Satana si waumulungu
Baibulo limafotokoza momveka bwino kuti pali Mulungu m'modzi yekha (Malaki 2:10; Aefeso 4:6), ndipo Iye ndi Atate, Mwana, ndi Mzimu Woyera. Satana alibe makhalidwe apadera aumulungu. Iye si Mlengi, sali paliponse, sadziwa zonse, sali wodzaza ndi chisomo ndi choonadi, osati "Wolamulira yekha, Mfumu ya mafumu ndi Mbuye wa ambuye" (1 Timoteo 6:15). Malemba amasonyeza kuti Satana, mu mkhalidwe wake woyamba, anali pakati pa angelo olengedwa. Angelo analengedwa mizimu yotumikira (Nehemiya 9:6; Ahebri 1:13-14), opatsidwa ufulu wosankha.
Angelo amachita malamulo a Mulungu ndipo ndi amphamvu kuposa anthu (Sal 103:20; 2 Pet 2:11). Amanenedwanso kuti amateteza okhulupirira (Sal 91:11) ndi kutamanda Mulungu (Lk 2:13-14; Chiv 4, ndi zina zotero).
Satana, amene dzina lake limatanthauza “mdani” ndipo dzina lakenso ndi mdierekezi, mwina anatsogolera angelo ena atatu kupandukira Mulungu (Chivumbulutso 12:4). Ngakhale kuti panali mpatuko umenewu, Mulungu amasonkhanitsa “angelo zikwizikwi” momuzungulira (Aheberi 12:22).
Ziwanda ndi angelo omwe “sanasunge udindo wawo wakumwamba, koma anasiya malo awo okhala” (Yuda 6) ndipo anagwirizana ndi Satana. “Pakuti Mulungu sanalekerere ngakhale angelo omwe anachimwa, koma anawaponya ku gehena nawapereka ku maunyolo a mdima kuti asungidwe kuti aweruzidwe” (2 Petro 2:4). Ntchito ya ziwanda imachepetsedwa ndi maunyolo auzimu ndi ophiphiritsa awa.
Kuphatikiza kwa mavesi a Chipangano chonse monga Yesaya 14 ndi Ezekieli 28 akuwonetsa kuti Satana anali mngelo wapadera, ena amaganiza kuti anali mngelo wamkulu yemwe anali ndi mbiri yabwino pamaso pa Mulungu.
Satana anali “wopanda chilema” kuyambira tsiku limene analengedwa mpaka pamene kuipa kunapezeka mwa iye, ndipo “anali wodzala ndi nzeru ndi wokongola kwambiri” (Ezekieli 28:12-15).
Koma “anadzazidwa ndi zoipa,” mtima wake unadzikuza chifukwa cha kukongola kwake, ndipo nzeru zake zinaipitsidwa chifukwa cha ulemerero wake. Anasiya chiyero chake ndi luso lake lobisala chifundo ndipo anakhala “chowonetsera,” choyembekezeredwa kuwonongedwa (Ezekieli 28:16-19).
Satana anasintha kuchoka pa wobweretsa kuwala (dzina lakuti Lusifala mu Yesaya 14:12 limatanthauza “wobweretsa kuwala”) kukhala “mphamvu ya mdima” (Akolose 1:13; Aefeso 2:2) pamene anaganiza kuti udindo wake monga mngelo sunali wokwanira ndipo ankafuna kukhala waumulungu ngati “Wam’mwambamwamba” (Yes 14:13-14).
Yerekezerani izi ndi yankho la mngelo amene Yohane ankafuna kumulambira: “Usachite zimenezo!” (Chivumbulutso 19:10). Angelo sayenera kulambiridwa chifukwa iwo si Mulungu.
Popeza anthu apanga mafano kuchokera ku makhalidwe oipa omwe Satana ankathandizira, Malemba amamutcha “mulungu wa dziko lino lapansi” (2 Akorinto 4:4) ndi “wolamulira wamphamvu wa mlengalenga” (Aefeso 2:2), amene mzimu wake woipa uli paliponse (Aefeso 2:2). Koma Satana si waumulungu ndipo saima pamlingo wauzimu womwewo ndi Mulungu.
Zomwe satana akuchita
“Mdyerekezi wachimwa kuyambira pachiyambi” (1 Yohane 3:8). “Iye anali wakupha kuyambira pachiyambi, wosasunga choonadi, chifukwa mwa iye mulibe choonadi. Akanama, amalankhula chilankhulo chake, pakuti ndi wabodza ndi atate wa mabodza” (Yohane 8:44). Ndi mabodza ake, amaneneza okhulupirira “usana ndi usiku pamaso pa Mulungu wathu” (Aroma 12:10).
Iye ndi woipa, monga momwe anatsogolera anthu kuchita zoipa m'masiku a Nowa: Mitima yawo inali yoipa nthawi zonse (Genesis 1:6,5).
Cholinga chake ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake zoipa pa okhulupirira ndi okhulupirira omwe angakhalepo kuti awasokoneze ku “kuwala kowala kwa Uthenga Wabwino wa ulemerero wa Khristu” (2 Akorinto 4:4), kuti asalandire “gawo mu umulungu” (2 Petro 1:4).
Pachifukwa ichi, amayesa Akristu kuti achimwe, monga momwe adayesera Khristu (Mateyu 4:1-11), ndipo amagwiritsa ntchito chinyengo, monga momwe adachitira ndi Adamu ndi Hava, kuti awachotse “kudzichepetsa kupita kwa Khristu” (2 Akorinto 11:3). Kuti akwaniritse izi, nthawi zina amadzibisa ngati “mngelo wa kuunika” (2 Akorinto 11:14), akumadzionetsa ngati chinthu chomwe sali.
Kudzera m’mayesero ndi chisonkhezero cha anthu omwe ali pansi pa ulamuliro wake, Satana amayesa kupangitsa Akristu kudzipatula okha kwa Mulungu. Wokhulupirira amadzipatula yekha kwa Mulungu kudzera mu ufulu wawo wosankha kuchita tchimo, mwa kugonjera ku chibadwa cha uchimo cha anthu motero kutsatira njira zonyansa za Satana ndikuvomereza chisonkhezero chake chachikulu chachinyengo (Mt 4:1-10; 1 Yohane 2:16-17; 3:8; 5:19; Aefeso 2:2; Akolose 1:21; 1 Pet 5:8; Yak 3:15).
Komabe, ndikofunikira kukumbukira kuti Satana ndi ziwanda zake, kuphatikizapo mayesero onse a Satana, ali pansi pa ulamuliro wa Mulungu. Mulungu amalola zochita zotere chifukwa ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu kuti okhulupirira akhale ndi ufulu (ufulu wosankha) wosankha zauzimu (Yobu 16:6-12; Marko 1:27; Luka 4:41; Akolose 1:16-17; 1 Akorinto 10:13; Luka 22:42; 1 Akorinto 14:32).
Kodi wokhulupirirayo ayenera kuchita chiyani kwa Satana?
Yankho lofunika kwambiri lomwe Baibulo limapatsa wokhulupirira kwa Satana ndi kuyesa kwake kuti atiyese kuti tichimwe ndi “kukana mdierekezi, ndipo adzakuthawani” (Yak 4:7; Mt 4:1-10), motero “musamupatse malo” kapena mwayi (Aef 4:27).
Kutsutsa Satana kumaphatikizapo kupempherera chitetezo, kugonjera kwa Mulungu pomvera Khristu, kuzindikira momwe choipa chimatikokera, kukhala ndi makhalidwe auzimu (zomwe Paulo akunena kuti kuvala zida zonse za Mulungu), ndi kukhulupirira Khristu, amene amatiyang'anira kudzera mwa Mzimu Woyera (Mt 6:31; Yak 4:7; 2 Akor 2:11; 10:4-5; Aef 6:10-18; 2 Atesalonika 3:3).
Kukana kumaphatikizaponso kukhala maso mwauzimu, “chifukwa mdierekezi ayendayenda ngati mkango wobangula, kufunafuna wina woti amudye” (1 Petro 5:8-9).
Koposa zonse, timaika chikhulupiriro chathu mwa Khristu. Mu 2 Atesalonika 3:3 timawerenga kuti, “Ambuye ndi wokhulupirika, ndipo adzakulimbitsani ndi kukutetezani kwa woipayo.” Timadalira kukhulupirika kwa Khristu mwa “kuima molimba m’chikhulupiriro” ndi kudzipereka kwathunthu kwa iye m’pemphero, kuti atipulumutse ku choipa (Mateyu 6:13).
Akristu ayenera kukhala mwa Khristu (Yohane 15:4) ndi kupewa kuchita zinthu za Satana. Ayenera kusinkhasinkha pa zinthu zolemekezeka, zolungama, zoyera, zokongola, komanso zodziwika bwino (Afilipi 4:8), m'malo mofufuza “kuya kwa Satana” (Chivumbulutso 2:24).
Okhulupirira ayeneranso kuvomereza udindo woganizira machimo awoawo osati kuimba mlandu Satana. Satana angakhale woyambitsa choipa, koma iye ndi ziwanda zake si okhawo amene akuchilimbikitsa, chifukwa amuna ndi akazi mwaufulu wawo apanga choipa chawo ndipo amachipitiriza. Anthu, osati Satana ndi ziwanda zake, ndi omwe ali ndi udindo pa machimo awoawo (Ezekieli 18:20; Yakobo 1:14-15).
Yesu wapambana kale chigonjetso
Nthawi zina malingaliro amafotokozedwa kuti Mulungu ndiye Mulungu wamkulu ndipo Satana ndiye Mulungu wocheperako, ndikuti mwanjira ina amakodwa mkangano wamuyaya. Lingaliro limeneli limatchedwa kuphatikana.
Lingaliro lotere silikugwirizana ndi Baibulo. Palibe kulimbana kosalekeza kwa ulamuliro wa chilengedwe chonse pakati pa mphamvu za mdima, zotsogozedwa ndi Satana, ndi mphamvu za zabwino, zotsogozedwa ndi Mulungu. Satana ndi cholengedwa chabe, womvera Mulungu kwathunthu, ndipo Mulungu ali ndi ulamuliro wapamwamba m'zinthu zonse. Yesu wapambana zonse zomwe Satana amanena. Kudzera mu chikhulupiriro mwa Khristu, tili kale ndi chigonjetso, ndipo Mulungu ali ndi ulamuliro pa zinthu zonse (Akolose 1:13; 2:15; 1 Yohane 5:4; Salmo 93:1; 97:1; 1 Timoteo 6:15; Chivumbulutso 19:6).
Choncho, Akristu sayenera kuda nkhawa kwambiri ndi mphamvu ya ziwawa za Satana pa iwo. Angelo kapena ziwanda kapena mphamvu "sizingathe kutilekanitsa ndi chikondi cha Mulungu chomwe chili mwa Khristu Yesu" (Aroma 8:38-39).
Nthawi ndi nthawi, timawerenga m'Mauthenga Abwino ndi Machitidwe a Atumwi kuti Yesu ndi ophunzira ake adawapatsa mphamvu yotulutsa ziwanda mwa anthu omwe ankazunzidwa mwakuthupi ndi/kapena mwauzimu. Izi zikusonyeza kupambana kwa Khristu pa mphamvu za mdima. Cholinga chake chinali chifundo pa anthu ovutika komanso kutsimikizira ulamuliro wa Khristu, Mwana wa Mulungu. Kutulutsa ziwanda kunali kogwirizana ndi kuchepetsa mavuto auzimu ndi/kapena akuthupi, osati nkhani yauzimu yochotsa machimo a munthu ndi zotsatira zake (Mat 17:14-18; Mak 1:21-27; Mak 9:22; Lk 8:26-29; Lk 9:1; Machitidwe 16:1-18).
Satana sadzagwedezanso dziko lapansi, kugwedeza maufumu, kusandutsa dziko lapansi kukhala chipululu, kuwononga mizinda, ndi kusunga anthu m'ndende m'nyumba ya akapolo auzimu (Yesaya 14:16-17).
“Yense wochimwa ndi wa mdierekezi, pakuti mdierekezi wakhala akuchimwa kuyambira pachiyambi. Chifukwa chake Mwana wa Mulungu anaonekera kuti awononge ntchito za mdierekezi” (1 Yohane 3:8). Mwa kuyesa okhulupirira kuti achimwe, Satana anali ndi mphamvu yowatsogolera ku imfa yauzimu, kutanthauza, kulekanitsidwa ndi Mulungu. Koma Yesu anadzipereka yekha “kuti mwa imfa yake akawononge mphamvu ya iye amene ali ndi mphamvu ya imfa, mdierekezi” (Ahebri 2:14).
Pambuyo pa kubweranso kwa Khristu, adzachotsa mphamvu ya Satana ndi ziwanda zake, kuwonjezera pa iwo amene amamatira mphamvu ya Satana popanda kulapa, mwa kuwaponya kamodzi kokha m’nyanja yamoto ku Gehena (2 Atesalonika 2:8; Chivumbulutso 20).
Zokwanira
Satana ndi mngelo wogwa amene amafuna kuwononga chifuniro cha Mulungu ndikuletsa okhulupirira kuti asafikire mphamvu zawo zauzimu. Ndikofunikira kuti okhulupirira adziwe zida za Satana popanda kutanganidwa kwambiri ndi Satana kapena ziwanda, kuti Satana asatigwiritse ntchito mwadala (2 Akorinto 2:11).
ndi James Henderson
