The Joy of Being Forgiven [Psalm 32:1-11]

December 21, 2025

 Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 12/21/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs

Key Text: Psalm 32

Description:

Guilt weighs heavy…
silence corrodes the soul…
and hidden sin steals our joy.

What happens when the heart comes clean before God?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
in our Wisdom and Worship study,
Pastor Monty Simao takes us to Psalm 32 —
a psalm that traces the pain of unconfessed sin
and the joy that comes when guilt is lifted.

“How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered!”

Here we discover that forgiveness is not denial,
but deliverance —
and that true joy is found in honest repentance.

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we remember that the child born in Bethlehem
came not just to comfort sinners,
but to cleanse them — fully and forever.

Because the greatest joy
is knowing we are forgiven.

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Filthy Garments to Festal Robes [Zechariah 3:1-5]

February 23, 2025

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 02/23/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Zechariah

Key Text: Zechariah 3:1-5

Description:

[Courtroom Vignette]

Like a BRAND plucked from FIRE….

Have you ever felt the weight of guilt or the sting of accusation?

Have you ever wondered if you could truly be accepted before a holy God?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Zechariah where we are taken into a divine courtroom.

Joshua the High Priest, stained with sin, stands accused — filthy and unworthy.

Satan is ready to condemn: “Look at him covered in sin! He’s mine!

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But then, something incredible happens… God, Himself, intervenes — with all-knowing knowledge of the Lamb slain for sinners — rebukes the accuser: NO SATAN! Legally, he’s MINE.

…And removes Joshua’s filthy garments, and clothes him in righteousness.

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The Earthly Sanctuary and its Worship [Hebrews 9:1-10]

July 25, 2021

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Date: 07/25/2021

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Hebrews

Key Text: Hebrews 9:1-10

Description: 

Avg Guy: If the new covenant is so much better, why is the old covenant still so attractive?

I mean, why would the book of Hebrews even need to be written, convincing people not to go back to the shadows of the Old Covenant?

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Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Hebrews and shares with us that the answer lies in the Old Covenant’s barrier to God’s presence.

…With the greatest of barriers not being the obvious veil in the temple or tabernacle, but rather man’s guilt and shame.

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The Just for the Unjust [1 Peter 3:18-22]

August 29, 2010

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Date: 08/29/2010

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series: 1 Peter

Key Text: 1 Peter 3:18-22

Description: Here is the true doctrine of the Atonement as taught in scripture: Christ died, the Substitute for sinners, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God.

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