Untouchable: Unraveling The Myth That You're Too Faithful To FallSample

Day 2 - The Untouchable Connection

What is this idea I call the untouchable myth, and why should you guard against it?

It’s a mentality, an idea, a façade. This myth is the belief that nothing can touch you. Or at least, that there are certain sins or acts that will never touch you. It’s a lie that pulls you in and locks you in an invisible bondage. It tells you not to worry about guarding yourself against certain sins because “of course” you would never do that thing or commit that sin. So because you buy into this lie you think you live in freedom. A freedom from what you’ve determined you’ll never do. A freedom to live out of your own strength. But it’s mirage in the desert of bondage.

The truth is, ignoring something doesn’t give you more freedom; it, in fact, keeps you in bondage. A bondage to false hope and self-reliance. A bondage that keeps you hidden in the shadows instead of free in the light. This isn’t the way you want to live, and in all honesty, you don’t have to.

No story highlights the danger of this myth better than Peter’s account of denying Jesus. After the Last Supper, just hours before His arrest, Jesus told the disciples that they would scatter in the face of opposition. Peter was the first to boldly proclaim he would not fall away; he wouldn’t scatter. Even when Jesus told Peter he would deny him three times before the rooster crows, Peter proclaimed, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.”

Denying Jesus was on Peter’s list of I-would-nevers. He was so sure he would never abandon Jesus that he didn’t even make room for the possibility that it could happen. Yet, the moment Jesus was arrested, Peter did run and in those final hours, kept his distance from his Savior.

Furthermore, Peter went on to deny Jesus three times. What’s interesting is that, even after hearing Jesus proclaim what would happen, Peter didn’t realize he was doing the very thing he said he would never do until after he had done it. It wasn’t until the other side of his epic fail that he realized he had denied Jesus, and it was too late.

Praise Jesus that He is gracious and God redeemed Peter! And He longs to redeem every single one of you.