anything that was ultimately going to ruin a person in his service to god. our lord’s answers were not based on some whim or impulsive thought, but on the knowledge of "what was in man." if the spirit of god brings to your mind a word of the lord that hurts you, you can be sure that there is something in you that he wants to hurt to the point of its death." i can definitely relate to this. god is like a surgeon who does what needs to be done in your life, no matter how much it hurts and even if there is no anesthesia available at the 