How is Pascal's own religious faith evident in the last passage of the Wager?

Blaise Pascal is the mind behind the Pensées. To better understand the Wager Argument, it is best to learn the life of its writer. Even at a young age, great intelligence and talent had been evident in Pascal. With further nurturing, his intelligence and talent were more developed. As he grew, he began his “mad love affair” with the world, living in worldly pleasures. He lived a life in the fast lane with a fast crowd of freethinkers. They enjoyed gambling, drinking, dueling, and womanizing. But, he suddenly had a change of life after a mystical religious experience. He devoted his life and energy to God. It was during these times that he wrote the Pensées. And, there was the turning point in Pascal's life.

Pascal's religious faith is evident in the last passage of the Wager. The purpose for which the Wager Argument was written is for religious conversion, very much like what Pascal experienced. He wants the Wager Argument to be the starting point of the skeptics and agnostics toward their path to religious conversion. Like what he experienced, he wishes people who thrive on worldly pleasures to have a change of heart and mind, and believe in God. He desires these people to see that believing in God is to their advantage and happiness. Like his religious faith, Pascal does not expect them to have faith in God in an instant. The mere act of will to believe in God is not equivalent with faith in God. Faith is a process. It is not something that happens in a snap. Yes, Pascal had a mystical religious experience that altered his direction in life. But, his faith in God did not happen in a one shot deal. He entered the Jansenist monastery, gave up his pleasure-loving ways, embraced the belief in God, and led a life in accordance with Him. As a man of the world who turned into a convinced Christian, he was aware of the necessity for certain moral dispositions before one can achieve conversion. And, he addressed the Wager Argument in that way.

The Wager Argument is very much different from the Cosmological Argument. In the Cosmological Argument, St. Thomas Aquinas tries to prove God's existence in five ways. In the Wager Argument, Blaise Pascal does not try to prove God's existence. Instead, he encourages people to believe and have faith in God. He hopes that after considering the Wager Argument, skeptics and agnostics will be motivated to be in a position where the dawning of faith can take place. And when that finally happens, the Wager can be put aside for it has served its purpose.