门徒顺服的意思是相信主耶稣并立志跟随主。主耶稣的第一群门徒并不是一群卓越的基督徒，也并非因为他们有非凡的信心和顺服，以致他们得到圣灵的恩赐。门徒们那时不明白许多事，他们往往只顾念人的事，而不是上帝的事。在主耶稣最需要门徒的陪伴时，他们却离弃他逃走了。甚至彼得三次不认主耶稣。但与世上那些不爱和顺服耶稣的人相比，这些不完美的门徒确实爱祂，并以他们自己不完美的方式顺服祂。耶稣应许赐下保惠师（圣灵），就是给予这些门徒。(克鲁斯)
What is meant by obedience is belief in Jesus and a commitment to follow him. Jesus’ first disciples were not super-Christians deserving the gift of the Spirit because of their extraordinary faith and obedience. They didn’t understand things, and their thoughts were often the thoughts of mere humans, not the thoughts of God. At the time of Jesus’ greatest need, they forsook him and fled, and Peter even denied that he knew Jesus at all. But in contrast to those of the world, who did not love and obey Jesus, they did love him and in their own imperfect way they did obey him. It was to disciples such as these that Jesus promised the Advocate. By Kruse
