“Satan is very good at religions and he’s invented many.”
I think the realm of religion is his specialty. He has no need to concern himself with the drug dealers, the pornographers, the strip club owners. He’s got them in hand. Plus, no one is fooled by those folks. No one believes what they do is right.
It’s only in the realm of religion that he can con billions into believing soul-destroying lies. With his attractive lies he can distract a man for a lifetime, knowing his foot will slip in due time. One of the tricks that works in an affluent country like ours is twisting Scripture to guarantee health and wealth, your best life now, if only the mark, usually the less fortunate, has enough faith.
If the prosperity gospel is for real and these “ministers” are legitimate, why don’t they take it to the poor nations of Asia and Africa? Just think, if they could find enough people with sufficient faith to sow a $40/month seed, send in their “first fruits” offering, they could transform entire continents, all “for Jesus” of course.
I don't know -- quix, do you know?
If I am Satan, I would try to convince people they were Saved when they were not. If they think they are Saved, they will quit struggling so much.
Prosperity Gospel works good for that. Everything is measured by a worldly standard and Satan has considerable power in this world.
Donald Grey Barnhouse, late pastor of 10th Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, used to ask "what would a town look like if Satan ran it? The lawns would be perfectly manicured, there would be no gum on the sidewalk, children would say yes sir and no ma'am. The churches would be packed on Sunday morning with Bibles open, but Jesus would not be preached."