He works especially well within the ranks of accredited religionists. Most Christians look for evidences of the adversary's activity among the ranks of the immoral, the profligate, the worldly. But that is a mistake. A spirit, without a physical body, is not tempted by the pleasures of the flesh. Indeed, he cannot even apprehend such matters, as he has no means of experiencing them.
Mankind is tempted from within to such sins and excesses.
But Satan is primarily concerned with spiritual affairs, particularly those which affect the purpose of God and His Christ. Hence he seeks to turn aside the saints from the role of suffering and humiliation which will prepare them to cope with him in heavenly realms, and bend their energies to world betterment before God's time, and by means similar to those to be employed by Christ, but apart from His personal presence. This can be camouflaged into a most meritorious and glorious crusade against the powers of evil, even if it is the reverse. Christendom will be convinced that their cause is just, that they are doing the will of God, when they attack and destroy the non- Christian religions and set up a messiah who will unite the world under their banner. The important point is to see that all will be so cleverly accomplished by the powers of darkness that nearly all will be convinced that they are on God's side and are working for the welfare of one world, while they are really carrying out the behests of the powers of darkness.