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Faustian bargain is paying a finite amount of pleasure with an infinite amount of pain. Contrary to the Pascal bargain (wager) where he is purchasing the infinite amount of pleasure with a finite amount of pain.
In fact, Pascal tries to switch between the infinite amount of pain and the infinite amount of pleasure with some finite effort. What is the essence of the Christianity.
A Christian would reply that it's explained by God doing a token gesture of respect for Man's free will, carrying out almost all of the (unfathomable) work of absolving a soul's sins, but stopping His hand just in time to require the sinner to acknowledge their salvation.