Sermon Notes
Date: 02/22/2026
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Study: Matthew
Key Text: Matthew 1:18-25
Description:
A virgin conceives.
A righteous man trembles.
An angel speaks.
And everything changes.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study through the Gospel of Matthew — where we are pressed to consider whether the greatest problem we face is not our circumstances… but our guilt before a holy God.
We try to close the gap with effort, education, religion, and a clean reputation.
But Matthew declares that none of this reaches heaven.
The only bridge across this chasm comes from God Himself:
Jesus — conceived by the Holy Spirit,
named because He will save His people from their sins,
…and called Immanuel —
because He — God — is with us.
The King has come —
to cross the chasm
we never could.
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