John 20:21-22 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

Here is the dawning of the Church Age. These words mark the distinctive difference in relationship between disciple and apostle. These men are now sent, but not sent alone. These men are the first to receive the Holy Ghost, the first within the body of Christ.

Now we get to witness the distinction between being a student and a follower of our Savior, Lord and Christ. The difference began at the Cross and now these men have more than words to share. They have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit breathed into them by God Himself, the resurrected Christ.

Now begins our church age quest to fill the body of Christ, His Bride, with every soul that is given to believe on Jesus Christ and receive Him into their hearts.

Are these early days a model of things to come? Are there lessons here for us who have just begun to believe and have received the Holy Ghost ourselves?

Remember you are a new creation, as you once were, others will become new in order to continue on this path set before us. While we are all different in experience and personality, we all share one thing in common. We all start over with a clean slate. Our memories are not who we are now.

Philippians 3:8,13b Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,