The Appeal of Love [Philemon 1:8-9]

January 18, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 01/18/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Philemon

Key Text: Philemon 1:8-9

Description:  Paul bases his appeal to Philemon the slave-owner, on behalf of Philemon’s slave Onesimus, not upon Paul’s authority as an Apostle but rather upon Christian love.

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  1. Paul’s Authority
  2. Paul’s Appeal
  3. Philemon’s Affection

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That Your Faith May Become Effective [Philemon 1:4-7]

January 11, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 01/11/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Philemon

Key Text: Philemon 1:4-7

Description:  Paul thanks God for the faith in Jesus Christ and love for the saints that he sees in the life of Philemon and prays that Philemon would continue to grow in those areas.

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Contend Earnestly for the Faith [Jude 1:3-4]

October 5, 2014

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 10/05/2014

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Jude

Key Text: Jude 1:3-4

Description:  Jude gets to the point in his letter right away.  While planning to write a letter about their shared salvation, Jude changes his mind when he hears about the false teachers that have crept into this congregation.  He now feels compelled to write a letter urging these believers to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered.

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Position and Possessions [Jude 1:1-2]

September 28, 2014

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 09/28/2014

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Jude

Key Text: Jude 1:1-2

Description:  Jude may be one of the most overlooked and under-taught books of the New Testament.  Yet it is a book that is just as much needed in the church today as it was in the first century.  This sermon covers the greeting portion of Jude’s letter focusing on the Christian’s Perception, Position, and Possessions.

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Aspects of Faith [1 John 5:1-3]

January 19, 2014

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Date: 01/19/2014

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: 1 John

Key Text: 1 John 5:1-3

Description: John’s epistle is like looking through a kaleidoscope.  He repeats the same truths, but from different perspectives. In this final chapter, John turns the kaleidoscope yet again to present a new view of the themes of loving God, loving the brethren, and obedience to God’s law.  But this time we see it from the perspective of faith.

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Sources of Assurance [1 John 4:15-21]

January 12, 2014

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Date: 01/12/2014

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: 1 John

Key Text: 1 John 4:15-21

Description: John provides us five sources of a believer’s assurance. [This sermon will cover the last three of these points (verses 15 – 21). Listen to the first two points in last week’s sermon].

  1. The PRESENCE of the HOLY SPIRIT
  2. The PLEDGE of the APOSTOLIC TESTIMONY
  3. The PROFESSION of JESUS as the SON OF GOD
  4. The PERFECTION of GOD’S LOVE
  5. The PRACTICE of GOD’S LOVE

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Is the Bible Trustworthy [1 John 4:13-21]

January 5, 2014

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Date: 01/05/2014

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: 1 John

Key Text: 1 John 4:13-21

Description: John provides us five sources of a believer’s assurance:

  1. The PRESENCE of the HOLY SPIRIT
  2. The PLEDGE of the APOSTOLIC TESTIMONY
  3. The PROFESSION of JESUS as the SON OF GOD
  4. The PERFECTION of GOD’S LOVE
  5. The PRACTICE of GOD’S LOVE

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Anticipation [1 John 4:7-14]

December 22, 2013

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Date: 12/22/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: 1 John

Key Text: 1 John 4:7-14

Description: The world has been in anticipation of a Savior since man’s fall in the Garden of Eden (Gen 3:15).  Christ comes and the anticipated Savior is described to us in 1 John as God’s love for us manifested. The incarnation and the cross is love covered in flesh. We ought to live in light of this truth.

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Christian Love [1 John 3:10-18]

November 24, 2013

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Date: 11/24/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: 1 John

Key Text: 1 John 3:10-18

Description: John provides a look at the central command of the Christian: to emulate Christ in the manner in which the Christian manifests love toward his fellow man.

  • Christian Love Recalls the Lord’s Command (v.11)
  • Christian Love Rejects Hatred (v.12-15)
  • Christian Love Requires Sacrifice (v. 16)
  • Christian Love Reaches Out (v17-18)

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A New Kind of Love [1 John 2:7-11]

September 8, 2013

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Date: 09/08/2013

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: 1 John

Key Text: 1 John 2:7-11

Description: If there were one mark of a Christian that would be preeminent above all others, it would be a genuine love; a love for God and also a love for others.  That’s because love for God and love for our neighbor is the summation of God’s law and as the Holy Spirit works in the life and heart of the believer obedience to God’s law will become manifest in love, not only towards God but as John points out here, towards our brethren.

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Sexual Immorality; Idolatry; and the Judgment of God [Ephesians 5:5-7]

January 8, 2012

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Date: 01/08/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 5:5-7

Description: We live in a day when sexual immorality is rampant to the point where many churches are not only condoning sinful behavior but blessing it. In this section of Ephesians, Paul makes it clear that sexual immorality will be judged by God and those who participate in it will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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New Year New Life [Romans 6:4]

January 1, 2012

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Date: 01/01/2012

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Key Text: Romans 6:4

Description: On this first day of the first month of the New Year we examine if we have indeed put on the new self who is being renewed daily by the One who created him.

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Love and Perversion [Ephesians 5:3-5]

November 20, 2011

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Date: 11/20/2011

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 5:3-5

Description: Sexual sins are rampant in our culture and we have become calloused to them. They tear apart our churches, our families, and tarnish the name of Christ. Paul instructs us that our minds should be filled with thanksgiving and not lewdness. Thanksgiving is unselfish while sexual perversion and sin is to only pursue self-pleasure.

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Grace and Truth [John 1:14-18]

September 4, 2011

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Date: 09/04/2011

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 1:14-18

Description: The climax of the prologue brings us the news of staggering truth. The “Word”, the agent of creation, has become a creature to dwell in this world as we do.

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Truth in Love [Ephesians 4:14-16]

July 24, 2011

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Date: 07/24/2011

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 4:14-16

Description: Paul declares the importance of church growth.  Not a growth of numbers but a growth towards spiritual maturity. Paul defines what a mature believer looks like and how true church growth builds the church up.

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Feed My Sheep [1 Peter 5:1-4]

February 6, 2011

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Date: 02/06/2011

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Key Text: 1 Peter 5:1-4

Description: Hard-working elders may not have a showcase full of trophies and awards to show for a lifetime of toil in the vineyard of God, but one day the Chief Shepherd will return and fully reward His faithful under-shepherds.

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Servants in Submission to Their Sovereign (part 7) [1 Peter 3:8-9]

June 13, 2010

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Date: 06/13/2010

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series: 1 Peter

Key Text: 1 Peter 3:8-9

Description: The Apostle concludes his teaching on submission with these two verses [3:8-9]. Whether it’s being in submission to every human authority, servants to a master, or even husbands and wives submitting to one another, we follow the example left for us by Jesus — we follow in His steps. Why? To inherit a blessing.

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Servants in Submission to Their Sovereign (part 6): Memorial Day Message — In Memory of a Godly Man [1 Peter 3:8-12]

May 30, 2010

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Date: 05/30/2010

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series: 1 Peter

Key Text: 1 Peter 3:8-12

Description: Jacob DeShazer of Salem Oregon took part in World War II’s legendary Doolittle Raid, endured more than three years as a Japanese prisoner of war and later teemed up with his wife to serve as a Methodist missionary in Japan for nearly thirty years.

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