"No, thank you." My wife and I taught our girls to say those words whenever they don't want something. It is polite and reasonable to use such language when you are offered something that you have no desire for.
Our youngest is 2 years old (today! Happy birthday, sweetheart!), and she has learned her lesson in manners well: whenever it is time for her to go to bed and she isn't agreeing, or when it is time for her to be punished because she has disobeyed, she will immediately tear up and cry, "No, thank you!" All this in hope that we will accept her polite refusal and offer her some alternative to the proceedings.
The sinner is no different; he hears the Law, and he sees its eternal, holy and absolute rule over his life. He sees Christ, offered once for all; the sinless One for sinners slain. The sinner scoffs and says, "no, thank you", all the while hoping beyond hope that his choice is a valid one and that some other escape can be managed from out of God's sight. The depraved heart of man desperately wants to hear that his attempts to clear his own name are somehow reasonable. He wants so much to have the chance to define his own destiny in eternity, and he will scrabble for every bit of nice, flowery-sounding language he can find to dress up his pitiful cries.
"No," says the reprobate, "thank you, but no. I will not have God as Ruler of my life. I will instead be reasonable and accommodating, insofar as it serves my purposes. I will not be beholden to anyone over me, as that would require me to owe them something. No, thank you; please take away this Law that convicts and in its stead kindly provide pluralism and sincerity where Truth used to reign." Evolutionism, Universalism and Romanism all allow for the same thing: the opportunity to mold and shape one's life as one pleases while attending with totally false sincerity to a form of 'godliness' that is nothing more than window-dressing. After all, what is the value of 'godliness' if the 'god' you are trying to conform to is nothing more than an understanding and shape-shifting enabler who most certainly sees religion as each man's private business?
Never mind, then, this Sovereign God Who is above all things and has ordered all things according to His own will and counsel! Give us, the world cries, our own rule, and allow us to bend, break and even do away with standards of truth of any kind whenever they conflict with our pleasure in this world! Give us, beyond this life, a God and an eternity wherein are people and spiritual concepts that make the eyes misty and populate the sympathy-card racks at the stationery store! But a God Who has spoken, and it will come to pass? A Lord of Heaven and earth to Whom everyone shall bow? "No, thank you."
Eternal God, take our pride and all the shallow and hollow platitudes that we have been clinging to. Replace them, I pray, with the Light that illuminates first our great and utter sinfulness and then Christ as Redeemer in all His glory. Render silent all the voices within us that would encourage our rebellion, and in Thy great grace make known to us our bondage without You and liberty within You. All this through and because of Christ the Savior. Amen.