"This spiritual relation can be established only by the exercise of personal faith. This faith must express on our part supreme preference, perfect reliance, entire consecration. Our will must be wholly yielded to the divine will, our feelings, desires, interests, and honor identified with the prosperity of Christ's kingdom and the honor of His cause, we constantly receiving grace from Him, and Christ accepting gratitude from us. 5T 229.2"
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."
Both passages emphasize complete surrender and dedication to God. Romans 12:1 calls for presenting our bodies as a living sacrifice, while EGW speaks of yielding our will, feelings, and desires. The connection is strong and meaningful.
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
Both passages discuss the idea of Christ living in the believer and the believer being crucified with Christ. EGW's statement about yielding to the divine will and identifying with Christ's kingdom echoes the sentiment of Galatians 2:20.
"When this intimacy of connection and communion is formed, our sins are laid upon Christ; His righteousness is imputed to us. He was made sin for us that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. We have access to God through Him; we are accepted in the Beloved. Whoever by word of deed injures a believer thereby wounds Jesus. Whoever gives a cup of cold water to a disciple because he is a child of God will be regarded by Christ as giving to Him. 5T 229.3"
"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."
EGW directly quotes and interprets 2 Corinthians 5:21, making the connection explicit.
"And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward."
EGW directly alludes to Matthew 10:42, referencing the act of giving a cup of cold water and its significance in Christ's eyes.
"To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved."
EGW uses the phrase "accepted in the Beloved," which is a direct quote from Ephesians 1:6, indicating a clear connection.