Selling your soul.

[orangebox21]

There's this idea about selling your soul that goes around. The devil tricks you into signing a contract because he wants your soul. The problem I see with this is that by default he already gets everyone's soul. You have to beg god not to send you to hell, during your lifetime, or you go to hell.

It's not like a contract keeps you from being saved, either. Supposedly Jesus can still save you, even after you make a contract in these stories, unless I'm wrong. So what's the point of these stories about contracts in exchange for something the devil already gets by default?

From a Biblical perspective your question has a false premise.  Satan doesn't "get" anyone's soul.  Hell is a place of punishment for both the unbeliever(Rev. 20:13-14) and for Satan (Rev. 20:10).  It's not a place where he is the king, it's a place for his eternal torment as well.

That being said.  The Bible says that the god of this world is Satan (2 Cor 4:4).  That is confirmed when Satan tempts Jesus.  He offers him all the kingdoms of the earth (Luke 4:6) [implying Satan has been given authority over them].  When people [namely in the entertainment industry] claim to have "sold their soul" to the devil it's more of a contract than a literal exchange [though I'd bet some people believe their soul is gone].  Two schools of thought here.  First is that it is a metaphor or sensationalism.  The person is simply stating that they are willing to abandon God, morality, personal will etc. for fame and fortune.  They're willing to do whatever it takes to make it to the top.  The second is more literal.  Some people claim to have made a blood oath to serve Satan [in some occult ritual] and in this way have received supernatural power [from Satan] in order to get fame and fortune.  Among these people would be those artists who claim to be possessed by spirits during their performances.

I do agree with your point that there is no sin, no sale of soul that the blood of Christ cannot forgive [with two exceptions Mark 3:29, Rev. 14:9-11].  To speculate further, I imagine there are two kinds of people who head down this road.  People who start down the road, regret it, but believe they are too far gone, and those people who start down the road, learn what it really means, and love it.  Both break my heart.