Faith vs. works is indeed a place where all good Christians probably agree in their deepest hearts about what *they* should do, but have difficulty explaining to other people. I serve Christ because I love Him and wish to please Him - thus my statement "I love you Lord" is expressed in my walk. Likewise, you'll find many a human saying, "I love you babe" and then walking off... people say what they don't mean all the time. Saying, "Yeah I'm a Christian" and placing no faith on Christ is hardly being a Christian. So... well enough, better minds than mine have tried to resolve this issue. :)
But what brought me to discuss it initially was not the urge to attack the impossible quandry, but what you had said (and mentioned again in your last post) about being condemned (damned?) for the sin of divorce. A divorce may (or may not) be a sin - but even when we slip into sin, I don't believe we slide away from grace. If I'm driving my car and get angry and blaspheme then run into a telephone pole and die, am I going to Hell? Um, don't think so. *All* my sins are forgiven. Past, present, and future. Do I then sin cheerfully? NO!!! Because it separates me from the presence of God and it grieves the Holy Spirit.
Our actions may be exactly the same... but what motivates me to avoid sin is that I don't like upsetting God, not a fear of damnation. I want to do His will, I want to be an ambassador for Him, I want to share His love. I can't do any of that with sin in my life. But I trip.
So with divorce - even if I left my husband for no good reason at all, I don't believe that would damn me. It would likely result in a rather unpleasant conversation with Jesus at some point... "I wanted you to do XYZ and you walked away from it to do your own thing" but damnation? No.
Did you truly mean to say that you felt that some sins after salvation could result in damnation?
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