Faith in Failure [Judges 16:22-31]

September 27, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 09/27/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Judges

Key Text: Judges 16:22-31

Description:  The Lord has left Samson, and now Samson finds himself imprisoned, blinded, and in the most miserable state of his life.  It is in these dark places where God can get our attention. We find out through Samson that a man can never be too far from the grace of God.

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Samson’s Sun Sets [Judges 16:1-21]

September 20, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 09/20/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Judges

Key Text: Judges 16:1-21

Description:  Samson reveals his heart to the Philistine woman, Delilah, and God removes Samson’s strength.  Samson is captured by the Philistines, his eyes are gouged out, and he is enslaved.

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Superficial or Supernatural [James 1:26-27]

September 13, 2015

Keith Barker 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 09/13/2015

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: James 1:26-27

Description: God has built into mankind a void that people desire to fill. Many try to satisfy that need with what they believe to be a relationship with God. The majority of people in the United states would refer to themselves as being religious. The father of lies, Satan, is well aware of man’s emptiness and has many false religions to meet that need. Today we are going to see in the Book of James the clear difference between superficial religion and supernatural religion. At the conclusion of the message, the listener is challenged to do a self test. It’s a chance to see if you indeed are a born again Christian.

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The Battle of Jawbone Hill [Judges 15]

September 6, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 09/06/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Judges

Key Text: Judges 15Samson jawbone hill

Description:  Judges Chapter 15 is a back and forth battle between Samson and the Philistines.  Ultimately it ends showing us an imperfect judge who cannot completely deliver his people because he needs rescue himself.

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A Strong Man, a Big Cat, and a Wily Woman [Judges 14]

August 30, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 08/30/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Judges

Key Text: Judges 14

Description:  Samson travels to Timnah and along the way is attacked by a lion that he kills with his bare hands, mightily empowered by God.  On a later journey, this time to marry his chosen Philistine girl, Samson finds the lion carcass housing a swarm of bees and full of honey.  He later uses this encounter as the basis of a riddle to the 30 Philistine men at his wedding party.  No one could ever solve Samson’s riddle…that is unless they cheat!

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A Grandpa’s Final Lesson [Genesis 47]

August 23, 2015

Keith Barker 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 08/23/2015

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Genesis 47

Description: At 147 years of age, old Jacob of the book of Genesis had a departing lesson for his grandsons. It is without a doubt the greatest truth that can be given to the following generations.

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Samson the Savior is Born [Judges 12:8-13:24]

August 16, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 08/16/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Judges

Key Text: Judges 12:8-13:24

Manoah and his wife pray - samson is bornDescription:  God sends the three judges Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon to judge Israel for 25 years and Israel doesn’t have any recorded battles or oppression (time of peace).  Then God raises up the Philistines against them and they oppress the Israelites for 40 years.  God then promises to deliver these unfaithful people and announces the coming baby who will save them.

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Jephthah: Hero of Feeble Faith [Judges 12:1-7]

August 9, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 08/09/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Judges

Key Text: Judges 12:1-7 and Hebrews 11:32

Description:  After Jephthah’s defeat of the Ammonites and the wicked sacrifice of his own daughter, his troubles are not over.  He is rebuked by the Ephraimites and ends up fighting against them and over 40,000 Ephraimites die.  Israelite killing Israelite.

With all of the sinfulness and tragedy in the life of Jephthah, the book of Judges is not the only place we see mention of his name.  Jephthah surprisingly is listed in the “Hall of Faith” in Hebrews 11.  We explore how Jephthah might have “made the cut”.

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From Victory to Tragedy [Judges 10:17-11:40]

August 2, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 08/02/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Judges

Key Text: Judges 10:17-11:40

JephthahDescription:  The Judge Jephthah was a man who was despised and rejected by his brethren but who ended up saving them from the hand of the Ammonites. Yet even as God used him, he did an unthinkable act and sacrificed his daughter to God…a sacrifice that God didn’t want and certainly didn’t approve of.

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The Enemy Within [Judges 10]

July 26, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 07/26/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Judges

Key Text: Judges 10

Description:  Judges 10 begins with the accounts of two minor judges, Tola and Jair who bring about over 40 years of peace.  But the author of Judges tells us that this time of peace resulted in an incredible period of apostasy and idolatry.

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Why God Doesn’t Heal All Sick Saints [2 Corinthians 12:9]

July 19, 2015

Keith Barker 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 07/19/2015

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: 2 Corinthians 12:9

Description: On any Sunday morning in America you might hear a preacher proclaim that the only reason a person is sick is because they lack faith. Whoa be to the man who misrepresents the word of God. A proper search of the Scriptures will be offered today in response to that teaching.

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Abimelech: The Bramble King [Judges 9]

July 12, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 07/12/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Judges

Key Text: Judges 9

AbimelechDescription:  Gideon’s legacy is a sad one. It involves idolatry, civil unrest, fratricide, deceit, retribution, and a large mill stone.  God will not allow evil to go unpunished and Gideon’s son Abimelech meets his demise ultimately from the hand of God who punishes him for the wrong he has done to the house of his father.

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No Mr. Nice Guy [Judges 8:1-35]

July 5, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 07/05/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Judges

Key Text: Judges 8:1-35

Description:  Gideon goes from doing things in the Lord’s strength to doing things in his own strength and in that decline we see the rise of sinful leadership and wicked idolatry.  It’s a journey from godly legacy to idolatrous tyrant that leaves us checking our own hearts and thanking God for the final Judge sent for the deliverance of God’s people, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Strength Made Perfect in Weakness [Judges 7:1-25]

June 28, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 06/28/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Judges

Key Text: Judges 7:1-25

Description:  Sometimes God sends a trial into our lives to loosen our grasp on something that we were holding on to tighter than Christ.  In the case of the Israelites, they saw strength in their numbers as they prepared to battle the Midianites and Amalekites.  In order to prevent them from glorifying themselves, God drastically shrinks their numbers until their victory is impossible and that’s exactly where God wants them.

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Three Ways to Develop a Positive Self-Image [Ephesians 1:1-23]

June 21, 2015

Keith Barker 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 06/21/2015

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Ephesians 1

Description: Many Christians don’t mature because they have never been taught to recognize their righteousness in Christ. Secondly they need to also learn to rely on their resources. This message from the Book of Ephesians will help to clarify our understanding of these essential truths.

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Can God be Trusted: The Question of the Fleece [Judges 6:33-40]

June 14, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 06/14/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Judges

Key Text: Judges 6:33-40

Gideon -fleeceDescription:  Gideon doesn’t know if the Lord can be trusted so in an effort to test the Lord’s trustworthiness, Gideon tests the Lord twice by the use of a fleece that he lays out before the Lord.

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Hiding in the Wine Press [Judges 6:11-32]

June 7, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 06/07/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Judges

Key Text: Judges 6:11-32

Description:  God raises up a reluctant Judge named Gideon who is hiding in a wine press.  Gideon is not only fearful but His first task is to tear down the community alter to Baal that just happens to be in his own backyard.

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The Scarlet Ribbon [Joshua 2:1-24]

May 31, 2015

Keith Barker 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 05/31/2015

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Joshua 2

Description: There is a red road that connects the book of Genesis to the book of Revelation.   Anyone who reads the Bible and is unaware of this pathway cannot grasp the most basic and most important aspect of the Bible narrative.

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The God of Inappropriate Answers [Judges 6:1-10]

May 24, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 05/24/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Judges

Key Text: Judges 6:1-10

Description:  God prepares the hearts of His people for rescue by sending a prophet with a message of grace.

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At the Hand of a Woman [Judges 4-5]

May 17, 2015

Monty Simao 2014Sermon Notes

Date: 05/17/2015

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Judges

Key Text: Judges 4-5

Description:  The story of Deborah and Barak and God’s deliverance through the hand of the woman Jael may be one of the most disturbing accounts of treachery recorded in the Bible and yet God delivers His people through these shocking events. In this account God calls an unfaithful general, Sisera, through the prophetess, Deborah, who ruled the people.  Because of his unfaithfulness, God delivers their enemy to the hands of a foreign (and pagan) woman named Jael who brutally murders the enemy general by smashing a tent spike through his head with a hammer.  The Bible celebrates her deed.

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