Trinity Church of Portland Sermons

Trinity Church of Portland

Trinity Church Exists To Faithfully Exalt The Triune God, Transform All Of Life, And Reach Our City And World With The Goodness, Truth, And Beauty Of The Gospel. Join us for Christ-centered, gospel-saturated preaching every Sunday.

  1. FEB 15

    The Lamb, Betrayed and Unjustly Arrested

    In this sermon from John 18:1-12, Pastor Andrey Gorban brings us into the dark garden where heaven's plan collides with human treachery-the moment when the Lamb of God is betrayed and unjustly arrested. Opening with the sobering reality of wrongful imprisonment in America (3,645 exonerated between 1989-2024, averaging nine years each), Andrey confronts us with a haunting paradox: we viscerally hate injustice, yet the unjust arrest and execution of Jesus is the only way any of us are made right before God. How do we reckon with the fact that the wrong we despise is the cornerstone of our salvation? As the hymn declares, "In my place condemned, He stood." Drawing on the profound garden motif that bookends Scripture-from Eden's disobedience to Gethsemane's obedience-Andrey shows how Christ enters the place of humanity's fall to reverse its curse. Where the first Adam chose his own way and brought death, the second Adam surrenders to the Father's will and brings life. Through three movements, this message unveils the awful betrayal of a trusted friend, the quiet surrender of the great I AM who knew all that would befall Him, and ultimately the Lamb of God becoming man's substitute. Andrey reveals Jesus not as victim but as victor-knowing, willing, and advancing toward the cross that would accomplish our redemption. In a world that rightly recoils from injustice, this sermon reminds us that the greatest injustice in history secured the greatest mercy for sinners. Christ stood condemned so we could stand justified.

    44 min
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Trinity Church Exists To Faithfully Exalt The Triune God, Transform All Of Life, And Reach Our City And World With The Goodness, Truth, And Beauty Of The Gospel. Join us for Christ-centered, gospel-saturated preaching every Sunday.