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| Sheila Walsh: Find Us Faithful | 5 Minutes With Jesus | May 19, 2026
- When paul wrote to the church in corinth,
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- He talked about the fact that we have jesus,
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- The holy spirit, this light shining in our hearts,
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- This treasure and fragile clay jars.
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- Well, corinth was a seaport, and often that's how goods
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- Were sent from one port to another in clay jars.
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- So basically
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- Paul is saying, listen, we're just the fedex boxes.
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- The treasure is what's inside, and god
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- Is the one who decides what to put in each jar.
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- The jar is never the point.
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- The treasurers.
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- I remember my dear friend ruth belle graham, wife of billy
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- Graham, encouraging me to read and study as much as i could.
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- She advised me not just to read what's current,
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- But to go as far back as i could,
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- Because those who have lived
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- And loved jesus before us have left their own roadmap.
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- I think that's why i love to study.
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- I will never come across as an expert, just so you know,
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- Just a seeker hungry to know god more.
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- And that's what i want for you as well.
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- We looked at the first part
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- Of the parable of the talents found in matthew 25.
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- So let's read on.
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- After a long time, the master returned from his trip
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- And called them
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- To give an account of how they had used his money.
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- The servant to whom he had entrusted the five bags
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- Of silver came forward with five more and said, master,
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- You give me five bags of silver to invest,
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- And i've earned five more.
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- The master was full of praise.
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- Well done, my good and faithful servant.
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- You've been faithful in handling this small amount.
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- So now i will give you many more responsibilities.
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- Let's celebrate together.
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- The servant who had received the two bags of silver
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- Came forward, said, master,
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- You gave
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- Me two bags of silver to invest and i've earned two more.
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- The master said, well done, my good and faithful servant.
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- You've been faithful in handling this small amount.
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- So now i will give you many more responsibilities.
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- Let's celebrate together.
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- Yesterday we noticed in matthew 13
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- That jesus told his closest friends, it has been given
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- To you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.
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- We'll look at that later.
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- But simply going on the most obvious read of this parable,
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- One thing stands out to me and it's such good news.
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- Let's said our talent, or silver that has been given to us,
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- Is simply
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- About the ability of the servant who made four bags out of two.
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- But he was told the exactly the same
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- As the one who'd made ten out of five.
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- Think about it.
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- The master didn't say to the one was for well, that's great.
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- Not as good as the one with ten, but a decent effort.
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- Now he says exactly the same thing.
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- Well done, my good and faithful servant.
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- What matters here is not how
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- Much someone was given, how they used it.
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- You know, we tend to look at people
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- We consider more gifted than us and compare ourselves to them.
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- That is missing the whole point of the kingdom of god.
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- When paul wrote to the church in corinth,
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- He talked about the fact that we have jesus,
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- The holy spirit, this light shining in our hearts,
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- This treasure and fragile clay jars.
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- Well, corinth was a seaport, and often that's how goods
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- Were sent from one port to another in clay jars.
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- So basically
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- Paul is saying, listen, we're just the fedex boxes.
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- The treasure is what's inside, and god
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- Is the one who decides what to put in each jar.
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- The jar is never the point.
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- The treasurer's master told both servants
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- That they had been given a small amount.
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- We'll never understand until we see him face to face.
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- How great and glorious our lord is.
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- But until we are home,
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- We take everything that he has deposited in us,
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- And we use it for his glory and the extension of his kingdom.
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- Let's pray
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- For thank you.
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- If you don't judge us the way
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- The world judges us, the world looks at us
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- And considers us either more gifted or less gifted.
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- They are the voters off the island or on the island.
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- But you don't do that, lord.
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- You look at our hearts and all you ask.
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- Every single one of us
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- Is, what would we do with what you've placed in us?
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- So today, lord, by your holy spirit,
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- Will you help us to recognize what you have given
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- And entrusted us, and to use it wisely?
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- For the king and his kingdom.
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- And we pray in jesus name. amen.
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