"Life insurance is a worldly policy which leads our brethren who engage in it to depart from the simplicity and purity of the gospel. Every such departure weakens our faith and lessens our spirituality. Said the angel: “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” As a people we are in a special sense the Lord's. Christ has bought us. Angels that excel in strength surround us. Not a sparrow falls to the ground without the notice of our heavenly Father. Even the hairs of our head are numbered. God has made provision for His people. He has a special care for them, and they should not distrust His providence by engaging in a policy with the world. 1T 550.1"
"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:"
The EGW passage directly quotes 1 Peter 2:9, making it a clear and explicit allusion.
"Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father."
EGW directly references the idea of sparrows falling and God's awareness, which is a clear allusion to Matthew 10:29.
"For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s."
Both passages discuss the idea that believers have been bought with a price and belong to God. The EGW passage states 'Christ has bought us' which echoes the sentiment in 1 Corinthians 6:20. The connection is thematic and supports the argument against life insurance by emphasizing God's provision.
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"
The EGW passage warns against departing from the gospel and engaging in worldly policies, which aligns with the principle of not being unequally yoked with unbelievers in 2 Corinthians 6:14. Both passages emphasize separation from the world.
Satan is constantly presenting inducements to God's chosen people to attract their minds from the solemn work of preparation for the scenes just in the future. He is in every sense of the word a deceiver, a skillful charmer. He clothes his plans and snares with coverings of light borrowed from heaven. He tempted Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit by making her believe that she would be greatly advantaged thereby. Satan leads his agents to introduce various inventions and patent rights and other enterprises, that Sabbathkeeping Adventists who are in haste to be rich may fall into temptation, become ensnared, and pierce themselves through with many sorrows. He is wide awake, busily engaged in leading the world captive, and through the agency of worldlings he keeps up a continual pleasing excitement to draw the unwary who profess to believe the truth to unite with worldlings. The lust of the eye, the desire for excitement and pleasing entertainment, is a temptation and snare to God's peopl…
"Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat."
The passage explicitly mentions Satan tempting Eve with the forbidden fruit, mirroring the Genesis account.
"And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."
The passage describes Satan as clothing his plans with coverings of light, which echoes the idea of Satan transforming himself into an angel of light.
"But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition."
The passage warns against the temptation to be rich, which can lead to falling into snares and hurtful lusts, similar to the warning in 1 Timothy.