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

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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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God Is the Strength of My Heart [Psalm 73:1-28]

October 12, 2025

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 10/12/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs

Key Text: Psalm 73

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The wicked prosper…
The righteous suffer…
And God seems silent.

What do you do??

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao embarks upon a new study of Wisdom and Worship as we walk through selected Psalms and Proverbs.

In Psalm 73, Asaph walks us through a crisis of faith.
Tempted by envy and disillusioned by the ease of the ungodly,
he nearly loses his footing — until he enters the sanctuary.

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There, his vision clears.
He sees not only the end of the wicked…
but the sufficiency of God.

In a world where circumstances often lie,
this psalm lifts our eyes higher —
to Christ, our true sanctuary and eternal portion.

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From Despair to Hope: Job’s Confidence in a Living Redeemer [Job 18-19]

September 22, 2024

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 09/22/2024

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Key Text: Job 18-19

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What do you do when everything falls apart and it feels like even God has turned away?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao presses pause on our Romans study and turns to Job, as our church mourns the loss of our dear brother in Christ, Elder Keith Barker.

In the midst of unimaginable suffering, Job offers a surprising declaration of hope:

“I know that my Redeemer lives.”

How can we find that same hope when life feels unbearable?

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God helps us with this through the book of Job: a book where despair meets redemption and faith rises from the ashes of suffering.

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