Duane Sheriff Ministries - Messages
Sep 11, 2026 · 29 min · 16 segments
What if, instead of judging others for their failures, we used those moments to reflect on our own hearts? In Episode 15 of "The Chastening of the Lord," Duane Sheriff explores an often-overlooked…
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And then in this session, I want to talk about the mistakes of others, the failures of others.
What if us seeing the mistakes of others is to now pray for them, not criticize them, but ask God to help us not to follow the path they followed.
instead of just being critical of everybody else and acting like we're infallible and acting like we are without sin or without mistakes, I can't tell you how much the Lord has taught me from my own failures and the failures of others.
I didn't judge them with negative judgment, but learned from them, received from them, saw myself without grace, I would have done no better.
I would have fallen for sure without the grace of God and without the things God's taught me.
I mean, this guy, I mean, adultery, there was no sacrifice for adultery under the old covenant law.
God didn't write that down in an eternal book to condemn David forever, to shame him forever.
God restored David and David still wound up being one of the greatest and best kings Israel ever had.
We're to learn that covering our sin and plotting to harm somebody else, which is done every single day, with false witnessing, lying, covering our own shortcomings, inferiorities, and mistakes, exposing others, trying to make ourselves look good.
We learn from David's mistake that there is hope in God after the worst mistake of all.
And then in this session, I want to talk about the mistakes of others, the failures of others.
What if us seeing the mistakes of others is to now pray for them, not criticize them, but ask God to help us not to follow the path they followed.
instead of just being critical of everybody else and acting like we're infallible and acting like we are without sin or without mistakes, I can't tell you how much the Lord has taught me from my own failures and the failures of others.
I didn't judge them with negative judgment, but learned from them, received from them, saw myself without grace, I would have done no better.
I would have fallen for sure without the grace of God and without the things God's taught me.
I mean, this guy, I mean, adultery, there was no sacrifice for adultery under the old covenant law.
God didn't write that down in an eternal book to condemn David forever, to shame him forever.
God restored David and David still wound up being one of the greatest and best kings Israel ever had.
We're to learn that covering our sin and plotting to harm somebody else, which is done every single day, with false witnessing, lying, covering our own shortcomings, inferiorities, and mistakes, exposing others, trying to make ourselves look good.
We learn from David's mistake that there is hope in God after the worst mistake of all.
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