How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

Remember that moment when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a humble little donkey?

What we now call Palm Sunday?

Well, the crowd went wild, waving palm branches and shouting, Hosanna.

What was all the excitement really about?

Well, in this study on Through the Bible, we're going to dig into the deeper meaning behind that celebration

by going back to the Old Testament

to the prophet Zachariah in chapter 9. But before we get to our study, here's a classic letter

Dr. McGee loved to share. Now I want to share with you today. Tell the truth a very remarkable letter

and it's a rather lengthy letter and I'm going to read most of it, because

this lets you know today what average America is all about, and the type of folk that they are

hearing the word of God and are being benefited by. This letter comes from Collinsville, Illinois. The listener says, I am a retired

truck driver. I ran out of St. Louis, Missouri, into New York City, Buffalo and Pittsburgh,

through most of World War II. And after the war, I started working with the tank truck business, mostly driving and

hauling, oil and asphalt in the summer and gasoline in the winter.

So you know, I have a pretty good outlook on human nature and the world in general.

Back in 1960, I was converted in a Christian friend's home

in a very wonderful way that has never left a doubt about Jesus and the Bible being just what

they claim to be, are his accepting me into his church. Oh, I have had my little backsliding experience, as I believe

most converts do, but I didn't enjoy the mud and vomit, nor did I ever doubt my conversion.

My problem began after about five years of personal Bible study while going to a small Baptist church in our

neighborhood that the wife and I were baptized in. Old self-righteous me began to realize the preacher,

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