Matthew 26:69-70 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you mean.”
Peter had vowed fidelity vehemently. Though he was as cowardly as the others, at least he tagged along to see what would happen. But he had hoped to blend in with the crowd. Then she saw him. This first incinuation that he was "one of them" is met with playing dumb, feigning ignorance, acting as if "I have no idea what you are talking about." It is the first step down - not actually "lying" or denying, just plain dumb. Like any of our failures, it sets us up for a series of successive sins. Let's avoid all these poor "first steps" today.
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