In Luke chapter 10, the Lord appoints the seventy. He gives
them specific instructions on how to teach His people and gather His sheep. He
speaks of the power that they are endowed with and says, “Behold, I give you
power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy:
and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” The Lord instructs the seventy to go
into the cities and speak of Him and share the gospel. He tells them that those
who accept them, are in turn accepting Him and those who reject them, are also
rejecting Him. The article of faith, 1:6 that says, “We believe in the same organization
that existed in the primitive church,” is referring to the organization of
those like the seventy. To this day, there is an organization of the seventy, called
by God and acting in his name, upon the earth, just like there is a Prophet called
by God who receives revelation for us and in whom I believe and follow him.
Trusting in the organization that is still here on this earth brings us closer
to the Lord now.
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