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

November 30, 2025

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 11/30/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs

Key Text: Psalm 15

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

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When the Foundations Are Shaken [Psalm 11:1-7]

November 2, 2025

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Date: 11/02/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs

Key Text: Psalm 11

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The wicked rise,
justice fails,
and chaos reigns.

What do you do when the foundations of life collapse?
David — the very shepherd-warrior who would one day be king — tells us in Psalm 11.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our Wisdom and Worship study by taking us to the eleventh psalm — where David, in the face of real danger and deep cultural decay, does not flee… but fixes his eyes on the throne of God.

Psalm 11 reminds us that true refuge is not found in retreat, but in…

The Lord who reigns.
The Lord who sees.
The Lord who tests.
The Lord who judges in righteousness.
And the Lord who promises that His people will behold His face.

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Christ, our righteous King, has already endured the judgment we deserve — that we might share forever in the glory for which we were made.

Because when the world falls apart… the Lord does not.

The Lord remains.

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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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