When Jesus Christ called the seventy during his ministry, he gave them instruction as well. First he told them to pray to the Lord for people to help doing the work. I love this because it shows that even those that are leaders within the Church need to pray for help and this is something that I always forget, which is silly. I had a friend tell me once that, "Prayer should be your first priority, not your last resort."And that is something I really need to work on. As the Lord was telling them about prayer he also told them to be careful because he was sending them as "lambs among wolves." They were told to carry no money and to not salute any man by the road, which I think are interesting directions. It made the Seventy live by faith and no by the wiles of man. They were told to bless whatever house they entered and if the Spirit resided within the homes the people who resided within them would have peace. They were told to warn the people that kingdom of God was near them. Basically they were told to serve others, which I think is amazing! They were also told to not carry the words or even the dust of those cities that would receive them, which I think is great advice for missionaries. I think that the dust symbolizes the ideas, words, and thoughts of the people. It's actually great advice for everybody. I love that the entirety of the Savior's directions are about prayer and serving others.
The Church has 13 Articles of Faith and the sixth one states, "We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church." And this relates exactly to what I was talking about previously. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has the exact set up that that the Savior provided in New Testament times, we have a Quorum of the Seventy.
Luke 10:1 states that "The Lord appointed other seventy…"and other modern day scriptures describe this office. D&C 107:25-36 explains that the seventy are called to preach the Gospel and to be special witnesses of Christ.
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