| Stand alone — Part 1 |
| It is human to stand with the crowd; it is divine to stand alone. It is man-like to follow the people, to drift with the tide; it is God-like to follow a principle and to go against the tide. It is natural to compromise conscience and follow the social and religious fashion for the sake of gain or pleasure; it is divine to sacrifice both on the altar of truth and duty. |
| “No man stood with me, but all men forsook me” (2 Timothy 4:16), the battle-scarred Apostle Paul wrote long ago, in describing his first appearance before Nero to answer for his life, for believing and teaching contrary to the Roman world. |
| Truth has been out of fashion since the fall of Adam. |
| Noah built and voyaged alone. His neighbors laughed at his strangeness and died in style. |
| Abraham wandered and worshiped alone. Sodomites perhaps smiled at this simple shepherd, followed the fashion, and fed the flames. |
| Daniel dined and prayed alone. |
| Elijah sacrificed and witnessed alone. |
| Jeremiah prophesied and wept alone. |
| Jesus loved and died alone. |
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