Job 13-15

It took me about 20 minutes to read this passage; mainly because I am really tired after a transatlantic flight. I noticed that in 15:7-8 Eliphaz asks some of the same questions of Job that God later asks Job. So why was Eliphaz rebuked by God? I think that maybe the reason was that Eliphaz's attitude was not one of love, but an unneccessary attack on Job and his character. It is good to speak God's word to someone who needs to hear it. But we need to speak his word in the same manner that God would speak; a manner of love and concern for the person first. We also need to make sure that we allow the Spirit room to work within the confines of the words we've spoken.
Stuart