Good Friday: Death Is Not Dying | Chilliwack Campus | Good Friday

John 11:1-6 Good Friday is the most powerful reminder that suffering is not futile, even though we tend to think it is; and that it doesn’t get the final word, even though it can feel like it does. In the midst of suffering we rarely understand the why. But the story of Lazarus — and the cross most of all — gives us a window into a few of the reasons why.The story of Jesus raising Lazarus shows us that far from being futile, it is actually suffering that produces greater faith and reliance on Jesus more than anything else. Suffering and even death are not the last word. Jesus gets the last word. And while Good Friday is full of sorrow, heartbreak, and death, S.M. Lockridge was right when he famously bellowed, “It’s Friday, but Sunday’s coming.” Death is not dying. Resurrection gets the last word.