The Door to Mercy [Proverbs 28:13]

November 16, 2025

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 11/16/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs

Key Text: Proverbs 28:13

Description:

When our sin feels too heavy to face,
we all have places we run.

We cover.
We excuse.
We delay.
We bury what we hope will simply disappear in the dark.

But concealed sin is not erased sin.
It doesn’t fade — it festers.
It hardens our hearts,
isolates our souls,
and sooner or later… it breaks us.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our Wisdom and Worship study by taking us to Proverbs 28:13 —
where Solomon tells us that God’s mercy is found not in hiding, but in honesty…
not in perfection, but in repentance.

This verse opens a doorway to gospel hope:
for the God who sees our sin is the same God who invites us into mercy
— because Christ has already borne the full weight of our transgression, and has opened wide the arms of forgiveness.

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The way out of hiding is not through trying harder.
It’s through Him.

Because the real question is not whether you’ll try to cover your sin…
but whether you’ll come into the light where mercy lives.

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Don’t Harden Your Hearts [Hebrews 3:12-19]

January 17, 2021

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 01/17/2021

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Hebrews

Key Text: Hebrews 3:12-19

Description: If he was known for anything, the Pharaoh of the Exodus was known for his hardened heart that was calloused to hear the word of the Lord. This hardened heart cost him his kingdom and his son… and finally his life. 

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Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and tells the sad continuation of this story: even the entire Israelite generation — the Hebrews who witnessed Pharaoh’s demise — would not believe the word of the Lord either and hardened their hearts as well.

Pharaoh perished in the Red Sea, while they were buried in the wilderness… on the wrong side of Jordan.

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