FROM SERVANTHOOD TO SONSHIP (PART II)

            FROM SERVANTHOOD TO SONSHIP (PART II)

THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN AND ENJOY FULL SONSHIP RIGHTS

Text: Acts 1:8
8 But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth. (AMP)

Memory Verse: Romans 8:16
 The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.(AMP)

Beloved, once you accept Jesus into your life, you are divinely elevated from being a servant to sin to a joint-heir with Christ Jesus.
Now, even as a child of God, you need to perform certain responsibilities to be able maintain your sonship right and even become your father’s favorite.

One problem many people face is the inability to maintain their sonship less to talk of becoming their father’s favorite.
The devil is a tireless worker. Even when you are saved by God from his kingdom, he (devil) works tirelessly just to win you back to his kingdom.

Therefore we need to be conscious of the fact that being saved from the kingdom of darkness does not mean the devil will just sit down and fold his arms and watch you.

The Bible makes it clear in 1 Peter 5:8

 Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour.

Now the ability to maintain and enjoy your sonship comes from God through the indwelling of the HOLY SPIRIT.
A child of God without the indwelling of the holy spirit is as powerless as a toothless dog. That's why Jesus told his disciples  they will receive power when the holy ghost is come upon them.

Acts 1:8a “But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you”

I believe in prayer but without the indwelling of the holy spirit, you will get fed up whilst praying.
When the holy spirit comes, living the Christian life becomes easy because he (holy spirit) empowers, teaches and directs you in your walk with God.

Beloved the holy spirit is a MUST HAVE for everybody who wants to remain a child of God.

PRAYER
Dear Lord, I realize the need for the indwelling of the holy spirit in my life. Spirit divine I thirst and long for you today. Come dwell in me, satisfy my hunger and quench my thirst so that I might live for you and enjoy all the benefits that comes with serving you. Thank you Lord for answered prayer in Jesus Name.
Amen.

QUOTE OF THE DAY.
The Holy Spirit is the grease to the Christian life. He makes,life run smoothly without stress.#g.impact quotes.

SHALOM!!!

Source: G.impact devotional
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FROM SERVANTHOOD TO SONSHIP

FROM SERVANTHOOOD TO SONSHIP (PART I)
Text:  Romans 8: 14-17
“For as many as are led by the spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage to fear, but ye have received the spirit of adoption whereby we, ‘Abba, Father’. 16 the spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. 17 and if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together”

Everybody who accepts Christ as his lord and personal savior is called, cleansed and elevated by God from servanthood to sonship.
As Christians, we have been called by God to be joint-heirs with Christ Jesus to enjoy full sonship rights.
 Most Christians today remain in the servanthood stage till they die. They do not really enjoy the full benefits of being sons or joint-heirs in the kingdom of God.
Once you confess and accept Christ, your level is changed, you no longer exist in the kingdom of darkness but rather the kingdom of God (righteousness). Your godly nature is restored once you accept Christ to be the Lord of your life. Your right to have dominion is restore back to you. Though you still exist in the flesh, you become a new creature.
Every Christian is supposed to have dominion over everything as heirs in the kingdom of God. Christians are supposed to live a life of authority over darkness to draw men to Christ.
Christianity, we should know is not a religion of modest living, but a way of life. Christians are supposed to have full access to all the benefits of a heir in the kingdom of God – thus they are supposed to enjoy the full riches in Christ Jesus. They are not supposed to live a beggarly life but rather a life worth envying by the unbelievers.
The child of God is to be the head everywhere he finds himself, live in good health, a lender and above all exercise full authority over all forces of darkness.
The essence of accepting Christ Jesus is not just living a lowly life and expecting to be in heaven one day. I strongly believe that if going to heaven alone is the reason of salvation, then God would have been killing us just minutes after salvation.
You are a son, a prince and a joint-heir in the kingdom of God so stop living like a servant. Exercise your God-given authority today and see the hand of God at work in your life.
SHALOM!!!

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
The price paid on the cross by Christ for you is too expensive to live a cheap beggarly life.

Source: G. impact devotional
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AFRAID OF MYSELF?

AFRAID OF MYSELF?

Yes, you are afraid of yourself.
The real self is the person within not the person without. The real self is who you were created to be. The real self is the dream and vision that you keep having always even though you try to avoid them.
 Most of us are fail to become who we were created by God to be because of:
  Unbelief
Many of us don’t believe we are qualified to do what we were created for. We look at our body sizes, shape, height and condemn ourselves.
We don’t believe God can help us to accomplish what he has created us for. We rather believe people’s comments about us. We believe people when they say “that dream is too big for a boy or girl like you to achieve, your parents are too poor to help you achieve your dreams or you are useless”.
We look at our present conditions to determine our future.
Whenever you chose to believe people’s comments rather than God, you prevent him from working in your life.
It takes faith to keep God active in your life for the accomplishment of purpose.
It took faith in God on the part of Abraham to become the father of nations.
It took faith in God for Moses to be able to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
Whatever you are created for needs God to come to come to accomplishment. Take a break from believing people’s comments about you and start believing God.
You are too great to fail.

  Fear
Fear of failure is another great factor that prevents us from becoming who were created to become.
Because people who missed purpose, because people who left God out of their lives failed, we also fear we will fail in our mission.
We fear people might kill us if we try to rise higher above them.
Fear is the path to death and fear of failure is the beginning of rottenness.
Fear prevents you from reaching your God destined height in life.
Fear of failure lets you become stagnant even though you were not created to be stagnant.
Due to fear, you refused to be interviewed for the position of the Managing Director of your company, you refused to travel overseas, you refuse to pursue higher education, you refuse to bring out the invention inside you.

The Bible makes it clear in Romans 8:37 “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us”.
You are more than a conqueror once you have Christ in your life, so no need to fear man or failure.
Challenges will come but just like the eagle, you will use them to soar effortlessly even higher.
Kick fear out of your life today!!!

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous. Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people the permission to do same”.

#G. Impact devotional
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AFRAID OF MYSELF

AFRAID OF MYSELF
Text: Genesis 1: 26-27
And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them. (KJV)
It is so sad that many of us today especially in the church are doing nothing or very little of what we have been created by God to do. Most of us fail to do what we’ve been created by God to do because we feel inadequate.
Let’s take a closer look at the meaning of some key words.
  Man (‘âdâm’) – human being.
  Image (tselem) – resemblance
  Likeness (demûth) -  resemblance
  Dominion (râdâh) – to prevail against, to reign, to rule
  Created (bârâ’) – to make

Man is an intricate product of God’s creation. God in his wisdom has deposited so much into man. After creating man, God breathed his own breath into him (thus his life) and gave him the authority to be the head of all of God’s creation.
God also deposited into man, the creative ability – the ability to create the rest of the things that can make life comfortable to him or her.

“And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness”. This statement changed my way of thinking. The Bible didn’t categorically state the skin colour of God but what it made clear was that man was created in the image of God. This means the both the black and the white man are all carrying the image of God.
There is a saying “ as a man thinketh so is he”. This statement is very true.
I discovered that our physical appearance is not really the image of God. God is the creator of everything, so if we are created in the image of God, then it means God has deposited into the creative ability to make life comfortable for us.
None of us existing on planet earth is empty or useless. Even the uneducated person has something to offer to the world.
Basically, we are created to give life to the planet earth. This means we all have something deposited within us that is very important to make life comfortable to the inhabitants of the earth. You were born to make an impact on the generations to come – thus to leave an indelible footprint on the shores of the earth for which generations will look at and thank God that you once existed.
Today, we are all grateful to God that a man such as Thomas Edison once existed. Thomas Edisson the inventor light bulb will never be forgotten because he despised all odds and made a positive impact on all generations.
Beloved, you are not an empty tin or vessel on earth. God never made any useless thing. Everything God created has something great to offer, even the weeds and flowers.
Many of us don’t do what we are created to do because we feel we are not qualified. The good news about God is that he doesn’t take into consideration the circumstances surrounding your birth. Whether you were born outside wedlock, beside wedlock, in wedlock or even behind wedlock. You still have something to offer the world.
Nobody on planet Earth has the same thing you have to offer the world. It might look the same but it is different. The sun and the moon were created to give lights but at different points in time.
Your parents don’t determine what you were created to be. The bible says in Jeremiah 1:5 “ before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee and before thou camest out of the womb, I sanctified thee, I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations”.
God knew what we should become before we were conceived by our parents. He already finished us before our parents even met. God never starts anything before he finishes it.

I used “ should become” because only very few us would actually become what we were designed for.

SHALOM
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RENEWAL FOR REVIVAL

RENEWAL FOR REVIVAL ( PART I)

Amplified Bible Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].


Greetings from our Lord, Saviour and Master who lives and reigns forever a and ever unto you.
       Beloved, if there are any subjects that needed to be given much attention today in the church, then " RENEWAL OF THE MINDSET" should not be left out.

The word renewal (re+new) means to make new again. In theology it means to make new again spiritually – thus to regenerate.
In Romans 2:12, Apostle Paul makes a very strong statement “ But be transformed by the renewal of your mind”.
NOTE: In this scripture, he didn’t say “ be transformed by the renewal of your spirit”.
The mind, beloved, is the powerhouse of man. It is the source of everything ( good and bad ) that happens to man. It controls and commands the entire physical system of man.
Man after salvation remains the same person he was physically. His physical features ( height, weight, colour, etc.) remains the same.
The change that happens at salvation is spiritual regeneration.
To make salvation whole and profitable to man, there need to be a renewal of the mindset. Our mindset or thought is very powerful that we actually become what we spend most of our time thinking.
Most things that happen in our life, were all once thoughts in our brain.
Most people fail, get sick, become frustrated, unemployed and even die not because they have been cursed or bewitched by anybody but themselves. They spend the greater part of their time thinking on all these negative thoughts. Their mindsets is still filled with the idea that they will never succeed that they eventually end up failures.
Beloved, God has not created any useless thing. Everything God created is useful to man but the result is from how we use it.
Everyone on earth is a replica of God, no matter the color, height, looks or conditions in which he was born.
The Christian after salvation, needs to know, and believe that  his DNA has been altered to its original state.

















             RENEWAL FOR REVIVAL ( PART II)

Amplified Bible Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].

Renewal is as important as salvation to every Christian. Many people in the church become fed up with church because their expectations from God are not met, they become so helpless and hence envy those who have renewed their minds and are flourishing in the church.
They become so frustrated that they think God does not love them.
During my early days as a Christian, I always feel bad whenever I see Christians living in poverty or living beggarly life. I always wonder why God is so cruel to them even though I have been taught that God loves us so much.
I have been pondering over whether God is a bias God. I ask myself if God has some favourites that he attends to or whose prayers he listens to.
Then one day, God gave me the revelation that changed my view and perceptions about God.
God made me understand that ‘becoming a Christian is not the same as being a Christian'. God made me understand that he indeed has favourites whom he cherishes and attends to.
He took me to Matthew 11:22 ( AMP)
  And from the days of John the Baptist until the present time, the kingdom of heaven has endured violent assault, and violent men seize it by force [as a precious prize—a share in the heavenly kingdom is sought with most ardent zeal and intense exertion].
I have always thought that this verse of scripture is only talking about unbelievers and the kingdom of God but I realized that even in the kingdom of God it is only the “violent” that really live the life that God has destined for his children. Those “violent” people are those who have made the choice to obey every single word of God even if it appears to be abnormal to the world.
The true Christian life I have is an “ab-normal” life. The true Christian thinks like God whose thoughts are above the so-called “normal” of the world.
It takes only those with a renewed mind to fully obey God.
You need to understand, though, that renewing your mind is not something you can do overnight. It's something that must be done day after day and moment by moment. If you're really going to bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of the word, you must start your day with the Word of God—and you're going to have to keep that Word flowing in at every opportunity.
The Christian is not supposed to live by the philosophies of this world but by the philosophy of God birthed through his word by the aid of the holy spirit.
Beloved, you are qualified to become what God has destined you to become once you’ve renewed your mind.
Success in life is not measured by the number of certificates you have in life neither the amount of money in the your bank account. It is rather measured by your level of accomplishment in your God given mission/purpose on earth.
                  To be continued …
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Without renewal of the mind, you will be a passive church person marking time all your life.#g.impact quotes
Source: G.impact devotional
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GENERATIONAL IMPACT CHRISTIAN YOUTHS NETWORK: THE GOD OF ALL POSSIBILITIES

GENERATIONAL IMPACT CHRISTIAN YOUTHS NETWORK: THE GOD OF ALL POSSIBILITIES:             WHAT HE/SHE DOES Welcome beloved in the Lord. This post is a continuation of the previous ones. I pray God reveals himself to ...

THE GOD OF ALL POSSIBILITIES

            WHAT HE/SHE DOES
Welcome beloved in the Lord. This post is a continuation of the previous ones. I pray God reveals himself to you as you read.

Now let’s take a look at the works of God.
In the first place, He(GOD) is the creator of heaven and earth and everything that exists in our world and space.
Let’s critically study these scriptures.
• Genesis 1:1 “ in the beginning, God created the heaven and earth” KJV.
• “ and God said “ let us make man in our image after our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over everything that creepeth upon the earth”.
Genesis 1: 26
• So God created man in His own image, in the image of god created he him, male and female created he them”. Genesis 1:27
• And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good”. Genesis 1:31a
From the above scriptures, it is clear that God is the creator of everything that exist to make man comfortable. It was means that before the beginning was God, hence God started the beginning.
Now, someone may ask; Did God create computers, cars, aeroplanes? Etc.
Well, the answer is simple; God created them indirectly.
Let me explain; God created man in his image and gave man the creative ability ( knowledge, wisdom, skills, authority) to manufacture all those elements.
You see, the manufacturing or creation of these items is not impossible to God but he thought it wise to implant the creative ability into man so that He (God) doesn’t have to keep creating things for us always and also so that man can realize his godly nature and exercise his authority on earth. (God created man in his image).
Now after creating man and endowing him with all the necessary skills and wisdom, man sinned. This resulted in his (man) separation from God and fall from his throne.
God in his love decided not to let man (his replica) go waste hence he did a lot of things to reinstate man back to his throne.
Let’s study this example.
The Israelites
The story of the Israelites began with God instructing Abraham. Abraham obeyed God and God kept to the promise which he promised Abraham as a result of obedience.
God fulfilled his promise to Abraham by keeping and leading the descendants of Abraham (Israel) out of the land of bondage into the Promised Land (Canaan). Whilst leading them, God became a pillar of cloud for the Israelites in the day and a pillar of fire in the night just to protect the Israelites and keep his covenant. (Exodus 13: 21)
In the Old Testament, God spoke through prophets to his people.
Finally in the New Testament, God did an all important job in the life of man and that is the birth, life and death of our savior Jesus Christ.
God proved that he is God in that, the birth, life and death of Jesus was prophesied by God through the prophets in the Old Testament so many years before Jesus Christ was born.  (Isaiah 7:14)
The Bible states clearly in John 3:16-17
 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life”
v.17 “ For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through him might be saved”
This sacrifice of one person by a loving father that the whole world might be saved is a major factor that distinguishes God from gods. God sent his son in the form of man to shed his blood that you and I might be saved from eternal damnation.
You see, since creation till now, only Jesus Christ died to save us. No founder of any other religion was able and will be able to die to save his followers from eternal damnation.
The sacrifice of Jesus on the cross also reveals the following traits of God.
Loving, Forgiving, Kindness, Longsuffering, Patience, Gentle.
The good news to you and I is that once we accept Jesus as our Lord and personal savior we become a new creation totally washed from our sins.
Indeed after a careful study of what God did and does, it is clear that there is neither man nor deity like our God (the I AM).

PRAYER
Dear heavenly father, the ever loving God I thank you for the blood you shed on the cross of Calvary for me. Today I believe you died for me and I invite you to come into my life and be my Lord and personal savior. Wipe my name from the book of death and write my name in your book of life. Come take charge of my life fully as I surrender my all unto you.
Thank you Lord Jesus for making me a new creature.
In Jesus Name. Amen.

WHO HE (GOD) REALLY IS.

 Greetings from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ the author and finisher of our faith.
     Just as the title states, we want to take a closer look at who God really is. according to research, in order for you to really know who someone is you have to study him or her using the basic guidelines below.

• What the person says about himself/herself
• What others say about him/her
• People he/ she associates with
• What he or she does
• His/her dressing

In this article, we are going to study about God using the above stated guidelines one after the other.

                                  WHAT THE PERSON SAYS ABOUT HIM/ HERSELF

Wondering whether God spoke about himself? yes He did.  Let's now consider some scriptures in which God spake concerning himself.

• • Genesis 17: 1 : And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram and said unto him 'I am the almighty God; walk thou before me and be thou perfect".

  • Exodus 3:14 : And God said unto Mose" I AM THAT I AM: and he said , thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel,' I AM has sent me unto you.

  • Isaiah 41:4 : Who ha d wrought and done it, calling generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first and with the last; I am He.

  • Revelation 1:8 : " I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending".

  Considering the above stated few verses out of the lot, we can conclude that God is indeed the Greatest and there is no one before or after Him, He alone is the superior and the Almighty.

                                 WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT HIM 

  Throughout the scriptures, servants of God described God according to their varying experiences or encounter with Him.
  Let's now take  a closer look at scriptural verses of the Bible for the sake of our research.
  • Exodus 15: 11 "Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders".  Moses the servant of God who has witnessed God perform so many miracles in his life and that of the Israelites by delivering from slavery in Egypt, leading out of Egypt and disgracing their enemies in their own eyes couldn't keep quiet but expressed his gratitude with a song of praise saying " there is none compared to the Most High God, none can be compared to Him either in holiness or doing wonders.   We all know that nobody can  praise another person like this without experiencing or benefiting from the person he/she is praising and nobody will praise someone who did nothing.
  • Psalms 90: 1-2 : "Lord thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hast formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting thou art God". WOW! what a way to speak good of somebody else and not yourself. The Psalmist  King David could also not help but to add his voice to that of Moses saying "even before the foundations of the earth was laid and to the end of ages God remains God and will never change. He also realise the fact that he (David) was hid in God before creation just like you and I because God does things by predestination.
  • Revelation 1:8b "saith the Lord which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." This is Apostle John telling us about the infinite nature of our God. He said" THE GOD WHICH WAS(past), WHICH IS(present),AND WHICH IS TO COME(future), THE ALMIGHTY.  There are four key elements that we need to closely study.                                  (a) "The God which is" this means the being(God) who is still currently in authority. Our God is still in control of our affairs.                                                                                                       (b) "The God which was" Here 'was' which is the simple past tense of 'is' was used to vividly describe our God who is the creator of the universe-thus he existed before the creation of all things.  The God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph........                                                      (c) "the God who is to come" thus the God who will still remain God in ages to come.                (d) finally " the Almighty" lets take a closer look at the word almighty. AL-MIGHTY : Thus amongst all the God who is the mightiest. There are gods and there is a GOD.                          
  • Revelation 119: 1-5 : And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying Alleluia; salvation and glory, and honour and power unto the Lord our God. 2. For true and  righteousness are his judgements: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with blood of His servants at her hand.3. and again they said Alleluia, and her smoke rose up from her for ever and ever. 4. And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying Amen;Alleluia. 5. And a voice came out of the throne saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants and ye that fear him, both great and small.                                                                                                                                         Wow! this last verse sums it all up; our God is indeed the I AM THAT I AM.                                   Beloved, I don't know what you might be going through right now but I assure you that if only you can lift up your burden to Him in  a prayer of faith, the I AM God will solve it for you because He (God) hasn't changed yet.   Shalom.                                        

   

  
  

THE GOD OF ALL POSSIBILITIES

   

 "But Jesus beheld them and said unto them, with men this is impossible, but with God ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE". Mathew 19:26

Many Christians who claim to know God, most often in times of trouble, trials and persecutions begin to wonder whether God really exists and whether H is with them or even looking at them.

In this article" the God of all possibilities" we are going to take a closer at who the God we claim to know and serve is.
Someone may ask" what is or Who is God?. Well, I also once asked the same questions despite being born and bred in a christian home.
In my quest to answer this question I found out that both the Hebrew and Greek words translated God in th bible all point to one meaning and thus " God is a self existent/ eternal being ,the creator,controller and supreme in authority above all things.
Now let's take time to explain the key words one after the other.

• Self Existent : Self- a persons personality / character that makes them different from other people.  Existent- real or natural not imagined or invented. Hence SELF EXISTENT means to to be real or in existence without dependency on anything or anybody for survival or life. We can deduce from the above definition that God is a being that exists and depends on nobody nor anything for survival.
• Eternal Being: A being whose existence will never no an end.
• The controller : Someone who manages  or directs. (Genesis 1-31)

• Supreme in Authority : Supreme- highest in rank or position.  Authority - the power to give orders to people. (Exodus 3:14, Isaiah 3:1, Isaiah 44:6). hence supreme in authority means the highest in rank or position to give orders to people.

 Now let me take you back to the beginning of creation. "In the beginning,God created the heaven and earth. 2. and the earth was was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters". (Genesis 1:1-2). From this verse we conclude that before there was a beginning there existed a God who commenced the beginning.
       In conclusion, we can boldly say that God is a being whose existence is not dependent on anyone or anything, neither has He a beginning nor an end, He is the one who manages and controls everything and finally His  authority is beyond or superior to every other authority whether of a prophet or a leader of a religion.

Read on to know Who He is.