This sermon explores the seventh sign in John's Gospel - the raising of Lazarus - to address one of faith's most challenging questions: how can God be both all-loving and all-powerful in a world filled with suffering? Through the story of Lazarus, Mary, and Martha, we see that Jesus intentionally delayed his arrival, allowing Lazarus to die, not out of indifference but to reveal something profound about his nature. Jesus demonstrates that he is both deeply moved by our pain (weeping at Lazarus's tomb) and supremely powerful over death itself (raising Lazarus after four days). The sermon emphasizes that God's silence or delay is not absence, his tears are not weakness, and our stories are never finished. John recorded this miracle as a "sign" pointing beyond the immediate event to show us that Jesus is the resurrection and the life, and that by believing in him, we can have life in his name - not just survival, but fullness of life as it was meant to be lived.