The closed Bible

Recently seen on the front of a Bible. And we thought it worth passing on ...

If you want to:

• Stop growing in your faith and resolutely duck spiritual maturity.
• Avoid being confronted by your sin and changing to be more like Jesus.
• Limit your understanding of God.
• Miss out on the Lord's words of compassion in tough times.
• Remain unequipped for service within the local church.
• Have little to say to your fellow Christians when they need wise counsel in the face of decisions.
• Keep your prayers self-centred rather than reflecting the priorities of your heavenly Father.
• Gradually drift from the one true faith and head towards error and spiritual dry-ness...

...Please keep me firmly and permanently closed.