Thank you Lord! God sees us all the same; all of us stand before God only by the merit of Jesus and his blood. When God created the world through his Word, he created for six days and on the seventh day he rested. The seventh day became a prophetic monument to speak of the glorious life that is available to us through the grace of God. There's nothing that we can boast about and nothing we can do to earn or deserve his grace, we need only to believe and rest in what he has already done!  

Romans 4:5-8  Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation. However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness. David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:  “Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”

King David, though his sin of murder and adultery was vile and most grievous, the grace of God still prevailed, and without works, he would later be called the father of Jesus Christ. (Mat 1:1, 9:27, 12:23, 15:22, 20:30, 21:5, 21:9) Also, the angel Gabriel met Mary and spoke these words to her, "You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. (Luke 1: 31-32) Even Jesus Christ said of himself that he was the one who holds the key of David. (Rev 3:7) 

 Why would the Righteous, Creator of all the universe affiliate himself with such a person? If David was such a horrible sinner, why is it that God is willing to identify himself with him? The whole thought is profound and truly astounding because the answer is simply Grace! Yes, King David did have a repentant, humble and trusting heart but he did not have works that could gain him right standing with God. King David wrote this, "If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you. (Ps 130:3-4) King David fully believed in the forgiving and loving heart of God and trusted in him alone! 

Are you trusting God alone? Have you come to the conclusion that you are also considered righteous, and all your sin is paid for? Do you know that you are also considered amongst those who are in the beloved and favored of God?  Yes, before God we are all equal! Not one of us deserves the goodness of God, yet we are made righteous by faith, and, mind you, faith alone! It is time to fully receive what God has granted; we too have been credited righteousness…

 APART FROM WORKS!