Isaiah knew how to address sinners with the gospel, and God has left a record of him doing it. The prophet, therefore, is a very useful guide for us: we have much to learn from him in this important matter. Now was he a preparationist? That is the question I wish to answer in this article. This is not an academic matter. The Reformed tell us that we cannot preach the gospel to sinners until we have preached the law to them and so prepared them for Christ. In this they are following John Calvin. And they are mistaken. Grievously, this Reformed emphasis upon the necessity of preaching the law to sinners to prepare them for Christ – preparationism – is a severe hindrance to the free preaching of the gospel. So much so, I am convinced that it is only those who act in accordance with new- covenant principles who can reach full biblical freeness in their addresses to sinners.
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“ Salvation is sanctification ” Christ prepares His flock...He calls them out, by His Word, when they hear the Gospel, His sheep know His Voice and will follow Him, they should not look at any point to self or works, Only to Christ!! He has come for sinners not the self righteous...nor the pious religious workers of mosaic laws... Christ is All the Law!!!
“Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?”
Acts 15:10
