Some thoughts on “Grace”

Many seem to believe that "grace" is a "get out of jail free" card, and feel that, since they “believe in Jesus,” they’re never guilty of sinning.

Well, having diligently and prayerfully studied Scripture for the last 30 years and learned who ADONAI is, and how Messiah Yeshua taught us to obey His Word, I have concluded that "grace" in modern English, has been severely misunderstood.
To me, "Grace" is only "undeserved favor". It's God’s blessing on the unworthy. I believe that when Yeshua said his words in Matthew 5:19 he was talking to the obedient, those who accept (or will accept) YHWH as their Master and Yeshua as His Divine Messiah; and live by His Torah.

Yeshua himself tells us He came NOT to abolish but to fulfill - which did NOT mean "put an end to":

Matthew 5: 17 Don't think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete. 18 Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud or a stroke will pass from the Torah - not until everything that must happen has happened.

19 So whoever disobeys the least of these mitzvot (words/commands) and teaches others to do so will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever obeys them and so teaches will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness is far greater than that of the Torah-teachers and P'rushim, you will certainly not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. (CJB)

Has everything happened that must happen? Have heaven and Earth passed away yet? Since when does the word "complete" (or "fulfill) mean "abolished"? Why would YHWH abolish His own original divine teachings which He said were to last forever? Did Jesus come to make a liar out of His Father?

Indeed, we can see the following powerful passage, along with much more explanation in the rest of chapter 5, 6 and 7:

Matthew 7:22. Many will say to me in that day, “My master, my master. By your name, have we not prophesied? And by you name have we cast out demons? And by your name have we done many miracles?” 23. And then I will profess to them that from everlasting, I have not known you. Depart from me, you workers of iniquity! [*] (AENT)

[*] Psalm 6:8, 9 ‑ “workers of iniquity” is a common phrase in the Tanakh. Iniquity is lawlessness (without Torah). “Horror has taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake Your Torah.” Psalm 119:53. Each and every teaching of Y’shua is based on Torah. To be anti-Torah is to be anti-Mashiyach; therefore every “authority” will be judged according to whether they uphold Torah or not. According to Y’shua, Torah is “the will of My Father.” Matthew 7:21;12:50. Torah means instruction in righteousness.

We are redeemed from our sins by the blood - the undeserved favor - of Messiah. But Scripture is clear that if we continue to live in intentional sin, we risk losing that redemption (Isaiah 5:16-18 for example.)

The bottom line is: Yeshua taught "walking in the light" and so did Paul:

"Let your light shine like this in front of the sons of man that they should see your works good and they glorify your father who is in heaven" (Matthew 5:16); "For we are His creation who are created in Y’shua the Mashiyach for good works which Elohim has before prepared for us to walk in" (Ephesians 2:10).

Those who believe in grace but reject Torah, in my opinion, serve only themselves.