Question

How the Gospel of the Kingdom Nurtures the Tsaddiqim

What type of gospel nurtures the Tsaddiqim and why is it effective?

Answer 1

Keller explained that the “righteous” (Hebrew tsaddiqim) are the just, the people who follow God’s heart and ways and who see everything they have as gifts from God to be stewarded for his purposes. Keller wrote, “The righteous in the book of Proverbs are by definition those who are willing to disadvantage themselves for the community while the wicked are those who put their own economic, social, and personal needs ahead of the needs of the community.”

By the intentional stewardship of their time, talent and treasure, the tsaddiqim bring nothing less than foretastes of the kingdom of God into reality.For missional congregations that desire to rejoice their cities, vocational stewardship is an essential strategy. To accomplish their big vision, they need to capitalize intentionally on the vocational power of their members. I decided to try to write a book to help missional leaders do just that.There are very few churches that have strong, intentional systems for deploying their people’s time and their talent.Congregants in our pews need to know that they should-and can-connect their workaday world and their faith.We must do a better job of inspiring our members about the role they can play in the mission of God and equipping them to live missionally through their vocation.