Job 35:1 says, Elihu spake moreover, and said,  Elihu was not yet finished in his statements to Job.  He now was responding to some of the things that Job had claimed to be true.  If we are to evaluate the statements of other people, we need to be sure that we know what they really said.  Verse two asks, Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?  Elihu asked Job if he thought that it was right for Job to declare himself more righteous than God.  If we begin to claim that God is unfair in His treatment of us, this is really what we are claiming.  If God is unfair, then we by necessity must be more righteous than He is.  Elihu asked Job if he thought it was right for him to feel this way.  As followers of Christ, we will never be blameless if we claim that God is being unfair in His relationship to us, especially if that feeling is based on material things.  Verse three states, For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?  I believe that Elihu was saying that Job felt that there was no advantage to serving God if he was allowed to suffer so much.  If we are serving God only to receive material blessings, then we are ultimately going to face that question.  We must serve God because of Who He is, and not to gain material things from God.  In verse four Elihu said, I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.  Elihu said he would answer not only Job, but his friends as well.  Just as Job was wrong to question God, so were his friends were wrong to condemn Job as a hypocrite.  At times, both sides may be wrong in their assessment of each other.  His friends and Job both felt morally superior to the other.  Elihu was there to lead both sides to a better understanding of God.  We today should pray for God to send us a voice of reason if we are in dispute with fellow believers about the will and nature of God.  Verse five says, Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.  I believe that Elihu was saying that for Job's friends and Job to receive an answer they were going to have to look upward, or to God.  We are never going to find answers to spiritual questions in material things.  Only by looking to God will we find the truth.  Verse six asks, If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?  I believe Elihu was asking if Job, or anyone, were to commit the most horrible of sins and do so repeatedly how would that possibly make God any less than Who He is.  Our sins never decrease the majesty of God.  All sin can ever do is decrease the standing of the sinner before God.  I realize that sin may hurt those around us, but ultimately in a spiritual sense it is only between a person and God.  Verse seven asks, If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?  Elihu asked Job how instead of being the greatest sinner how being the most righteous person would affect God.  Our righteousness, no matter how great it may be, in no way makes God indebted to us.  We can never become righteous enough to stand before God without an Advocate.  In verse eight Elihu declares, Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.   I believe that Elihu was saying that even though our actions, whether wicked or righteous, might affect those around us, they in no way changed God.  If we are followers of Christ, the first thing we have to acknowledge is that we are sinners.  Then, the second is that we cannot redeem ourselves, but only through Christ can we be redeemed.  After that, we must live under the leadership of the Holy Spirit.  We cannot feel that God owes us anything.