Method.

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The Testimony of the Son [1 John 5:6-12]

February 16, 2014

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Date: 02/16/2014

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: 1 John

Key Text: 1 John 5:6-12

Description: John declares at the start of this epistle that he and the other Apostles were eye witnesses to the person and work of Christ. Although human testimony is important, John now calls forth the star witness…none other than God Himself.  God has declared Jesus to be the Christ and the only way of salvation for sinners. To reject the testimony of God is to call God a liar.

Notes:

  1. The Object of the Testimony
  2. The Source of the Testimony
  3. The Results of the Testimony

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The Only Question that Matters [1 John 2:22-23]

October 27, 2013

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Date: 10/27/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: 1 John

Key Text: 1 John 2:22-23

Description: Christians are called to be discerning. We are called to be able to discern truth from error and to take every thought captive to the Word of God. In our passage this morning, John gives the Christian the foremost test concerning all matters of life and doctrine. It is a test that can be seen as a question; a question that becomes for the Christian a dividing line. Christians have died answering this question for it is indeed, the only question that matters!

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Blessed is the Man [Psalm 1]

December 30, 2012

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Date: 12/30/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Key Text: Psalm 1

Description: Psalm 1 is the “preface” psalm to the entire book of Psalms. We see here the blessings of God pronounced upon His people and the curses of God upon the wicked. It draws its theme from the blessings and curses of the covenant of Sinai outlined in Deuteronomy 28-31 and we see its echo in the New Testament in what is commonly called the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount.

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Mysterious Unity [Ephesians 5:28-33]

June 17, 2012

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Date: 06/17/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 5:28-33

Description: In today’s message, we that a look at the second illustration that Paul provides on how a husband is to love his wife.  That is, he is to love his wife as himself.  This is bound up in a special unity that exists between husband and wife that doesn’t exist in any other relationship on earth.  This unity is meant to reflect the unity that we have as the bride of Christ with our Lord and Bridegroom.  What an amazing mystery.

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Notes:

  • A Caring Love
  • A Cleaving Love
  • A Covenantal Love

Our Redeemer Lives [1 Corinthians 15:1-58]

April 8, 2012

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Date: 04/08/2012, Easter Sunday

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Key Text: 1 Corinthians 15

Description: Our Redeemer lives. He was victorious over death the grave could not hold Him. Paul presents in 1 Corinthians 15 the facts concerning the resurrection of Christ to those at the church at Cornith.

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To Save Sinners [1 Timothy 1:15]

December 18, 2011

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Date: 12/18/2011

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Key Text: 1 Timothy 1:15

Description: For the true meaning of Christmas we look to the Apostle Paul’s first epistle to Timothy and find a trustworthy statement deserving our full acceptance.

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Come and See: The Call of Discipleship (part 2) [John 1:43-51]

November 27, 2011

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Date: 11/27/2011

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 1:43-51

Description: Jesus is calling His first followers; those with whom He would spend three years, teaching them all they needed so to know God. They would be the authority to be the foundation that Christ used to form the Church to worship Him and proclaim the new age of the Kingdom of God.

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Come and See: The Call of Discipleship (part 1) [John 1:35-42]

November 6, 2011

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Date: 11/06/2011

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 1:35-42

Description: Jesus is calling His first followers; those with whom He would spend three years, teaching them all they needed so to know God. They would be the authority to be the foundation that Christ used to form the Church to worship Him and proclaim the new age of the Kingdom of God. Jesus transformed their lives from fisher-men to fishers-of-men, from the rough and dirty to the pure of heart with a bold purpose and mission. They would be transformed by grace and be the bearers of grace and the prime instruments by whom others would be transformed too.

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Grace and Truth [John 1:14-18]

September 4, 2011

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Date: 09/04/2011

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 1:14-18

Description: The climax of the prologue brings us the news of staggering truth. The “Word”, the agent of creation, has become a creature to dwell in this world as we do.

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Stand Firm in Your Faith [1 Peter 5:8-11]

March 20, 2011

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Date: 03/20/2011

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Key Text: 1 Peter 5:8-11

Description: Peter informs his Christian readers to be on the alert for the “adversary, the roaring lion.” The roaring of the lion’s jaws is the power of suffering to destroy our faith. Therefore Peter has to remind his Christian readers, “resist him, firm in your faith.”

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The High Calling of Our Daily Work [Genesis 2:2]

March 13, 2011

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Date: 03/13/2011

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Genesis 2:2

Description: We are commissioned and designed by God to work.  These daily assingments are needed to maintain both our health and often our financial needs.  Those that are unable to work are to be looked after by believers who seek to follow Christ’s teaching to look after the widows, orphans, and the needy.

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Not Ashamed of Christ [1 Peter 4:14-18]

December 5, 2010

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Date: 12/05/2010

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series: 1 Peter

Key Text: 1 Peter 4:14-18

Description: Peter contrasts the eventual outcome of the lives of the Christian and the wicked.

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Assurance: Our Anchor of Hope [1 Peter 3:21-22]

September 12, 2010

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Date: 09/12/2010

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series: 1 Peter

Key Text: 1 Peter 3:21-22

Description:  All through the New Testament from the time of the Ascension onward, the one assurance is that Christ is living; and in His life we live, hold fellowship with God, receive grace for daily living and rejoice in victory over sin, sorrow and death. Our message today is a reassuring message of hope, trust and belief in the Risen Lord.

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The Just for the Unjust [1 Peter 3:18-22]

August 29, 2010

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Date: 08/29/2010

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series: 1 Peter

Key Text: 1 Peter 3:18-22

Description: Here is the true doctrine of the Atonement as taught in scripture: Christ died, the Substitute for sinners, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God.

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The Hope Within [1 Peter 3:13-17]

July 25, 2010

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Date: 07/25/2010

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series: 1 Peter

Key Text: 1 Peter 3:13-17

Description: The Apostle Peter, in 1 Peter 3:13-17, tells his readers that they should not fear men and any suffering they might encounter. Quoting Isaiah 8:11-13, Peter writes that they should have a reverence for Jesus and be always ready to tell others why they have hope.

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