Job 35:6-7

6 If thou sinnest [chata'], what doest [pa`al] thou against him? or if thy transgressions [pesha`] be multiplied [rabab], what doest [`asah] thou unto him?

7 If thou be righteous [tsadaq], what givest [nathan] thou him? or what receiveth [laqach] he of thine hand [yad]? KJV-Interlinear

6 'If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him? 7 'If you are righteous, what do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand? NASB

God created the universe perfect in every way. He created a home for us that was perfect in every way.

It was not He who caused things to deteriorate, but angels who became arrogant and man who followed after that same pattern of arrogance.

If there were someone who knew all of the answers to all of the questions? If there were someone who has existed throughout all of eternity past up to our present day? If there were someone who knew all of the details of all of the tomorrows forever into the future?

Then don't you suppose that folks would sit up and listen to His counsel?

But no. Folks ignore truth. They even lose track of what the word 'truth' means. It becomes lost and distorted, even ambiguous or relative in a world where opinions are more abundant than the people thinking them.

And so instead of pursuing truth from the source of truth, man rejects truth and pursues lies. Lies are the opposite of or any modification of truth. And it takes only a tiny bit of taint to destroy the whole thinking process of the individual.

So what do you accomplish when you sin?

God is perfect and has created a perfect future for us all. By rejecting that perfect future, you are reducing your opportunities. If God has created everything for us, then what can you do to get more?

Does it cause harm to God if we sin? Does it bring benefit to God if we are righteous in our own eyes?

God picked our parents. God picked the date in history in which we would be born. God created our genetics, our talent, our abilities, our circumstances. God did everything for us, and planned everything for us even before we came into existence. How can we add to that?

By pursuing a non-spiritual pattern of life, whether sin or self-righteousness, we diminish our current and eternal blessings.

Just as the clouds are simplistic yet beyond our ability to measure, just as the stars are complex and stretch into the infinite, so too is our blessing package which God has created for each one of us. To compromise our spiritual life in any way means phenomenal loss. Is that what you really want?

Now is the time to post a prayer.