Blessed Are the Citizens of the Kingdom [Matthew 5:1-12]

May 24, 2026

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 05/24/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Study: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:1-12

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What kind of person
is blessed?

Jesus answered that very question
from the mount.

And His answer—
as it did then—
still turns the world upside down.

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

as Jesus sits down
and begins to teach
the citizens of His kingdom.

And what He says
is not what the world expects:

Blessed are the poor in spirit.
Blessed are those who mourn.
Blessed are the gentle.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
for righteousness.
Blessed are the merciful.
Blessed are the pure in heart.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Blessed are those who have been persecuted
for the sake of righteousness.

This is not worldly strength.

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This is kingdom character.

Grace-wrought.

Christ-shaped.

And blessed
by the King Himself.

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Mourning Over the Pierced One [Zechariah 12:10–14]

August 17, 2025

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Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 08/17/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Zechariah

Key Text: Zechariah 12:10-14

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“I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only son….”

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the book of Zechariah, where we contemplate what true repentance looks like —and where it comes from.

In this passage, God promises to pour out His Spirit and open our eyes to the One we pierced.

This is not vague emotion or general guilt. It is a personal, painful, Spirit-born mourning that comes from seeing the crucified Christ.

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But here’s the grace: that very mourning is a gift —
because the One who was pierced is also the One who will save.

The question is — when will you mourn? … Now, in repentance — and be saved; or later, in judgment — and be lost.

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