Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven Is at Hand [Matthew 3:1-12]

March 22, 2026

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 03/22/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Study: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 3:1-12

Description:

When God sends a voice
to shatter your confidence…

“REPENT!”

What do you do?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
Pastor Monty Simao continues our study
in the Gospel of Matthew —

where the silence is broken.

A voice cries out
from the wilderness:

“Repent,
for the kingdom of heaven
is at hand.”

Not to comfort—
but to confront.

It is a warning
to those of us who trust in appearance…
in heritage…
in religion.

“Do not say,
‘We have Abraham as our father.’”

Because the King is near —
the axe, already laid
at the root.

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And the One who is coming
will gather His wheat —
and burn the chaff
with unquenchable fire.

So when the warning comes
telling you to repent —

WILL YOU?

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Thy Kingdom Come! [Revelation — Introduction]

July 29, 2018

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 07/29/2018

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Revelation

Selected Text: Matthew 13

Description: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed….”

But the disciples – and everyone else in first century Palestine, for that matter – were expecting something quite different. In their minds it was to be a mustard tree…. big, not small…. conquering, war-like, not peaceful.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues the groundwork for our introduction to the book of Revelation and shares how Jesus revealed what the Kingdom of Heaven would be like through parables. And it was with these that He revealed there is a “now” part of the kingdom and a “not yet” part of the kingdom.

Yes, the kingdom will one day be like a mustard tree. It will one day bring forth a reward to the Lord’s faithful and a time of judgement to the Lord’s enemies… but not yet.

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For now it must start small and grow, as God continues to tarry in His grace and mercy, and His kingdom continues to expand through the preaching of the Gospel of grace.

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