But far more serious is the case of the one who falls into sin and has no Saviour on whom he can call for assistance. To be alone in facing the enemy of our souls who besets us with temptation, or to be alone in the last hour of life on the verge of meeting our Judge and certain to be condemned for all our guilt is to be truly alone. We may be surrounded in a hospital bed in the last moments of life by family and friends, but they cannot reach us, cannot help us, probably cannot even appreciate our danger and if they could they would shrink realising they are out of their depth. We sense we are separate from God, but O how stubborn we are. We stand on the brink of eternal ruin, and the horror of eternity forces itself into view, but if life is prolonged the sinner returns to his sin, with only a little more restraint than before. He tries every means to silence that warning. If only man would take seriously God’s warning, ‘Two are better than one, for if they fall, one will raise up his companion.’ There is one who when he is with us defends us from our enemies. He is ready to save and has power of ransom from death. All men fall and the whole human race is fallen, but how few turn from sin and seek the Lord, even though he receives all who come to him.