I think we should stop teaching our kids the ten commanments. I believe God has written His laws on our hearts and our minds so that we know how to please Him. Paul called the ten commandments the ministry of death and condemnation (2 Cor 3:6-10) the Law came that sin may abound, I think so many Christians are in bondage to sin still because so much of the church is still teaching the law. Sin has no power over us because we are not under the law. If sin still has power over us then we must still be (at least partially) under the law--because that's what they are hearing at church. It's the law that arrouses the passion for sin (Romans 7:5) and the strength of sin is the law (1 Cor 15:56).
I think we should stop teaching the law and start teaching grace. Start teaching that there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus, and that there righteousness for all who believe (Romans 10:4). It's grace that teaches us to say no to ungodlyness (Titus 2:11). Start teaching that all of our judgment and wrath was poured out on Jesus at the cross of Christ. Teach these things so we can start to understand this love that surpasses knowledge. we have to know first that He loves us so much, that will cause us to fall in love with Him and with everyone He loves we will love.
Teaching the law teaches people to watch themselves. Am i reading the Bible enough, am I praying enough? it teaches us to pay attention to everything we do or don't do. Teaching people grace, teaches them to watch Jesus, and pay attention to what He has done already.
When the law was given, 3000 people died. THis was the first account (that I've found) of someone dieing while the Jews were in the wilderness. In the book of Acts when the Holy Spirit was given, 3000 people were saved. The Spirit gives life, and the letter (the law) kills (2 Cor 3:6).
1 John 3:4 says that sin is the transgression of the law. We all know that Jesus fullfilled the law, and Romans 5:13 says that sin is not taken into account when there is no law. We are under grace and not under the law. So, how can we break a law that we don't have?
Reading Pauls writings, he rebuked the corinthians about their sins by saying don't you know who you are (children of the most High God), and he rebuked the Galatians who started intrducing the law back into their church by saying who has bewitched you.
We can't keep mixing the law with the gospel, they don't work together. It's like pouring new wine in old wineskins and it makes lukewarm Christians (cold = the law covanant, Hot = the better, grace covanant).
Think about it.