Death.

"For the wages of sin is death." Romans 6:23 (NRSV)

This passage in the letter of St. Paul to the Romans is the basis of black magic and Satanism.

Devil-worshippers in our popular culture tell us to sin in the hope that we will die to God and be damned to hell. 

This may not be in line with the reality but the damage done in the devil's name remains.

They tempt you and curse you.

And they tell you to do all the wrong things.

The result is untold suffering.

But God is merciful.

He is patient and forgiving.

Pray to him to deliver you from evil.

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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