"Crucified with Christ" "Lesson Four : Sons of God Through Faith" Under a Tutor As we consider the denominational world around us/ we very often are moved to shake our heads as we consider the vast gap between their practice and what the word requires. Why do the members of one denomination allow its leadership to supplant the inspired word with thousands of years of human tradition? Why does another denomination reject the idea that baptism saves/ even though it is stated in Scripture a dozen times? In many cases, the problem is simply failure to study the Bible. It is a lack of understanding of what the Scripture teaches, combined with inability or unwillingness to connect the meaning of several different Scriptures into a complete understanding of the ordinances of God. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the widespread failure to separate the two covenants. Most believers today venerate the Ten Commandments. They affirm that they are the bedrock not just of Judaism, but of Christianity. They fight legal battles to post them in courtrooms and classrooms. Men and women like this are quite often sincere/and they would be appalled to hear that the Ten Commandments, per se, are not a part of the Christian system at all. However, that is precisely what the Bible teaches. As Galatians 3 makes clear, the Law of Moses/ including the Ten Commandments/no longer binds us in any way. Certainly,nine of those commandments are incorporated in the teaching of Christ but the disciple treats them no differently than anything else Jesus has said. This startling truth about Scripture transforms the way we consider issues from instrumental music to homosexuality. However, it is a truth only accessible to those who study the word. Galatians