Christ Pleads for You

I have decided to take these two chapters together so that we might see what Eliphaz says to Job here, and then also see the beginning of Job's response to him which goes on to the end of chapter 17. I want to use the words of Job in chapter 16, verses 20 and 21 to open up the theme of this passage. The theme is that Job needed a friend during this most difficult trial. He needed a friend who could sympathize with him in his distress. He needed someone who would plead for him as a man pleads for his neighbor. He needed the Friend who sticks closer than a brother. He needed our Lord Jesus Christ.