How often do we end up outraged at other people when we, ourselves, do the same or similar things? The sins of others are frequently on our lips while those that we ourselves commit are rarely admitted, let alone repented from.
David had taken Uriah’s wife, impregnanted her, and then subsequently sent Uriah to war so that he would be killed and his sin would be covered. Yet as Nathan came to David to confront him about what he had done, David becomes outraged at the rich man in Nathan’s fictional story who had taken the poor man’s lamb to feed a passing traveler.
David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this must die!
2 Samuel 12:5
David’s anger burned against this fictional rich man. He was outraged at the sin of another person, even while at the same time he had not only taken the “lamb” – the woman, Bathsheba – but also even the life of Uriah himself.
All of this to say that we must learn, first and foremost, to examine ourselves. Instead of looking to the other person as the one committing all of the sins and being the one to blame, let us begin ourselves in humility and repentance.