My labor has been most discouraging, as I have seen that what God designed has not been accomplished. Often I have inquired in distress: Of what account is all my labor? These brethren took this position: We believe the visions, but Sister White, in writing them, put in her own words, and we will believe that portion which we think is of God, and will not heed the other. This course they have pursued, and have not corrected their lives. They have professed to believe the visions, but have acted contrary to them. Their example and influence have raised doubts in the minds of others. It would have been better for the cause of present truth had they both opposed the gifts. Then the people would not have been deceived, and would not have stumbled over these blind teachers. We have hoped and prayed that they might get right, and exert a good influence upon the flock; but hope has died, and we cannot, dare not, hold our peace longer. We have wronged the church of God, in that we have not spo…
"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."
Both passages emphasize the importance of actions aligning with professed beliefs. Matthew 7:21 states that not everyone who says 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom, but only those who do the Father's will. The EGW passage criticizes those who profess to believe the visions but act contrary to them.
"Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God."
Both passages express a feeling of laboring in vain and questioning the value of one's efforts. EGW's statement echoes the sentiment of Isaiah, though in a different context.
"But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?"
Both passages involve confronting leaders who are acting in a way that harms the church. Galatians 2:11-14 describes Paul's confrontation with Peter, while the EGW passage describes the need to speak out against the harmful actions of certain brethren.
"against it, and, like some others who have been reproved, took the position that persons had prejudiced my mind against his family, when the vision pointed out the same faults in them that I had repeatedly seen for ten years. He said that he believed the visions, but that I was influenced by others in writing them. 1T 234.2"
"Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?"
Both passages deal with the negative reaction to someone speaking the truth. The EGW passage describes someone reacting negatively to reproof, while Galatians 4:16 questions if telling the truth makes one an enemy. The connection is valid.