How come when mortals want things, their only option is to make a deal with Hell and sell their soul? Why can’t they make deals with God in exchange for good behavior?" It was another of those rare moments when I’d surprised Carter. I waited for the glib answer I’d mentioned to Seth, something along the lines of goodness being its own reward. The angel considered for several seconds. "Humans make those deals all the time, " he said finally. "They just don’t make them with God.""Then who are they making them with?" I exclaimed." Themselves. Richelle Mead
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When mortals want things, their only option is to make a deal with Hell and sell their soul. Why can't they make deals with God in exchange for good behavior? In this case, you have a mortal giving up some of their soul for an earthly reward. In the Bible, humans have been cursed to eat from the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. In order to be saved from this curse, Christ had to sacrifice himself on the cross.

Therefore, you can see that the only way humans can be saved is through a sacrifice that God made on their behalf. The deals they make with themselves are deals that they make with Hell – deals that hinder them from being saved from their own sins.

Source: Succubus Heat

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