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Who Can Dwell With God? [Psalm 15:1-5]

November 30, 2025

Sermon Notes

Date: 11/30/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs

Key Text: Psalm 15

Description:

What kind of person is truly worthy to live in the presence of God?
No one.
Unless… he is perfectly righteous.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao takes us to the fifteenth psalm in our Wisdom and Worship study, in which David asks this very question:

“O Lord, who may abide in Your tent?
Who may dwell on Your holy hill?”

The answer:

Only the one whose life is blameless…
whose heart is pure…
whose actions are flawless…
whose words are faithful…
and whose love is unwavering.

In other words — no one but Jesus.

This portrait of holiness stands not as a ladder for the proud to climb, but as a mirror for the humble to see their need.

Jesus Christ is the only Man who ever walked this earth with perfect integrity, perfect truth, and perfect love.
He alone is worthy to dwell on God’s holy hill.

But by His grace, His righteousness becomes ours—
and we too, amazingly, will one day dwell on the holy hill with the Lord God Almighty.

Because in the end, Psalm 15 is not about us meeting the standard…
but about the One who already has.

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Strong in the Lord [Zechariah 12:1–9]

August 10, 2025

Sermon Notes

Date: 08/10/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Zechariah

Key Text: Zechariah 12:1-9

Description:

The church is a stone.
And in the face of opposition —
no matter the generation —
it cannot be moved.

The hands that try will be broken.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
Pastor Monty Simao continues in the book of Zechariah,
where we encounter the final oracle
and wonder if the world’s hostility towards God’s people
isn’t a sign of God’s absence,
but a stage for His power.

In Christ, God’s people are not merely survivors;
they are made strong to stand,
to endure,
and to prevail.

And if that’s true,
then the question is…
Where do YOU stand —
in your strength… or His?

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God Rules the Nations and Guards His People [Zechariah 9:1-8]

June 15, 2025

Sermon Notes

Date: 06/15/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Zechariah

Key Text: Zechariah 9:1-8

Description:

—The HEADLINES of Today —

What if they didn’t drive your fears?
… because you already knew the end of the story.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Zechariah in which we climb into the “crow’s nest of prophecy” — not to escape the chaos of history, but to see that God is writing it.

For the Lord rules empires, brings down pride, and guards His people.

The question is: When trouble marches toward your life, do you believe that God has already encamped around you?

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From Exile to Glory: The Call to Leave Babylon Behind [Zechariah 2:6-13]

February 16, 2025

Sermon Notes

Date: 02/16/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Zechariah

Key Text: Zechariah 2:6-13

Description:

Where is your true home? Have you settled too comfortably in a world that is passing away? Or are you living as a citizen of Zion, rejoicing in the presence of your King?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Zechariah where we see God call His people to flee Babylon—the symbol of the world’s fleeting security and rebellion against Him. Instead, He invites them to Zion, the city of His presence, where He promises protection, joy, and eternal belonging.

Because you see, in a world that lures us with comfort, distraction, and false hope, God calls us to something greater: to build our lives on His unshakable kingdom.

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A City Without Walls: God’s Protection and Presence [Zechariah 2:1-5]

February 2, 2025

Sermon Notes

Date: 02/02/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Zechariah

Key Text: Zechariah 2:1-5

Description:

Have you ever felt like you were in ruins?

— needing to rebuild… but not even knowing how to piece life back together?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Zechariah in which we learn that that was the reality of his day. For the nation of Judah — the remnant of Israel — had returned from exile to Jerusalem, only to find their once-great city in ruins.

How could it be restored??

They were discourage, vulnerable, and uncertain about the future.

But in Zechariah 2, God gives them —God gives us— a vision that defies human expectation:

A CITY WITHOUT WALLS.

…a place of expansion, security, and glory — secured not by walls, BUT BY GOD HIMSELF, who is both its protector and dwelling place.