Episode 23: Fighting Unbelief; hypocrisy of a quiet quitter

Welcome everyone to Episode 23 of The Higher Calling podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! During the last couple of episodes we talked about the great lengths that God can go to in helping us to see reality. We know that where there is no vision, the people perish, so we’re going to keep studying there. A theme that has been present through all of this is that there is an objective reality that we don’t always see due to illusions, or non-real things that we perceive, which can turn into delusions which are non-real things that we believe. While ignorance is bliss, and avoidance might be a useful coping mechanism, the bible teaches us that to combat unbelief we need to see truth. Why combat unbelief? Wouldn’t it be more pleasant to live in ignorance? Because without faith it’s impossible to please God and unbelief is the opposite of faith.

Someone doesn’t become a quiet quitter overnight. They grow cold just like every other backslider. But once sin, transgression and iniquity has happened, they keep their flag up. The zeal that was once shown will be suspiciously slow or delayed, but it will be there.  The adherence to standards of modesty will start to slip, and more frequently immodest clothes will be worn in public and show up in social media posts but they will be modest and demure around the other saints in the congregation. 

Something caused the confidence to be cast away. Some event triggered a false disillusionment. The quiet quitter is still trying to preserve much of their status in church while they are waiting for the move to the next best thing. Maybe they have a social status to preserve, like a parental figure that they have to preserve their reputation for. Maybe it’s a small community and small social group and they don’t want their sins to be made known.

We trust that you'll find the discussion both challenging and encouraging. As always, thank you for listening, and if you have any comments or would like to contact us for any other reason please visit www.avondalecog.org or email us at biblestudy@avondalecog.org. We love to hear from our audience, and would be happy to further any discussion, or pray for a need you may be experiencing. See you next time on the Higher Calling presented by the Avondale Church of God.