June 30, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 06/30/2019
Preacher: David Teves, guest preacher
Key Text: Ephesians 6:10-20
Description: Spiritual warfare. It’s a phrase we use. But what does it really mean? …And what do we do about it?
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, brother in Christ, David Teves, fills in at the pulpit and digs into these questions by looking at a familiar text, but does so in a way that many churches fail to address — by looking at the context of the letter in which it was written.
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June 23, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 06/23/2019
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Revelation
Key Text: Revelation 13:11-18
Description:
666
… a number in the Bible that for many strikes fear.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Revelation and shares with us the irony in that while the being afraid of six-six-six (hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia) is a real thing (as is the word to describe it), its placement in the Bible is not so that we recoil in terror, but rather that we see the POWER of God in all things.
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June 16, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 06/16/2019
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Revelation
Key Text: Revelation 13:1-10
Description:
Scandia Host: The antichrist — a fascination for many people.
Average Guy: For sure.
Scandia Host: But did you know that while it’s a popular theme in books and movies, the term never appears in the book of Revelation?
Average Guy: Huh???
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Revelation and explains that the antichrist has captured the imagination of people everywhere — churchgoer or not.
But what does the Bible say about the antichrist? …And how does that relate to what we read in the book of Revelation?
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June 9, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 06/09/2019
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Revelation
Key Text: Revelation 12:7-17
Description: The Cross of Jesus Christ silenced the mouth of Satan before the throne of God and forever removed him from the court of heaven.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Revelation and shows us that with Satan unable to accuse believers before God, he turned his attention to the church on earth.
And it is for or this reason, the church on earth has been called The Church Militant… for it is THE CHURCH AT WAR!
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June 2, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 06/02/2019
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Revelation
Key Text: Revelation 12:1-6
Description: A spiritual and heavenly battle is underway… though you may not know it.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Revelation and introduces us to a woman, a dragon, and a child — three signs that not only point us to this battle but help us understand and gain a perspective that nothing the Dragon (Satan) does, or will do, can stop God’s providential purposes.
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May 26, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 05/26/2019
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Revelation
Key Text: Revelation 11:15-19
Description:
Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”
—Revelation 11:15
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Revelation where we see the Trumpet Judgments come to an end in much the same way as the Seal Judgments — with images representing the final Day of Judgment and the consummation of Christ’s kingdom.
For the goal is that Heaven and Earth are one and that God’s temple fills the earth… and the final destruction of all His enemies is seen.
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May 19, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 05/19/2019
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Revelation
Key Text: Revelation 11:1-14
Description: Even in the midst of terrible things, God is at work safeguarding His people.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Revelation and explains that the protection God affords His people is the point that chapter 10 and 11 make.
For the church follows after her Lord as faithful witnesses who are persecuted even unto death …and yet just like Jesus, God’s people will one day see the resurrection, restoration, and victory.
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May 12, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 05/12/2019
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Revelation
Key Text: Revelation 11:1-2
Description: A new temple in Jerusalem will be constructed and temple sacrifices reinstituted. …Or will they?
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Revelation and shows us how the beginning of chapter 11 draws our attention back to the eschatological temple that Ezekiel prophesied of.
But what is this temple? Is it going to be just like before with animal sacrifices and everything? Or, rather, was Ezekiel’s vision a picture of something greater which finds it’s fulfillment in Christ?
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May 5, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 05/05/2019
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Revelation
Key Text: Revelation 11:1-2
Description: Most people think the end game of the Bible (Consummation) is for God to bring man back to The Garden.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Revelation, and teaches us that in the story of Redemption, that line of thinking is simply NOT TRUE.
No, Consummation will bring us back to a state far better than Eden…far better than anything we can imagine!
For sin will be no more, righteousness will reign, and the garden will have been expanded to the ends of the earth…where God will dwell with us.
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Notes:
The Story Arc of Redemption
Creation → The Fall → Redemption → Consummation
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April 28, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 04/28/2019
Preacher: David Teves, guest preacher
Key Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-5
Description: After the Resurrection, the disciples had no idea what to do… so they went fishing.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, brother in Christ, David Teves fills in at the pulpit and explains that even after 3 years of living with Him, eating with Him, and listening to Him, the disciples still did not understand what Jesus was talking about.
In fact, it wasn’t until after His ascension that they finally knew what to do: Proclaim the gospel to all nations.
But has modern day Christianity faithfully followed suit? …Or has it fallen into a trap of deception — making the gospel into something it is not.
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April 21, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 04/21/2019, Easter Sunday
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Key Text: 1 Peter 1:3-9
Description: Have you ever lost hope?
Peter knew what it meant to lose hope.
Today on this Easter Sunday Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao opens the book of 1 Peter to show us that hope fled from him when he watched his Lord die but his hope returned with the resurrection — and he freely shares this hope in his book with discouraged gentile believers — because it was a living hope.
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April 21, 2019
Easter Sunrise Service
Sermon Notes
Date: 04/21/2019, Easter Sunday
Preacher: Josh Peglow, brother in Christ
Key Text: Ephesians 1:15-23
Description: He is risen! … and indeed, He is risen!
Happy Resurrection Sunday from Scandia Bible Church, 2019, and we want to welcome you to our Sunrise Service Sermon, as our church gathers in its tradition for this special time at the lovely waterside home of Elder Keith Barker. Music this morning being provided by our church family.
And our Sunrise Service message… being delivered this time by Mr. Josh Peglow…. a member of our church body and brother in Christ.
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Notes: Understanding God…
- What is the HOPE of His calling?
- What are the RICHES of the glory of His inheritance in the saints?
- What is the surpassing greatness of His POWER toward us who believe?
Listen to the 2019 Easter Sermon — delivered by Pastor Monty Simao
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April 14, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 04/14/2019, Palm Sunday
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Key Text: 2 Samuel 6-7 & Matthew 21:1-11
Description: The holiness of God has been described as the sun.
Like the sun, God gives beauty, life, and light… but venture too close and you will be consumed.
Today on this Palm Sunday Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao takes us to two separate passages: one from the Old Testament and one from the New — both demonstrating God’s holiness, seen as He enters the royal city of Jerusalem.
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April 7, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 04/07/2019
Preacher: Colton Bennett, guest preacher
Key Text: Galatians 3:10-14
Description:
Average Guy: I’m a pretty good person. I’m not perfect, but I do my best. I’m sure once I die, God will see it that way and let me in. He’ll forgive me.
SBC Host: I hate to break it to you, but… God cannot “just” forgive you, because He is JUST. His bar is perfection, and He will not bend the rules or look the other way. There is a penalty. Your sinfulness is a curse, and it must fall upon somebody. It’s called penal substitutionary atonement. “Sorry,” alone, won’t cut it.
Average Guy: Oh.
SBC Host: Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, we welcome back to our pulpit, guest preacher and Kentucky pastor-to-be, Colton Bennett, who not only wrestles with us through the weighty theological subject of penal substitutionary atonement, but points us to the beauty that arose out of it: Christus Victor… Christ is Victorious.
And then we realize that the Gospel is not a message only for the lost, but also the found.
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Notes:
- The Law
- The Curse
- Christ and His work
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March 31, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 03/31/2019
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Revelation
Key Text: Revelation 10
Description: And then John looks up and sees an image that makes Colossus of Rhodes look small and the gods of the Roman pantheon look… well, weak.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our study in the book of Revelation in which witness right along with John… 
And yet, as breathtaking as this image is… this amazing being is just simply one of God’s servants do His bidding.
But through this vision, we capture a glimpse of God’s amazing sovereignty over a seemingly chaotic world which will one day come to an end — when the mysteries of the Lord Almighty will be revealed in the renewed world that awaits.
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Notes: 3 Take-aways from Rev 10
- God is in ABSOLUTE control
- This book has UNIVERSAL ramifications for everyone
- There is an END to suffering
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March 24, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 03/24/2019
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Revelation
Key Text: Revelation 9:12-21
Description: Sometimes Judgment doesn’t come as we would expect.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Revelation and asks would we still consider it “Judgement” if God brought forth an event so dramatic that it rivaled Sodom and Gomorrah, but instead of fire and brimstone, there was deception and idolatry?
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March 17, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 03/17/2019
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Revelation
Key Text: Revelation 9:1-12
Description:
The skies over the Euphrates swarm with airborne military weaponry: helicopters, jets, and drones crowd the air. And like metal locusts equipped with rapid fire guns in their mouths and bombs in their tails, they have orders to incessantly attack and destroy.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Revelation in which we turn our attention to chapter 9 — a chapter that has has certainly captured the imagination of Bible interpreters from around the world — with interpretations as varied as an invasion of Apache helicopters to an army of genetically modified locusts who prey on flesh instead of vegetation.
But, are these interpretations in line with what John is trying to communicate? … or have we moved away from the purpose of the book?
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March 10, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 03/10/2019
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Revelation
Key Text: Revelation 8:7-13
Description:
And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared…to sound them.
The first [angel] sounded, and there came hail and fire….
The second…and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea….
The third…a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch….
[And with] the fourth…the sun…the moon and…the stars were struck, so that a third of them…darkened….
Rev 8:6-12
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Revelation in which we see the first four Trumpet Judgements unfold.
And what we’ll find is that like the first four Seal Judgments, the first four Trumpet Judgments come as a set — a set that, astute readers will recognize, comes out of Israel’s great period of redemptive history…the Exodus.
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March 3, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 03/03/2019
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Revelation
Key Text: Revelation 8:1-6
Description: The anticipation mounts as we reach the seventh, and final, seal to be opened: seven angels, standing before God, given trumpets.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Revelation in which we read about the opening of the seventh seal, but – unlike the others – instead of an event immediately following, what we experience… is silence.
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February 24, 2019
Sermon Notes
Date: 02/24/2019
Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor
Series: Revelation
Key Text: Revelation 7:9-17
Description: We’ve already been down the road of how the 144,000 Sealed Believers in chapter seven are a topic of controversy and confusion.
We’ve tackled the topic of who they are, and what the seal on the forehead means.
Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues with our study in the book of Revelation (and chapter 7) to help us make sense of how this chapter fits in with everything else in the book we’ve learned so far. For we now know the numbered people are seen as an innumerable multitude, and the fullness of God’s promises are seen to His glory.
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