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| Sheila Walsh: What God Has Given You | 5 Minutes With Jesus | May 18, 2026
- What are the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven?
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- I think there's a lot to unpack there, but for today,
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- One thing is clear.
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- Human beings are not gifted in the same way.
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- Some have great ability.
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- Some have great faith.
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- An understanding.
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- But what matters is this.
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- What are you doing with what god by the holy spirit
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- Has placed in you?
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- Have you ever heard a pastor or teacher
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- Speak on a particular text and interpret it one way,
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- And then you hear someone else teach on the very same text
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- And interpret it completely differently?
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- I know i have, and that can be confusing
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- As different denominations
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- Or beliefs interpret some passages differently.
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- Now there are, however, a few non-negotiables
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- And a commitment to christ and his word.
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- Number one,
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- We believe that there's only one way to heaven,
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- And that is through jesus christ.
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- He said a john 14 verse six, jesus told him,
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- I am the way, the truth, and the life.
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- No one can come to the father except through me.
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- Number two, we believe
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- That the bible is the inspired word of god.
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- And paul's second letter to timothy.
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- He writes,
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- All scripture is inspired by god, and it's useful to teach us
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- What is true and to make us realize
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- What is wrong in our lives.
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- It corrects us when we are wrong
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- And teaches us to do what is right.
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- Number three, we believe in the holy trinity
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- Father, son, and holy spirit.
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- As christ commissioned his closest friends in matthew
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- 28 says this jesus came and told his disciples,
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- I've been given all authority in heaven and on earth.
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- Therefore go and make disciples of all the nations,
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- Baptizing them in the name of the father
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- And the son, and the holy spirit.
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- There are more, but you get my point.
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- But jesus taught in parables, as he often did, and depending
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- On which theological lens you're looking through,
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- You might take different points from it.
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- And i think that's true of one of the parables
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- That jesus taught as recorded for us in matthew chapter 25.
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- It's called the parable of the talents.
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- I've heard
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- It shared in different ways, and honestly,
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- I'm going to find them all helpful.
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- Here we go.
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- So again, the kingdom of heaven can be illustrated
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- By the story of a man going on a long trip.
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- He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them
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- While he was gone.
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- He gave five bags of silver to one, two bags of silver
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- To another, and one bag of silver to the last,
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- Dividing it in proportion to their abilities.
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- He then left on his trip
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- With a servant who received the five bags of silver, began
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- To invest the money, and earned five more.
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- The servant, with two bags of silver
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- Also went to work and earned two more.
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- But the servant who received the one bag of silver
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- Dug a hole in the ground and hid the master's money.
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- Well,
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- If you take
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- The traditional interpretation from most commentators,
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- The parable is all about how we use the gifts we've been given.
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- The one who uses them faithfully is given more
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- Than the one who does nothing with his is condemned.
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- In several translations, the word that i read as silver
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- Is interpreted as talent, and it's from the greek word
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- Talent ton.
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- Now, in our culture, talent means giftedness.
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- You know, you can be a talented basketball player or singer,
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- But talent in those times was a weight of measurement.
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- So it has to be more to see here than simply understanding that
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- If you could play the piano and keep practicing,
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- You'll get better and be rewarded.
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- And the context of this parable is important
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- Is part of what is referred to as the olivet discourse,
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- A teaching given by jesus to his closest friends
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- On the mount of olives.
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- It follows their questions
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- To why christ would speak in parables to the crowd,
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- But afterwards he would unpack and explain the parables
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- To his inner circle.
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- Earlier in matthew's gospel, chapter 13, we read.
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- And the disciples came and said to him,
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- Why do you speak to them in parables?
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- He answered and said to them, because it has been given
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- To you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,
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- But to them it has not been given.
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- For whoever has, to him more will be given,
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- And he will have abundance.
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- But whoever does not have even what he has will be
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- Taken away from him.
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- What does that mean?
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- What are the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven?
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- I think there's a lot to unpack there, but for today,
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- One thing is clear.
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- Human beings are not gifted in the same way.
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- Some have great ability.
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- Some have great faith and understanding.
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- But what matters is this.
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- What are you doing with what god by the holy
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- Spirit has placed in you?
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- I learned a long, long time of them.
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- That one person who says yes to jesus.
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- However gifted, are not gifted.
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- They feel one person can change the world
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- When they place their life in his hands.
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- Let's pray.
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- Lord, i want to thank you so much
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- That you've given each one of us a calling and a purpose.
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- If we look through the world's lens,
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- It seems like some people have been gifted more than others.
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- But i know that that's not what you care about.
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- I know that you look at our hearts
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- So, lord, if any of us today are feeling a little less than,
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- Will you help us understand that in you
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- We are more than conquerors.
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- In jesus name, amen.
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