Immanuel Kant said that what defines a truly rich man, not by what he/she has, but by what he/she can live without. What we learn from this passage is that in world full temptations, the one thing we cannot live out is the Holy Spirit. So dependent are Christians on the Holy Spirit, that we cannot even promise to follow Jesus without recognizing our reliance upon Him.
As we endeavor to follow Christ we must endeavor to understand the Spirit of God. In the same way that Jesus was the divine presence of God in the lives of the disciples, so now will the Holy Spirit serve as the divine presence of Christ in his absence.
Vow #3:“Do you promise in humble reliance upon the Holy Spirit to endeavor to walk as becoming a follower of Christ?”
(Scripture reading: John 14:1; 15:1-17 ESV)
