SERMON ILLUSTRATION (BY SPURGEON) The glories of Christ's incarnation.

Spurgeon was a master illustrator. You can use this illustration in your preaching to describe the glories of Christ's incarnation.

Alexander the Great was a great master of men, and one of the reasons why all his soldiers loved him so enthusiastically was that if they were on a long march, Alexander did not ride, but tramped along in the heat and dust with the common soldiery. And when the day was hot, and they brought his majesty water, he put it aside and said, “The sick soldiers want it more than I. I will not drink until every soldier has a drink.”

So is it with Christ? In all our afflictions he is afflicted, and he will not have joy until he gives joy to his people. Yes, he has done more than Alexander, for he emptied himself of all his glories, gave himself to die upon the cross, and consummated the redemption of his people by his agonies.