Part 1: A Kingdom Question or two..or three...

Jesus has asked these questions :

When reading the Book of   1 John,
Question 1:
how are the following DISCUSSION questions answered? Or addressed?

Question 2: And what are the reasons it provides for the following DISCUSSION questions :
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DISCUSSION Question 1.
When 2 or more gather in my name... what is the purpose of this ?

DISCUSSION Question 2. Why do you gather in my name ?

DISCUSSION Question 3. And what is the purpose for using my name in the process?

....... questions above to help focus our thoughts.....

Ali and Jesus are sharing here:

In the book 1 John Chapter 1 at first glance it seems :

So that we can know the Fathers Heart?

It seems that the Lord shares with John and his household  :
To be encouraged
To be strengthened
To be aware of what the enemy is up to To be aware of the things that can trip up a believer
To know how to come to God and be forgiven anytime so not to be living in sin.. but to live as God intended and deal with things as God gives us encouragement on how to Stay In fellowship with God Father and Son.

1. Fellowship with us and our fellowship is with the Father and His Son.

2. We want to proclaim what we have heard from Jesus and can also testify its truth from the Risen Lord.

3. So that you can share with us, " in our joy" of this " message we received" .

4. We fellowship with the Father and the Son is the key to ownership of fellowship.

"We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy." 1 John 1:3‭-‬4 NLT https://bible.com/bible/116/1jn.1.3-4.NLT

Then John declares, actually says,

" this is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you. "

John shares his words from the Lord... Message it seems is:

1 John chapter 2.

1. Fellowship with God , not the World.

2. Knowing the Fathers Heart .

3. "And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us."

"But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ." 1 John 2:27 NLT https://bible.com/bible/116/1jn.2.27.NLT

4. Exhortation to stay united and not turn away from Jesus. Confirming the Holy Spirit lives in the person and is not seperate from the person. So there is no reason to pretend Jesus is not there. He is there and His Spirit testifies so and is there to teach you and to guide you into the truth. Stay in fellowship with Him , so you don't look some where else for this and be lead astray. Because the Holy Spirit is responsible for teaching and guiding into all truth, no one else should have this authority in the person or with the person or in the fellowship of the people.

5. "And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back from him in shame. Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God’s children". 1 john 2. -28-29 ish.

This active fellowship now is to help us be excited and anticipate the coming glory of the Lord because we stay in fellowship with him now, we won't be afraid of him in his full return. We will be his bride next to him in his chariots of fire. We are to be eager for the fullness of receiving our inheritance and our joy to be complete with his full salvation. And we are with hope not fear. We are with joy and excitement for the next season of life.

6. Children of God : representative of knowing who Jesus is as righteous. And because of this, all who do what is right, are God's children.

What is it to us that helps us know Jesus as righteous.

What does this mean so that we know how to do what is right ?
His righteousness?
What is right to Me - Jesus Christ.
Matt. 6 : 33.

" So I am writing to you not because you don’t know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and lies. And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ. Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist. Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also." 1 John 2:21‭-‬23 NLT https://bible.com/bible/116/1jn.2.21-23.NLT 1.

The Holy Spirit shared,

Start with the Father and Son

2. Then, those who love the Father and the Son, Obey Him, and listen to Him.

3. They have His Holy Spirit living in them to help them, and be lead.

4. They are together, the child , the Spirit of God which is in fellowship with the Father, and the Son. And in this the Holy Spirit is Jesus Ambassador and Witness to know what Jesus is saying. And will tell the child so that the child will be able to obey Jesus. The Holy Spirit will help the child know what is pleasing to Jesus and will assist the child in helping them to be in fellowship with each other so to reflect the actions and activity of a child of God, one who is in fellowship with God in Christ. These verses help explain the Love of God verses what God is not loving or wants us to love or uphold or put as more important than what He asks to us. His alignment of Himself in Us changes us to seek His Kingdom and his Righteousness, not the world's kingdom or its righteousness.
The Kingdom of Jesus, the Beloved Son, is where we live and should look to serve and to be able to help encourage others of their citizenship as well.
We are not citizens of this world, we are born in this world, but our true citizenship is now Jesus ' s Kingdom. So we would be seeking to grow in this knowledge not the things of this world kingdom. As it is not our permanent home. But our temporary place. However, while here we can and are be and live as citizens of Heaven. Because: ..

What does it mean to live as citizens of Heaven and as people who belong to the Kingdom of the Beloved Son ?

1john 2 "15-17
Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever. "

Verse 20 . But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you his Spirit, and all of you know the truth.

Verse 24. So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father. And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us. But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ. And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back from him in shame. Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God’s children".

1 John 2:15‭-‬17‭, ‬20‭, ‬24‭-‬25‭, ‬27‭-‬29 NLT https://bible.com/bible/116/1jn.2.15-29.NLT