Satana amayang'anitsitsa anthu. Iye amadziwa zimene munthu aliyense amakonda ndipo ali ndi chofooka, ndipo amagwiritsa ntchito chidziwitso chimenechi kuwapusitsa. N'zosasangalatsa kwambiri kwa anthu a Mulungu ngati Satana akanabwera ngati mkango wobangula, koma akabwera ngati mngelo wa kuwala ndi mawu okoma, osyasyalika ndi kumwetulira pa nkhope yake, ndiye kuti n'zovuta kwambiri kuti okhulupirira asanyengedwe. Koma mtundu uliwonse umene Satana amabwera, amagwira ntchito kuti akwaniritse cholinga chake chokha - chomwe ndi kutsogolera anthu ku chiwonongeko.
Anthu amatumikira Satana pamene afunafuna phindu lawo ndi pamene atsutsana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu ndi chitsogozo cha Mzimu.
Mmene Satana amapusitsa anthu a Mulungu
Mulungu anapatsa Israyeli chilakiko m'masiku a Yoswa, koma pamene Akani anatenga zinthu zotembereredwa, Mulungu anakwiya ndipo amuna 3,000 a Israyeli anafunikira kuthaŵa pamaso pa amuna a Ai (Yoswa 7). Mulungu anamenya nkhondo kwa Israyeli malinga ngati iwo anali omvera kwa Iye, koma pamene anamvera Satana, iwo analephera nkhondoyo. Pankhaniyi, Satana anagwiritsira ntchito chenicheni chakuti ana a Israyeli anakhumba kukhala ndi zinthu zokongola.
Sauli atachimwa mwa kupulumutsa nkhosa ndi ng'ombe zabwino kwambiri, zimene Mulungu ananena kuti ziyenera kuwonongedwa kotheratu, anauza Samueli kuti: "Ndachimwa. Sindinamvere malamulo a Yehova ndi mawu anu. Ndinkaopa anthuwo, ndipo ndinachita zimene ankanena." 1 Samueli 15:24 [Chigogomezero chinawonjezera]. Tchimo lachiŵiri linatsatira mwamsanga pambuyo pake: Sauli anafuna kuti Samueli achite ngati kuti palibe chimene chinachitika ndi kumlemekeza pamaso pa akulu ndi anthu a Israyeli. Satana anagwiritsa ntchito zilakolako za anthu. Zilakolako zimenezo zinali zamphamvu kwambiri kwakuti ngakhale kuti Sauli anadziŵa chifuniro cha Mulungu, iye anamvera anthu chifukwa chakuti anali ndi mantha, iye anali wamantha pano.
Solomo anali atapatsidwa mtima wanzeru ndi womvetsetsa kotero panalibe aliyense wofanana naye, kaya pamaso kapena pambuyo pake. (1 Mafumu 3:12.) Koma Satana anam'pusitsa, chifukwa Solomo "anakonda akazi ambiri achilendo ... Izi zinachokera ku mitundu imene Yehova analamula Aisrayeli ponena za kuti: 'Musakwatiranidwe nawo. Iwo adzatembenuziradi mtima wanu kwa milungu yawo.' Solomo anamamatira akazi amenewa m'chikondi." 1 Mafumu 11:1-2. Panthaŵiyi Solomo anali atasamvera kale lamulo la Ambuye, ndipo zotulukapo zake zinadza motsimikizirika. Solomo atakalamba, "akazi ake anatembenuzira mtima wake pambuyo pa milungu ina. Iye sanali wodzipereka kwa Yehova Mulungu wake ndi mtima wake wonse ... Solomo anachita choipa pamaso pa Yehova ..." 1 Mafumu 11:4-6. Solomo anaswa malamulo a nzeru, ndipo nzeru zinamsiya. Iye amene achita choipa pamaso pa Ambuye salinso wanzeru. Solomo anamvera akazi ake kuposa Mulungu, ndipo kumeneko kunali kugwa kwake.
Yesu anauza ophunzira Ake kuti Iye anayenera kupita ku Yerusalemu ndi kuvutika ndi zinthu zambiri kuchokera kwa akulu, ansembe aakulu ndi alembi ndi kuti Iye adzaphedwa ndiyeno adzaukitsidwa pa tsiku lachitatu. "Petro anatenga Yesu pambali ndi kumuuza kuti asayankhule choncho. Iye anati: 'Mulungu akupulumutseni ku zinthu zimenezo, Ambuye! Zinthu zimenezo sizidzakuchitikirani konse!' Kenako Yesu anauza Petulo kuti, 'Chokani kwa ine, Satana! Simukundithandiza! Simusamala za zinthu za Mulungu, koma zinthu zimene anthu amaganiza kuti n'zofunika.'" —Mateyu 16:22-23. Satana anadziŵa bwino lomwe kuti ngati Yesu akanadzipulumutsa yekha ku mavuto ndi imfa zimenezi, Mulungu sakanakhoza kumukitsa kwa akufa. Ndipo ngati Yesu sanaukitsidwe, ndiye kuti chikhulupiriro chathu chikanakhala chopanda pake, ndipo tikadakhala omvetsa chisoni kwambiri mwa anthu onse. (1 Akorinto 15:19.) Satana angakhale wachimwemwe kwambiri ndi wokhutira ndi zimenezo.
Satana amayesanso kunyenga anthu a Mulungu lerolino
Satana akugwiranso ntchito lero – kuukira anthu kulikonse kumene ali ofooka. Iye amagwiritsira ntchito zikhumbo zimene zili m'chibadwa chathu chaumunthu chochimwa monga zida zake. Amawadziwa bwino kwambiri, ndipo amadziwa kuti anthu amakonda kutsatira zokhumba zawo.
Mulungu amafuna kulimbitsa chifuniro chathu, kuyeretsa maganizo athu ndi kutipangitsa kukhala ndi khalidwe lolimba, lolimba ndi lodzala ndi kulimba mtima m'njira iliyonse. Kodi munthu angapemphenso chiyani? Koma ngati tikhala opanda pake, tikufuna kukhala mafashoni, kufuna chitamando ndi kuzindikira, kufuna kukhala olemera, akupereka kuopa anthu, kukhala ofooka etc., ife "tatembenuka kutsatira Satana" (1 Timoteyo 5:15,). Pamenepo adzafooketsa khalidwe lathu kotero kuti tikhale ndi mantha, kunama, kukwaŵa, anthu oipa.
Tikudziwa kuti anthu ambiri a Mulungu pamlingo winawake ndi opanda pake, amatsatira mafashoni, amaopa anthu, amafuna chitamando ndi ulemu wa anthu, ndi ofooka etc, - zinthu zonsezi zimachotsa mtanda ndi mphamvu m'miyoyo yawo. Zimenezi zikutiuza kuti Satana ndi wokangalika kwambiri pakati pa anthu a Mulungu ndipo n'chifukwa chake n'kofunika kwambiri tsopano kuyamba nkhondo yolimbana ndi Satana kuti tipeze mphamvu, ndi kupambana machimo onsewa, ndi kukhalabe oimirira pambuyo poti tagonjetsa zonse. (Aefeso 6:13.)