"might work in you patience, and patience experience, and experience hope. He permitted trials to come upon you, that, through them, you might experience the peaceable fruits of righteousness. 3T 416.1"
"And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope:"
The EGW passage directly echoes the sequence of tribulation leading to patience, experience, and hope as described in Romans 5:3-4. The connection is clear and intentional.
"Peter denied the Man of Sorrows in His acquaintance with grief in the hour of His humiliation. But he afterward repented and was reconverted. He had true contrition of soul and gave himself afresh to his Saviour. With blinding tears he makes his way to the solitudes of the Garden of Gethsemane and there prostrates himself where he saw his Saviour's prostrate form when the bloody sweat was forced from His pores by His great agony. Peter remembers with remorse that he was asleep when Jesus prayed during those fearful hours. His proud heart breaks, and penitential tears moisten the sods so recently stained with the bloody sweat drops of God's dear Son. He left that garden a converted man. He was ready then to pity the tempted. He was humbled and could sympathize with the weak and erring. He could caution and warn the presumptuous, and was fully fitted to strengthen his brethren. 3T 416.2"
"And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly."
The EGW passage elaborates on Peter's denial of Jesus and his subsequent repentance, drawing a connection to his experience in Gethsemane and his eventual restoration. This aligns with Matthew 26:75, which describes Peter's bitter weeping after remembering Jesus's prophecy. While the EGW passage adds details not found in Matthew, the core theme of repentance and transformation is present in both.
"God led you through affliction and trials that you might have more perfect trust and confidence in Him, and that you might think less of your own judgment. You can bear adversity better than prosperity. The all-seeing eye of Jehovah detected in you much dross that you considered gold and too valuable to throw away. The enemy's power over you had at times been direct and very strong. The delusions of spiritualism had entangled your faith, perverted your judgment, and confused your experience. God in His providence would try you, to purify you, as the sons of Levi, that you might offer to Him an offering in righteousness. 3T 416.3"
"Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction."
The EGW passage directly alludes to the refining process and the furnace of affliction, mirroring the imagery and concept in Isaiah 48:10. The mention of 'dross' further strengthens the connection.