Struck for the Sheep: The Shepherd, the Sword, and the Saving Fire [Zechariah 13:7–9]

August 31, 2025

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 08/31/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Zechariah

Key Text: Zechariah 13:7-9

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What kind of love leads a Shepherd to take the sword?
…even for sheep He knows will scatter?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues in the book of Zechariah, where we see God summon the sword of judgment to strike His Shepherd — His own Son.

This is not divine abandonment… but divine design.
For at the cross, justice and mercy collide.
And the result? A people refined —
not spared from the fire, but shaped by it.

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Because you see, the gospel does not merely save us from wrath.
It calls us into communion — into a life where we cry with one voice: “The LORD is my God.”

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Covenant of Works [Genesis 2:4-17]

April 17, 2016

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 04/17/2016

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Genesis

Key Text: Genesis 2:4-17

SBC logo 204x204Description: God placed Adam in a garden with all the benefits therein but commanded him not to eat from one particular tree.  This was a covenant of works.  Adam could continue in the paradise garden as long as he was obedient to God’s one command.  Adam failed this test of obedience, and in Adam we all failed as well.

But God would send a Second Adam – a better Adam – Jesus Christ: One who would obey all the law perfectly, as well as pay the punishment for the sins of Adam’s fallen race, thereby purchasing salvation for His people.

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