Episode 003 - The Bible – The Beginning to the End - Why do we need the Old Testament?

Imagine skipping the first half of any good book and then try to
understand what the story is all about, in the same way, the New
Testament is only completely understood when we see the
foundation of all the events, and promises of the Old Testament.


If you buy a murder mystery novel, and you only read the last few
pages, so that you can discover who the murderer was, it will
make the whole experience pointless. You will not be able to
understand the characters, the plot, or the ending, and you will
not learn how the crime was solved.


So reading the New Testament only, where Jesus is revealed, and
not seeing God’s plan from the beginning, will only give you the
final answer and never give you the full picture.


This is why there are many people today, who only read the New
Testament, can only go so far in grasping the fullness that is in
Jesus Christ. It is because their hearts have not been adequately
prepared.


So this is why we need the ministry of the Old Testament.