Job
16 – Job’s Second Reply to Eliphaz
Job
tells Eliphaz that he hasn’t said anything new to him. He also tells him; he is
a miserable comforter and should be ashamed to speak as he has.
He
tells his friends that if their situations were reversed, he could have given a
little speech of condemnation against them.
“Brethren,
if a man be overtaken in a fault, you which are spiritual, restore such a one
in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest you also be tempted.” Gal.
6:1.
Don’t
go to preach, don’t go to debate. Our Lord illustrated meekness when he washed
the feet of those who were his own.
If
you are going to wash someone’s feet, you can’t put yourself above him, look
down upon him, point your finger, and begin to preach at him. You will need to kneel
and take the place of a servant to wash feet.
It’s
too bad Job’s friends didn’t approach Job in that way. They came preaching at
him. Realizing that, Job tells them that if he were in their position, he could
do the same. He said he would want to strengthen them and comfort them. Restore
fellowship to them.
He
further realizes that God has permitted this to happen to him but feels God has
made a doormat out of him.
Job
stood on the threshold of death during all this time and felt at any moment he
might die. His friends ministered to a spirit of self-vindication.
There
are many people who sit on judgment upon God. That is what Job is doing here.
He is justifying himself by saying, “not for any injustice in mine hands.” He
is saying God is wrong in letting this happen to him.
Today
we have and Intercessor. An Advocate. We have one who pleads for us before God.
“For there is One God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ
Jesus.” I Tim. 2:5
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Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.
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