Page 6 - Standing Alone

to more than preachers. It applies to each

and every one of us here today. And as we

consider the passage here, this is Paul's last

letter. He is facing death. We know that

because of verse 6, and he's facing death for

the cause of Christ. He's in prison; he's in

Rome; he's before Nero. This is probably his

first hearing. He's going to be sentenced,

and we know the story there. But notice

what he says in these few verses. He said in

verses 16 through 18:

“At my first answer no man stood with

me, but all men forsook me: I pray

God that it may not be laid to their

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charge. Notwithstanding the Lord

stood with me, and strengthened me;

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