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Holy One or Hypocrite? [Matthew 6:1-6]

August 23, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 08/23/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 6:1-6

Description:

Who is your audience?

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

as Jesus turns His attention
to the hidden motives
behind religious devotion.

Because it is possible
to build a spiritual facade —

a life that looks impressive
from the outside,

while behind it
there is very little there.

Giving and prayer
become part of the scenery.

God becomes a prop.

And devotion becomes a performance
for the applause of men.

Jesus tears down the facade
and exposes the question beneath it:

Are you living before the crowd —

or before your Father
Who sees in secret?

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The Clash of Kingdoms: Loving Your Enemies [Matthew 5:43-48]

August 2, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 08/02/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:43-48

Description:

There may be no command of Christ
more challenging
and more unnatural
to the human heart than this:
“Love your enemies,
and pray for those who persecute you.”

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

as Jesus brings His exposition of the Law
to its staggering climax.

The world loves those
who love in return.

But kingdom citizens are called
to something wholly different:

to reflect their Father,
who sends sun and rain
upon the righteous
and the unrighteous alike.

And when Jesus commands,
“Be perfect,”

He strips away every claim
to self-righteousness
and drives us to the Savior —

who loved us
while we were His enemies,

and now, by His Spirit,
empowers us to love ours.

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The Clash of Kingdoms: Surrendering Our Rights [Matthew 5:38-42]

July 19, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 07/19/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:32-42

Description:

An eye for an eye,
and a tooth for a tooth.

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

as Jesus confronts
the desire for personal vengeance.

God gave this law
to restrain retaliation
and uphold justice.

But the scribes and Pharisees
turned it into permission
to get even.

Christ calls the citizens
of His kingdom
to another way:

turn the other cheek,
walk the second mile,
and willingly surrender
what you have every right to claim.

Not because justice
doesn’t matter,

but because vengeance
belongs to God.

And because the King Himself
surrendered His rights,
and bore the judgment we deserved…

and freed us
from the burden
of getting even.

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The Gravity of Our Words: The Law, the Lie, and the Lord of Truth [Matthew 5:33-37, 48]

July 12, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 07/12/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:33-37, 48

Description:

“Let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’;
anything beyond these is of evil.”

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

as Jesus confronts
the promises we make,
the words we manipulate,
and the loopholes we use
to excuse deception.

The Pharisees had built
a system of oaths
that sounded righteous

while leaving room
to lie.

And their loopholes expose
the same impulse in us —

to shape the truth
to serve ourselves.

But every word is spoken
before the sovereign God.

The Law leaves us
without excuse

and drives us
to the Lord of Truth —

the One whose perfect obedience
is counted as ours,

and whose every word
was true —

and remains
forever true.

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The Adulterous Heart and the Covenantal Home [Matthew 5:27-32]

July 5, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 07/05/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:27-32

Description:

The greatest threat
to your marriage
and your soul

is not the enemy
outside the door —

it’s the one inside.

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

as Jesus exposes where adultery truly begins:
not with the body, but in the heart.

The King presses the seventh commandment
beyond outward restraint
and into the hidden life
of desire —

confronting lust
as adultery of the heart
to be put to death,

and bringing the careless breaking
of the marriage covenant

under the holy authority
of the One who made it.

Because in Christ’s kingdom,
purity is not a mask we wear.

It is a grace we need —

given by the faithful Husband
who forgives,
cleanses,
and restores.

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The Law Intensified & The Kingdom Inaugurated [Matthew 5:21-26]

June 28, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 06/28/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:21-26

Description:

“You shall not murder.”

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

as Jesus takes up a commandment
everyone thought they understood —

murder.

But Jesus shows us that murder
is more than an outward act.

He reveals where it really lives —

in the heart,

where we find anger,
contempt,
and the careless words
we use to dismiss others.

And suddenly,
murder is not something
safely outside us.

Because apart from Christ,
it lives within us.

Our problem is deeper
than behavior to be managed.
It is a heart
that needs to be made clean.

And no amount of external righteousness
can do that.

Because before the King,
the Law exposes our need,
and drives us to Christ —

the One who yielded His rights,
stood in our place,
and paid our debt…
to the last penny.

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The King Who Fulfills the Law [Matthew 5:17-20]

June 21, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 06/21/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:17-20

Description:

Avg Guy: Okay… so the scribes and Pharisees were the experts in the Law and the Prophets.

SBC Host: That’s right.

Avg Guy: And Jesus says our righteousness has to exceed theirs to enter the kingdom.

SBC Host: Yes.

Avg Guy: So I just need to try harder than a Pharisee… and I’m in!

SBC Host: Not exactly.

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

as Jesus corrects
that misunderstanding.

For Jesus did not come
to abolish the Law or the Prophets.

He came to fulfill them.

The kingdom
does not make righteousness smaller.

It exposes lawlessness
treating God’s commands lightly,

and outward religion
that cannot make sinners clean.

The righteousness that enters the kingdom
is found first
in the King who fulfilled the Law —

and by grace,
bears fruit
in His people.

Avg Guy: Oh.

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Salt, Light, and the Glory of the Father [Matthew 5:13-16]

May 31, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 05/31/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Study: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:13-16

Description:

In a dark and corrupt world,

Christ does not make His people

hidden,
useless,
and unchanged —

but salt
and light.

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

as Jesus teaches His disciples
what the citizens of His kingdom
are in the world:

salt
of the earth,

and light
of the world.

Not because they are trying
to earn their place
before the King,

but because grace
has made them new.

And now their lives —
their witness,
their good works,
their open allegiance to Christ —

restrain corruption,
pierce the darkness,
and point beyond themselves.

Because the good works
of kingdom citizens

are not meant to draw attention
to them —

but to lead men

to glorify the Father
who is in heaven.

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

May 24, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 05/24/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Study: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 5:1-12

Description:

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.

This is kingdom character.

Grace-wrought.

Christ-shaped.

And blessed
by the King Himself.

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I Never Knew You [Matthew 7:21-29]

May 26, 2024

Sermon Notes

Date: 05/26/2024

Preacher: David Teves, deacon

Key Text: Matthew 7:21-29

Description:

Sand or Rock?

…two types of foundations on which to build your house.

BUT ONLY ONE CAN WITHSTAND THE STORM.

Which one will you choose??

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Deacon David Teves shares that there are only two types of people in this world: those who will enter the kingdom of God, and those who will not.

In the conclusion of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, Jesus warns against self-deception — for not everyone who outwardly professes Him as Lord, or who does mighty works in His name, will enter the kingdom of heaven.

You see it all depends on the FOUNDATION in which you build and live your life upon: the firm, stable, secure foundation of Christ… or the unsound, decrepit, parlous foundation of the world.

For truly only those who are grounded on the Rock — true disciples living a life of obedience to Him — will enter.

To the others, Christ will declare:

“I never knew you.”