Gospel Applications Bundle

Many cultural value systems perceive that weakness is their greatest problem, so they try to solve it by pursuing enough strength. But the problem is their weakness comes from their condemnation and corruption in Adam. Also, they can never be or do enough to earn strength that takes away weakness. But through faith alone, God exchanges our Adamic guilt and weakness for Christ's righteousness and strength. The powerful benefits secured by Christ's penal substitutionary atonement and imputed righteousness are the solution to their cultural value system's felt needs. Christ's atoning work and righteousness remedy their original problem in Adam and all its consequences of weakness.

Many cultural value systems perceive that bondage is their greatest problem, so they try to solve it by pursuing enough freedom. But the problem is their bondage comes from their condemnation and corruption in Adam. Also, they can never be or do enough to earn freedom that takes away bondage. But through faith alone, God exchanges our Adamic guilt and bondage for Christ's righteousness and freedom. The liberating benefits secured by Christ's penal substitutionary atonement and imputed righteousness are the solution to their cultural value system's felt needs. Christ's atoning work and righteousness remedy their original problem in Adam and all its consequences of bondage.

Many cultural value systems perceive that fear is their greatest problem, so they try to solve it by pursuing enough peace. But the problem is their fear comes from their condemnation and corruption in Adam. Also, they can never be or do enough to earn peace that takes away fear. But through faith alone, God exchanges our Adamic guilt and fear for Christ's righteousness and peace. The peaceful benefits secured by Christ's penal substitutionary atonement and imputed righteousness are the solution to their cultural value system's felt needs. Christ's atoning work and righteousness remedy their original problem in Adam and all its consequences of fear.

Many cultural value systems perceive that shame is their greatest problem, so they try to solve it by pursuing enough honor. But the problem is their shame comes from their condemnation and corruption in Adam. Also, they can never be or do enough to earn honor that takes away shame. But through faith alone, God exchanges our Adamic guilt and shame for Christ's righteousness and honor. The honorable benefits secured by Christ's penal substitutionary atonement and imputed righteousness are the solution to their cultural value system's felt needs. Christ's atoning work and righteousness remedy their original problem in Adam and all its consequences of shame.

At the center of the world's cultural value systems is the original sin problem of Adam's condemnation and corruption. In Adam, all people are guilty before God. But Christ's penal substitutionary atonement and imputation of righteousness, received through faith alone, are the solution to that Adamic problem. A guilt/righteousness (not guilt/innocence) paradigm is not a Western construct as missiologists allege; it is profoundly biblical, and the answer to the problems of shame, fear, bondage, and weakness in every cultural value system.