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This may be helpful. The text doesn't say they sinned. What it says is,
Job 1:5 For Job said, "It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually.
Job was worried about the possibility of his children sinning in "saying goodbye" to God in their hearts, this is why he insisted on the ritual purification following this order of feasts. The feasts themselves are never cast in a negative light. However, anytime one takes part in a time of feasting it is easy to focus on the desires of the flesh and to get caught up in oneself and forget about the Lord.
On another note there are a number of different interpretations of the feasts. I think "their day" refers to their birthday, but there are many other interpretations. However, the focus of this portion of the text is on Job's piety, his faithfulness to God in his service to his family. He was deeply concerned about the spiritual state of his children, and he loved them dearly. The Spirit is introducing us to Job. It is noteworthy that the one example we are given to show he is blameless and upright and a man who fears God and turns from evil, is his faithful performance of his duties as a father. That should give all of us who are fathers a cause to reflect on our own spiritual care for our children.
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