Ray Boltz<\/p>\n
“Dad, has it always been this way?” “But Dad, did they want to die?” I have heard how Christians long ago I pledge allegiance to the Lamb Now the years have come and the years have gone I pledge allegiance to the Lamb To the Lamb of God who bore my pain “You’ve got to remember that it wasn’t I pledge allegiance to the Lamb Repeat 2x<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ray Boltz “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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lyrics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dramateam.org\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mainbanner2025.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramateam.org\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramateam.org\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramateam.org\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dramateam.org\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dramateam.org\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dramateam.org\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"https:\/\/dramateam.org\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dramateam.org\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramateam.org\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dramateam.org\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dramateam.org\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n” Well, even from the beginning men hated
\nJesus even though He did nothing but love
\nthem and teach them and heal them. They
\nnailed Him to a cross. They thought they
\nhad killed Him, but they only set Him free
\nto live in the hearts of people like you
\nand me who believe in Him. Then came the
\napostles and most of them were killed for
\ntelling other people about Jesus. So they
\ntortured them and killed them and even
\nleft their bodies to rot as an example
\nto other people, but the church kept
\nright on growing, watered by the blood
\nof these precious saints.”<\/span><\/p>\n
\n” No. They didn’t want to die. I mean,
\nmany of them had children just like you
\nthey had to leave behind. But they were
\nforced to make a choice. They could
\nchoose to live this one life here on
\nearth and reject Jesus and be damned
\nor they could choose to believe in
\nthe words of Jesus and live forever.”
\n” I think I understand.”
\n” Here, maybe this will help you understand.”<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWere brought before a tyrant’s throne
\nAnd they were told that he would spare their lives
\nIf they would renounce the name of Christ
\nBut one by one they chose to die
\nThe Son of God they would not deny
\nLike a great angelic choir sings
\nI can almost hear their voices ring<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWith all my strength
\nWith all I am
\nI will seek to honor His commands
\nI pledge allegiance to the Lamb<\/span><\/p>\n
\nBut the cause of Jesus still goes on
\nAnd now our time has come to count the cost
\nTo reject this world, to embrace the cross
\nAnd one by one let us live our lives
\nFor the One who died to give us life
\nTill the trumpet sounds on the final day
\nLet us proudly stand and boldly say<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWith all my strength
\nWith all I am
\nI will seek to honor His commands
\nI pledge allegiance to the Lamb<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWho took my place, who wore my shame
\nI will seek to honor His commands
\nI pledge allegiance to the Lamb<\/span><\/p>\n
\nalways this way. I mean, my dad could
\neven pray in school, of course, they
\ntook that away from him. Then it became
\nincorrect for us to believe in the bible
\nand after that they just stripped our
\nright to worship away from us and we
\nquietly stood by. But son, I hope that
\nyou’re never put in the position that
\nyou have to choose between your faith
\nand your life. But if you are – I know
\nwhich choice you’re going to make because
\nI know that Jesus lives inside of you.
\nIn the meantime, just pray like I taught
\nyou how to and take care of your mom and
\nremember that God is the Father of the fatherless.”<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWith all my strength
\nWith all I am
\nI will seek to honor His commands
\nI pledge allegiance to the Lamb<\/span><\/p>\n