How would I know?
Actually, in my experience,
God increasingly pulls out the stops to impress on a soul that he is wandering further and further away from the core of The Gospel and a RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
Certainly those whom HE LOVES, HE DISCIPLINES.
Those who may have resolutely and stubbornly become satan worshippers for years may well not have Holy Spirit bothering with them any further.
But earnest, genuine believers seeking to any authentic degree to walk with God will have THE HOUND OF HEAVEN pursuing them with increasing ‘disciplines’ until they crack and return to sanity and wholesome spiritual relationship WITH GOD.
Now, certainly some folks just describe the disciplines as tests from satan or whatever . . . but most know in some authentic part of their hearts that God is at work trying to get their attention. The earnest folks set about then to find out precisely what it is that God seems to be getting at.
My dear friend Charlie used to say “Whom the Lord Loveth, He Buggeth.” Sounds about right.