SPB Sermons || Redeemed for Such a Time as This || 1 Peter 1:17-21 || Rev Andrew

In this sermon from 1 Peter 1:17–21, Rev. Andrew reflects on what it means to live as God’s redeemed people in a pressured and uncertain world, reminding us that we have been rescued not by perishable things, but by the precious blood of Christ. Set in the context of a church living as strangers and exiles, the passage calls us to take the holiness of God seriously, not as fear-driven moralism, but as a life shaped by grace, dependence on the Spirit, and reverent trust in a holy and loving Father. As St Paul’s & St Barnabas begins its 175th year of worship and witness in Belfast, this message invites us to locate our faith and hope not in circumstances or success, but in the God who has acted decisively in Christ and is still at work among His people today.