What is the law from God's point of view compared with what it is from man's side?
From God’s point of view, the law is spiritual, perfect, and holy. From man’s side, however, it is carnal, fleshly, and weak. Scripture calls it weak and beggarly elements that bring bondage, which is why believers are told to be separated from law and legalism entirely.
Les explains that the law has two sides. From God’s point of view it is spiritual, perfect, and holy, but from man’s side it is carnal, fleshly, and weak. In Galatians 4:9 Paul asks the Galatian believers why they would turn again to the weak and beggarly elements and desire bondage. Les connects this to the lesson of casting out Ishmael so there is no contact with Isaac: law and legalism in all their hideous forms must be totally separated from the believer. He also points to Romans 8:2-3 as saying practically the same thing.