Innocent Blood [Matthew 27:1-26; John 3:16]

April 9, 2023


Sermon Notes

Date: 04/09/2022, Easter Sunday

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Key Text: Matthew 27:1-26; John 3:16

Description:

How can there be some much hatred for the one Man who has never sinned?

This Easter Morning on the Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao focuses on HATE. And causes us to consider its polar opposite: LOVE.

For the trials and crucifixion of Jesus show us no greater example of the extreme chasm of these two words — these two actions — than the love of God and the hatred of men.

Jesus came to save sinners because of the great love of God.

As we look back on this day, it’s hard to imagine how one of His own disciples would betray Him. And how the crowds at His own trial would demand His crucifixion.

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On one hand, we relate. For we have all experienced hate on some level.

…But, if we’re honest, when it comes to wrongdoing, we’re guilty.

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Sunrise Service 2023: Why the Resurrection Matters [1 Corinthians 15:12-20]

April 9, 2023

Easter Sunrise Service

Sermon Notes

Date: 04/09/2023, Easter Sunday

Preacher: David Teves, deacon

Key Text: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Description:

He is risen! … and indeed, He is risen!

…But does it really even matter??

Happy Resurrection Sunday from Scandia Bible Church, 2023!

We want to welcome you to our Sunrise Service Sermon, as our church finds its way back, after a 4 year hiatus, to gather in its tradition for this special time at the lovely waterside home of Elder Keith Barker.

Music this morning being provided by our church family.

And our Sunrise Service message… being delivered by brother in Christ, David Teves, who will show that, indeed, the resurrection means EVERYTHING.

 

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Notes:

Without the Resurrection…

    1. Preaching would be WORTHLESS.
    2. Faith would be USELESS.
    3. Christ would be a LIAR.
    4. the Cross would mean NOTHING.
    5. Those who have Died before us would be in RUIN.
    6. Following Him would be a WASTE of our time.

 

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Good Friday Service 2023

April 7, 2023

Service Notes

Date: 04/07/2023, Good Friday

 

 

 

Description:

Avg Guy: I’ve never understood why they call it GOOD Friday?!

I mean, Jesus died on this day! It should be “BAD Friday,” right??

SBC Host: It was indeed a *bad* Friday. For Jesus — though He was innocent — was unfairly beaten, tortured, and killed. He was a beloved Teacher, Leader, Mentor, and Friend to many. So, yes, if you were there, it was a “bad” Friday.

…But three days later, that all would change.

Because it would become UNDENIABLY clear, that this Man who was unfairly beaten, tortured, and killed… did so on OUR behalf. He stood in our place, so we wouldn’t have to.

This “Bad Friday,” became GOOD… when those who realized that this beloved Teacher, Leader, Mentor, and Friend… was also the Lord God Almighty — the Creator of the Universe.

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The Wrath of God is Revealed [Romans 1:18-23]

February 19, 2023

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 02/19/2023

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Romans

Key Text: Romans 1:18-23

Description:  

SBC Host: Have you every questioned what happens to the poor native who never hears the gospel, never meets a Christian, or never reads the Bible?

Avg Guy: Yes! I’ve had that question for a long time. Will God judge that person??

SBC Host: You’re not alone in wondering this… Especially when we consider that there are many others who have repeatedly heard the gospel, been given the opportunity to repent, and yet continue to reject Christ.

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Christmas Eve Service 2022

December 24, 2022

Sermon Notes

Date: 12/24/2022

 

Description: 

“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”

Merry Christmas everyone and welcome to our special Scandia Bible Church Christmas Eve Service for 2022 as we gather to also worship Him — celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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As is our tradition, in addition to a sermonette from Pastor Monty, this evening’s service will present a progression of scripture readings, congregational hymns, and instrumental music from our church family… to remind and retell the story of the greatest, most indescribable gift of all time.

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One is the Loneliest Number [Ecclesiastes 4:7-16]

September 18, 2022

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Date: 09/18/2022

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Ecclesiastes

Key Text: Ecclesiastes 4:7-16

Description:  

As Solomon continues to observe ‘life under the sun,’ he sees another form of vanity: loneliness.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Ecclesiastes and shows us that as man rejects God’s design for human companionship, the culture becomes more and more isolated.

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After all, envy, greed, and isolation may lead you to possess many things — but often possessing them alone.

What’s the point??

…Or as Solomon would astutely observe: “This too is vanity.”

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The Unchanging One [Hebrews 13:8]

June 19, 2022

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 06/19/2022

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Hebrews

Key Text: Hebrews 13:8

Description:  

In the fifth century, the philosopher Heraclitus observed,

“There is nothing permanent except change.” 

To be clear, he wasn’t rejoicing in new things but pessimistically concluding that all good things come to an end.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and shows us how as Christians we can have an entirely different outlook on life because we know the unchanging One.

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While it is true that changes often happen for the worse, it is also true that the Lord Jesus never changes; and as He helped the saints of the past, He will also help us in the present, and even the future — for what is unknown to us is known to Him, and He will prepare our way.

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You Must Know God and the Power of the Resurrection [Philippians 3:4-11]

April 17, 2022


Sermon Notes

Date: 04/04/2021, Easter Sunday

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Key Text: Philippians 3:4-11

Description:

Filth.

Garbage.

Pile of waste.

Dung.

That’s how Paul described all of his past accomplishments — his background, his accolades, even his religious fervor.

He counted it all rubbish.

Today on this Resurrection Sunday Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao opens the book of Philippians to show us how, when talking about himself, Paul now finds other things of surpassing value: namely, knowing Christ and the power of His resurrection. But…

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What does it mean to know Christ? 

What does it mean to know the power of His resurrection?

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Good Friday Service 2022

April 15, 2022

Service Notes

Date: 04/15/2022, Good Friday

 

 

 

Description:

Stricken, smitten, and afflicted,

see Him dying on the tree!

‘Tis the Christ, by man rejected;

yes, my soul, ’tis He….

Good Friday… a day that would only be considered “good” 3 days later. But until then, it was the darkest day in all of Christendom.

Welcome to the Scandia Bible Church Podcast for Good Friday, 2022.

Join us for this special service as we consider Christ’s last words from the cross — with scripture reading and hymn singing.

…Lamb of God, for sinners wounded,

sacrifice to cancel guilt!

None shall ever be confounded

who on Him their hope have built.

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Christmas Eve Service 2021

December 24, 2021

Sermon Notes

Date: 12/24/2021

 

 

Description: 

Pull up a virtual pew and join us. It’s Christmas Eve… and we’re together again!

Merry Christmas and welcome to our special Scandia Bible Church Christmas Eve Service for 2021, as we gather to celebrate a moment in history that would forever change the course of humanity — the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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As is our tradition, this evening’s service will be served up “family style” (you’ll find an Order of Service in the Sermon Notes) in which you’ll experience a mix of scripture readings, congregational hymns, and good ol’ fashioned church family music (plus Pastor Monty has a few words)… to remind and retell the story that everyone must know.

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Good Friday Service 2021: Seven Sayings from the Cross

April 2, 2021

Sermon Notes

Date: 04/02/2021, Good Friday

Description: “Seven sayings from the cross.”

And welcome to a special Scandia Bible Church Podcast for Good Friday 2021.

Join us as our little country church gathers — both in person and virtually — to worship and contemplate the words of our Savior… as heard from the cross on this most solemn of days.

For even as He hung from the tree, bearing the weight of our sins, Jesus continued teaching us… with words of grace, love, hope, agony, suffering, finality, and rest.

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Christmas Eve Past — 2020

December 24, 2020

Sermon Notes

Date: 12/24/2020

Description: Merry Christmas!

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While we may not be able to gather in the traditional sense for this year’s Christmas Eve Service… we can gather with those in our homes to enjoy a service from our “Christmas Eve Past” — a small step, to help us celebrate this most joyous time of year:  the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Click on the masked wisemen (below) bearing the gifts of our Christmas Eve Past to jump back in time to reexperience THE story of stories that is timeless.

 

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A Fitting Savior [Hebrews 2:9-18]

December 20, 2020

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 12/20/2020

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Hebrews, Advent Season

Key Text: Hebrews 2:9-18

Description:

SBC Host: [Bible Reading, Hebrews 2:10] “For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the originator of their salvation through sufferings. For bot—”

Avg Guy: Wait!!! Hold up for a moment! You can’t just read that without prompting some questions: What does it mean that it was *fitting* for Christ to suffer? And what does it mean that Christ was being made *perfect*?? …Isn’t Christ *already* perfect? …And hasn’t He *always* been perfect?

SBC Host: Fair enough.

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Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast —on the Sunday before Christmas — Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and shows us that, indeed, these and other questions arise from this Advent passage that we find in Hebrews chapter 2.

Avg Guy: Exactly.

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The Nature of Prayer [Matthew 6:9]

June 28, 2020

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 06/28/2020

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: The Church: The Lord’s Prayer, CoronaVirus

Key Text: Matthew 6:9

Description: We do it in private. We do it with our families. And we do it with our church.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, as we move into the homestretch on our Pandemic Stay-Home Virtual Church Service Program, Pastor Monty Simao continues his series on The Church in which he talks about prayer.

Prayer is one of the most essential parts of the Christian life.  

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And while, Christians are commanded to pray and unbelievers pretend to pray, it is Jesus who taught us to pray. What better teacher could we have than God the Son teaching us how to address God the Father.

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Nature of Prayer

  • Christian
  • Corporate
  • Cosmic
  • Consecrated

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Let us go to the House of the Lord [Psalm 122:1-9]

June 21, 2020

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Date: 06/21/2020

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: The Church, CoronaVirus

Key Text: Psalm 122

Description:

Group: Road Trip!!!

SBC Host: Ahh yes… who doesn’t enjoy a good road trip! And chances are you have favorite road trip music to sing to along the way.

Group: [singing “Over the river and through the woods…”]

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, as we continue to Church-at-Home, Pastor Monty Simao takes us on a “road trip” to the Psalms.

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As Israelites would travel to Jerusalem for the three Pilgrim Feasts, they would play their favorite music by lifting up their voices in song.

These songs are known as the “Psalms of Ascent.” There are 15 of them, and this morning we look at the third: Psalm 122 — a psalm which gives us an interesting view of Jerusalem with many lessons for the church.

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Farm to Table [selected texts]

June 14, 2020

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 06/14/2020

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: The Church, CoronaVirus

Key Text: Genesis 2:16-18; Malachi 3:13-15, 16-18; 1 Samuel 23:15-16; Galatians 6:1-2; Philippians 1:27; Deuteronomy 6:5-9; Lamentations 4:3; Job 39:13-16; 1 Peter 3:7; Ephesians 5:25-30

Description: Just as an athlete needs to train with physical discipline, the Christian needs to train with spiritual discipline.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues his series on The Church as we stay the course with the current stay-home measures and learn from Paul in 1 Timothy that we need to train ourselves for godliness.

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…Training that not only includes disciplines of Bible reading and prayer when we are alone, but also godly conversation when we are with others — communing with believers throughout the circumstances of life.

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Notes:

  • Hot Mug of Grace
  • Table Grace
  • Intimate Grace

Questions to Ponder After the Sermon:

  1. What is God Communicating through His Word?
  2. Did this sermon reveal sin in my life that I need to repent of?
  3. Have I been encouraged by the sermon? If so, how?
  4. Did this sermon affect the way I think about God, and what are the ramifications of that change?
  5. Does this sermon bring up an emotional reaction in me such as anger or joy? Why do I feel this way?
  6. What does this text communicate about our church or about my family?
  7. If there are changes that I need to make in my life, whether thoughts or actions, what steps do I need to take to move in that direction?

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Euphemisms, Psychobabble, and a Word Fitly Spoken [selected texts]

June 7, 2020

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 06/07/2020

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: The Church: Christian Living, CoronaVirus

Key Text: Romans 1:18-23, 24-25, 26, 27; Colossians 3:1-2, 3-4, 5, 5-6, 7-10

Description:

Do words matter?

Of course they do. 

And yet, how often do we as Christians adjust our speech to coincide with the shifty, shady, ambiguous speech all around us? 

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, as Pastor Monty takes a break to marry off a daughter during the Pandemic of 2020, we pull a message he delivered at the NCFIC “Hope for the Family” conference in 2019.

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Words do matter.

For when we are not morally clear with our words, we no longer are speakers of prophetic truth.

…Because in our effort to not offend, we fail to preach the Rock of Offense.

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Hearing is Work! (part 2) [selected texts]

May 31, 2020

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Date: 05/31/2020

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: The Church: Christian Living, CoronaVirus

Key Text: James 1:21; Jame 3:13-14; Mark 6:10-13,14-16, 17-20, 21-23, 24-26; Hebrews 3:12-15, 16-19, 4:1-3a, 4:2, 2:1; James 1:21-22; Ephesians 4:4-6

Description: 

SBC Host: Who would of thought that listening could be such hard work?

Avg Guy: What?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study on The Church with part two of a message that should get you to listen up during this season of “Stay-Home-Services.”

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Last week we looked at three ways in which we can listen to sermons to obtain the most benefit from them, and this week we look at five.

Sure listening can be hard work. …But unlike some other endeavors in this life, God will bless our efforts so that our sweat will reap a harvest of good to our souls.

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How to Listen to a Sermon (continued)

  1. COME on Bended Knee
  2. HOLD your Cup Up!
  3. MAKEFAST! …to the Truth
  4. HEARING is as Hearing Does
  5. CHEWING the Cud

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Hearing is Work! (part 1) [selected texts]

May 24, 2020

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Date: 05/24/2020

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: The Church: Christian Living, CoronaVirus

Key Text: Luke 8:16-21; 1 Peter 4:10-11; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Deuteronomy 32:45-47a; 1 Peter 2:2-3; 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Description: 

SBC Host: How should you listen to a sermon?

Avg Guy: From start to finish.

SBC Host: Okay. But is it something you passively receive?… or does it take a little more work on your part? And, ultimately, does it matter to God?

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Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao delivers a sermon during our Corona-Church-Stay-Home-Experience that digs in and gets us to think about these questions.

Because what we’ll find is that their answers determine the state of affairs in our Christian life.

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How to Listen to a Sermon

  1. LISTEN like your life depends upon it.
  2. BETTER than IHOP: “Come hungry. Leave happy.”
  3. COME with sore feet.

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Decision-Making in Light of the Moral Law [Matthew 5:1-25]

May 17, 2020

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 05/17/2020

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: The Church: Christian Living, CoronaVirus

Key Text: Matthew 5

Description: Do you ever think about the fullness of the Ten Commandments when making decisions in life? 

…Or do you fall into the trap like the rich young ruler who viewed the Commandments only in the letter of the law and justified himself as having kept them his whole life?

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Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, the corona confinement continues as Pastor Monty Simao preaches a message that reminds us that God’s Moral Law is not just words written on stone, but the means by which we learn what pleases Him.

The Decalogue is a guide to every decision we make and, often in confusing situations, is the very thing that brings clarity.

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The 3-Fold Use of the Law

  1. MIRROR — mirrors God’s righteousness and thereby our weakness
  2. CURB — commands and threatens; civil authority; fear of consequence
  3. GUIDE —tells of the things that please our Heavenly Father (Christian use only)

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