Those who hold this view believe that man’s spiritual condition is as one who has violated God’s moral law and that the meaning of Christ’s death was to be a substitute for the penalty of sin.
Wale wanaoshikilia mtazamo huu huamini kwamba hali ya kiroho ya mwanadamu ni kama ya mtu ambaye amevunja sheria ya Mungu ya maadili na kwamba maana ya kifo cha Kristo kilikuwa mbadala kwa ajili ya adhabu ya dhambi.