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The Chasm of Guilt and the King Who Crossed It [Matthew 1:18-25]

February 22, 2026

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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Dead to Sin. Alive to God. [Romans 6:1-7]

July 9, 2023

Sermon Notes

Date: 07/09/2023

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Romans

Key Text: Romans 6:1-7

Description:

Avg Guy: I believe you could argue that sinning is ultimately good!

SBC Host: That’s a pretty big statement. What do you mean?

Avg Guy: Well, we are saved apart from our works, right?

SBC Host: Right.

Avg Guy: And since we know that “when sin increases grace abounds all the more”… It’s obvious the law is now obsolete.

SBC Host: I’m not sur—

Avg Guy: —It’s simple: More sin equals more grace! And who wouldn’t want more grace?? Ergo, sin is good. I rest my case.

SBC Host: Careful. Your line of thinking will not end well.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans and shows us that this twisted thinking challenged the Gospel.

Man was turning grace into a license to sin — distorting the God’s Word and corrupting many in the church.

In our passage, Paul responds to these challenges to show the impossibility of such a view — using our union with Christ to show how such an idea would be simply absurd.

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Death in Adam. Life in Christ. [Romans 5:12-21]

June 25, 2023

Sermon Notes

Date: 06/25/2023

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Romans

Key Text: Romans 5:12-21

Description:

Avg Guy: It’s so unfair… Adam ruined everything!!

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Romans and invites us to ponder a question that has remained with church history for 2000 years:

Why is it that we are guilty, even before we have done anything wrong ourselves?

For our understanding of this exact question forms the basis of our understanding of, not only Original Sin but, the gospel itself.