Atangobatizidwa, Yesu anayesedwa ndi cholengedwa chauzimu chosaoneka chotchedwa Satana Mdyerekezi. Posonyeza amodzi amayesowo, Baibulo limati: “Mdyerekezi anamuka [ndi Yesu] ku phiri lalitali, namuonetsa maiko onse a dziko lapansi, ndi ulemerero wawo.” (Mateyu 4:8) Ndiyeno Satana anauza Yesu: “Ndidzapatsa inu ulamuliro wonse umenewu ndi ulemerero wawo: chifukwa unaperekedwa kwa ine; ndipo ndiupatsa kwa iye amene ndifuna. Chifukwa chake ngati inu mudzagwadira pamaso panga, wonsewo udzakhala wanu.”​—Luka 4:6, 7.

Satana ananena kuti anali ndi ulamuliro pa maufumu onse, kapena maboma, a dzikoli. Kodi Yesu anatsutsa mawuwo? Ayi. Iye kwenikweni anawavomereza panthaŵi ina mwa kutchula Satana kukhala “mkulu wa dziko lapansi.”​—Yohane 14:30.

Malinga ndi kunena kwa Baibulo, Satana ndi mngelo woipa wokhala ndi mphamvu yaikulu. Mtumwi Wachikristu Paulo amagwirizanitsa Satana ndi “magulu oipa amizimu” ndipo amalankhula za iwo monga “olamulira dziko a mdima uno.” (Aefeso 6:11, 12, NW) Ndiponso, mtumwi Yohane anati “dziko lonse lapansi ligona mwa woipayo.” (1 Yohane 5:19) Buku la Baibulo la Chivumbulutso limati Satana ‘akunyenga dziko lonse.’ (Chivumbulutso 12:9) Mophiphiritsira, Chivumbulutso chimasonyezanso Satana kukhala chinjoka chimene chimapatsa magulu andale a dziko “mphamvu yake, ndi mpando wachifumu wake, ndi ulamuliro waukulu.”​—Chivumbulutso 13:2.

Zochitika za dzikonso zimasonyeza kuti pali mphamvu ina yoipa imene ikugwira ntchito, ikumachititsa anthu kudzivulaza. Kodi chifukwa china nchiti chimene chimachititsa maboma a anthu kulephera kuchirikiza mtendere? Kodi nchiyaninso chimene chingachititse anthu kudana ndi kuphana? Atanyansidwa ndi kuphana ndi imfa mu nkhondo yachiŵeniŵeni, mboni ina yoona ndi maso inati: “Sindikumvetsetsa chifukwa chake zimenezi zinachitika. Si udani chabe. Ndi mizimu yoipa imene ikugwiritsira ntchito anthu ameneŵa kuwonongana.”

Chifukwa Chake Satana Waloledwa Kulamulira

Kodi mukukumbukira zimene Satana anauza Yesu ponena za ulamuliro wa pa dziko lonse lapansi? “Ndidzapatsa inu ulamuliro wonse umenewu . . . chifukwa unaperekedwa kwa ine,” anatero Satana. (Luka 4:6) Mawu amenewo akusonyeza kuti Satana Mdyerekezi amalamulira kokha chifukwa cha kuloledwa ndi Mulungu. Koma kodi nchifukwa ninji Mulungu amalekerera Satana?