I Pledge Allegiance To The Lamb

Dad, has it always been this way?

Well, even from the beginning men hated

Jesus even though he did nothing but love

Them and teach them and heal them. They

Nailed him to a cross. They thought they

Had killed him, but they only set him free

To live in the hearts of people like you

And me who believe in him. Then came the

Apostles and most of them were killed for

Telling other people about Jesus

But in that time, was to lay a hundred people who believe in Jesus

So they

Tortured them and killed them and even

Left their bodies to rot as an example

To other people, but the church kept

Right on growing, watered by the blood

Of these precious saints

But dad, did they want to die?

No. They didn't want to die. I mean

Many of them had children just like you

They had to leave behind. But they were

Forced to make a choice. They could

Choose to live this one life here on

Earth and reject Jesus and be damned

Or they could choose to believe in

The words of Jesus and live forever

I think I understand

Here, maybe this will help you understand

I have heard how christians long ago

Were brought before a tyrant's throne

And they were told that he would spare their lives

If they would renounce the name of Christ

But one by one they chose to die

The son of God they would not deny

Like a great angelic choir sings

I can almost hear their voices ring

I pledge allegiance to the lamb

With all my strength

With all I am

I will seek to honor his commands

I pledge allegiance to the lamb

Now the years have come and the years have gone

But the cause of Jesus still goes on

And now our time has come to count the cost

To reject this world, to embrace the cross

And one by one let us live our lives

For the one who died to give us life

Till the trumpet sounds on the final day

Let us proudly stand and boldly say

I pledge allegiance to the lamb

With all my strength

With all I am

I will seek to honor his commands

I pledge allegiance to the lamb

To the lamb of God who bore my pain

Who took my place, who wore my shame

I will seek to honor his commands

I pledge allegiance to the lamb

You've got to remember that it wasn't

Always this way. I mean, my dad could

Even pray in school, of course, they

Took that away from him. Then it became

Incorrect for us to believe in the bible

And after that they just stripped our

Right to worship away from us and we

Quietly stood by. But son, I hope that

You're never put in the position that

You have to choose between your faith

And your life. But if you are - I know

Which choice you're going to make because

I know that Jesus lives inside of you

In the meantime, just pray like I taught

You how to and take care of your mom and

Remember that God is the father of the fatherless

I pledge allegiance to the lamb

With all my strength

With all I am

I will seek to honor his commands

I pledge allegiance to the lamb