How should we present the redemption story

In my Biblical Hermeneutics class at Southern Seminary we were presented with the following question:

"When is it most appropriate to present this one big story (The big picture of the Bible: Creation-Fall-Redemption-New Creation)? When it's directly referenced in the text (like 1 Peter) or should we attempt to connect as much Scripture to it as possible, even if it isn't always explicit? Maybe a better way to ask it would be, are there more and less appropriate times to make use of this "Big Picture" framework than others?"

My answer to this is below:

Difficult passages that talk of our salvation should always be read through the understanding of the full redemption story. Apart from this, we may make the mistake of thinking that all we need is to do good when we read certain passages like Romans 2:5-6

“But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. God ‘will repay each person according to what they have done.’”

Our reading of scripture should be influenced by the big picture of the Bible, but at the same time, we need to be willing to go deeper and understand that God has more for us to know than only the big picture of Creation-Fall-Redemption, and more details for us to know when it comes to spiritual life and Godliness. 

Now, when it comes to presenting this big story, our instructions to our church and fellow believers should always be rooted in what God has done for us in Christ. In fact in most of the New testament letters we see a greeting that reminds the churches of who they are in Christ- “Saints, brothers, holy ones, ect.”. And when preaching to a mixed group of people, the New Testament commandments should always be shared in a way that shows people their utter need and dependance upon the work of the new Adam, Jesus Christ.

Does that mean that every sermon or speech about the Bible will tell this full story? No. It merely means that our presentations should be rooted out of that big story. The text should be the basis of our claims, and we should be willing to talk and share about the intricacies we often find in Scripture.
Personally, I never fully understood my life in Christ until the big picture clicked in me, that in Adam, I am under a curse but in Christ I am made new. Nothing I could ever do could save me and Christ did what the law could not do for me. When I learned that the only one who could condemn me, mainly Jesus, was not condemning me but instead interceding for me at the right hand of the Father, my life has never been the same. Now, I look at every command through the lens of knowing I am loved and accepted in Christ. I have already been made righteous. This has had a profound impact on my spiritual life, and when I dwell in this reality I find more power over my flesh.