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Because they didn't bring the man to Jesus to get him forgiven they brought him to Jesus to get healed and The question becomes as we dig deeper into that passage the question becomes what do you do when God bypasses what you want? To give you what you need The most obvious thing to do is to heal the man but sometimes before God can do the obvious and Change your situation He's got to do something inside of us so that we're ready for the moment when he changes our situation and I've debated all week long There's a big question mark right here in my notes whether I should or shouldn't say what I'm about to say Because I've decided we're gonna say it Shane's nervous because he didn't get off to go do something else I believe this can revolutionize a portion of our spiritual health I believe this might revolutionize some of the ways in which we view Resentments that haunt us and harbor us today Because outside of Jesus and the four friends the most other important people that exist in the passage are Those who doubted him and I want you to notice something When Jesus saw what the friends did for the man He forgave him But the man was still on the mat, right? when Jesus heard The thoughts of the critics who you and I call haters, right? What the haters thought? Got the man healed What his friends did Got him forgiven What his haters thought? got him healed and I'm just wondering if we might not want to take some time out in our life to give praise to God for the haters who have thought those things about us and Moved us closer to a miracle for which God has done something awesome Maybe we should give praise for the people who abandoned us and dropped us Maybe we should give praise for the people who walked away For the people who stopped supporting us for the people who left us dropped us when times got tough It's a messy message for messy people who not only want to praise God when things are good And everything is nice But we will praise God when everything is seemingly going wrong and we are surrounded by haters in our life Because they move us closer to the miracle