Why was the law weak and beggarly from man's point of view in Romans 8:3?
The law was weak and beggarly from man's point of view because it was weak through the flesh. The Mosaic system, called the law of sin and death, could not do what was needed. God therefore sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and condemned sin in the flesh.
Les explains that Romans 8:2-3 contrasts the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus with the law of sin and death, which was the Mosaic system. The law could not do what was needed because it was weak through the flesh. From man's point of view, the law was therefore weak and beggarly. God sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin condemned sin in the flesh. Les adds that this is not merely Paul's viewpoint; Peter in Acts 15 calls the law what it really was. The epistles of Paul are the bedrock of the Christian faith.
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
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Why was the Law unable to act in Romans 8:3?
In Romans 8:3, Paul says the Law’s weakness through the flesh is why it could not do what was needed.
Why could the law not save us in Romans 8:3?
The Law (the Ten Commandments, the Mosaic Law, the whole sphere of Judaism) could not do what was needed because it was weak through the flesh.