The Right to Say No to God and Christianity: The Alternative

By Dr. William Derrick Moore

The Right to Say No to God and Christianity is abook that deals with the spiritual condition of many people today.There are a growing number of people who are exercising their God given right to say no tohim, hisholiness, love and truth. This group of people wants to experience the alternatives to God and righteousness. They have created a movement and lifestyle that exists without a holy God.

This movement promotesthe idea that "this life is as good as it gets" so enjoy what you want now because there is no life after death and certainly no consequences for your deeds while on earth other then from the civil authorities. This movement also exalts man as the only moral authority. The present condition of the world bears witness to what has happened to the world since man has taken on the roleas the truemoral authority.

A negativeconsequence of man being a moral authority is hissupport of the spiritual war thathas caused massive destruction to the moralstandards that God has ordained for us to live by. Many people are engaged in activities that can be characterized as open rebellion against God and his righteousness. God's morality is no longer a standard that must be maintained but a standard that can be altered to justify un-godly behavior. Sin feels good and many people want to feel good. They live their lives to please the desires of the flesh. They do thisregardless of the eternal consequences that we all must face for our actions. This book serves as a guide for Christians to follow during this time of open rebellion against God.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Dec 15, 2008
• ISBN: 9781467051224

Dr. William Derrick Moore

             Dr. William Derrick Moore is a soldier/servant in the Army of God. He is an advocate of three dimensional Christianity. According to Dr. Moore, “As true Christians, we must understand, practice and teach the full counsel of God. This involves the commitment/ allegiance, knowledge/experience and power dimensions of Christianity. The same spirit that raised Jesus Christ from the dead is the same spirit that lives in us. Therefore, we as Christians have access to the resources (power) of heaven. We are so engaged in worldly activities and distractions, we have lost the ability to stay focused on God and his will. Because of this our ability to access heavenly resources is made difficult if not impossible when we need them. This is one of the strategies that the enemy of our soul (Satan) uses in the spiritual war".             Dr. Moore goes on to say, “I find it interesting when Christians panic and cry out to God for help as though God does not know their situation. As soon as a little trouble or a difficult situation arises, Christians panic as much as Non-Christians. Christian leaders and teachers should always teach and reinforce the knowledge of the power dimension of Christianity. This is the task of reminding people that God has given us his spirit (The same spirit that raised Jesus Christ from the dead) to deal with any situation. We cry out to God to look or come down from heaven to deal with our troubles not realizing that he is right here with us.  Do we as Christians not take God at his word when he says “lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world"? (Matthew 28:20)                

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© 2008 Dr. William Derrick Moore. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

First published by AuthorHouse 12/11/2008

ISBN: 978-1-4389-3387-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4670-51224 (ebk)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2008911331

Printed in the United States of America

Bloomington, Indiana

Contents

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

IS THERE A GOD THAT WE CAN SAY NO TO?

GOD’S REALITY

THE ALTERNATIVE TO GOD: IS IT THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR YOU?

DON’T SHOOT THE MESSENGER

SPIRITUAL TRUTH

REJECTING THE TRUTH

THE RACE

REJECTING GOD’S

WRITTEN WORD

REJECTING GOD’S

LIVING WORD

OPEN REBELLION

SAYING NO TO THE SANCTIFICATION PROCESS

THE RIGHT TO SAY NO

TO HOLINESS

SALVATION: AN ENDANGERED REALITY

THE DESTRUCTION OF

GOD’S CREATION

THE CREATED ORDER

CONFUSION AND CONTRADICTION

LIVING IN A VACUUM

OR BUBBLE

THE RIGHT TO SAY

NO TO GOD

ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES

DEALING WITH THE HEART

DEALING WITH THE UNKNOWN

About the Author

PREFACE

The Right to Say No to God and Christianity is a very popular topic of discussion. There was a time that not believing in God and admitting it, carried severe consequences. Today with the many denominations within Christianity and the different forms of worship, many people have been turned off by the strife and confusion that exists within the Christian community. As science and the accumulation of knowledge advances, having faith and believing in God is becoming more and more difficult. The chaos that the world is presently experiencing has been foretold many centuries ago in the Bible. People would rather ignore biblical prophesies and spiritual truth and put their hopes and dreams on man’s ability to understand and control what happens in life and in death.

History has been a great teacher in that we have recorded the rise and fall of every civilization that has ever existed on earth. Without exception, every civilization that has ever existed will someday come to an end. Why? Because there is only one kingdom that will exist forever and it is not man-made. When you exercise the right to say no to God and Christianity, you also exercise the right to remain in a civilization that is doomed for destruction. Only the kingdom of God will last forever. Jesus Christ conquered sin, death and the forces that have caused every other civilization to fall. Saying no to God and Christianity can ensure an eternity of pain, suffering and a civilization doomed for failure. When you say no to him and his righteousness, you also say no to having and maintaining a clean temple in which he can dwell in. (1 Corinthians 3:16) The corruption that is a part of living in this world makes it difficult to keep your body the temple of the living God, clean.

There are those who will dispute some of the topics that will be presented in this book. It is sad and it is true that there are a growing number of people who deny the very existence of God. In this denial of God, they have declared open rebellion against him and his sovereignty. True believers of the power and glory of God know that God in his infinite wisdom, created humans beings in his image and empowered them with certain abilities. The most powerful ability that he has given to us is the right to exercise free will.

Exercising free will without the knowledge of God and his ways is very dangerous to our present and future reality. Using the gift of free will has the potential to manifest events, situations and in some instances, cause massive destruction. Not knowing God and his ways causes many of us to be at the mercy of our sinful nature. This greatly diminishes our ability to perceive reality from his standpoint of view. It then becomes natural for us to say no to his reality of love and truth. In fact, many people do just that. They go through their lives believing that they are living good decent lives denying their sinful nature. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Bible declares, But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. (Isaiah 64:6) In reality, our existence is very temporal, maybe eighty to ninety years if we are lucky and then eternity. Jesus upon his resurrection from the dead proved that he had power over death and life in eternity.

Since Jesus is the only person to come back to life after dying a physical death, what he revealed about life after death should be taken very seriously. There can be no doubt that Jesus could have possibly survived the physical torture and loss of blood that he did. No one could have survived such a brutal execution. After being dead for three days, he was resurrected by the same Holy Spirit that indwells all true Christians. During his time on earth, Jesus spoke of the Kingdom of God and the way to enter it. Jesus and his apostles taught that God has specific standards for those who will be with him in eternity.

Saying no to God, his reality of love and truth, carries eternal consequences. These consequences include eternal separation from God and his presence. Many people do not believe that the revelations of Christ are true concerning God’s reality. It is sad but the truth of the matter is that the majority of the people in the world will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. (Matthew 7:13-14) The Scripture in 2 Peter 3 verses 3-9 elaborates on the conditions that will confirm the truths contained in Matthew 7:13-14. It states, Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. How we use the free will that God has given to us is what will ultimately determine our place in eternity. God has given us the ability and right to say no to his reality of healing, forgiveness and love. Can saying no to God and Christianity be a good decision? Let us examine a few points before answering this question.

INTRODUCTION

The time has come and we can now see Biblical prophesy unfold before our eyes. (Matthew 24:4-24, Mark 13:4-10, Luke 21:8-11) Even though people can see it, many can not relate it to the revelations that Jesus Christ espoused. The spiritually blind or so-called enlightened people are in a state of denial. They want to see evidence before believing in something. Almost all of the signs that Jesus stated would occur before his second coming are present. What further proof does one need to understand that Jesus is God, omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient? Because he is omniscient, he lives in the past, present and future simultaneously. This is how he was able to foretell the future state of the world when he stated, For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (2 Timothy 4:3-4)

There is a group of people