"If there was ever a time when sacrifices should be made, it is now. Those who have money should understand that now is the time to use it for God. Let not means be absorbed in multiplying facilities where the work is already established. Do not add building to building where many interests are now centered. Use the means to establish centers in new fields. Thus you may bring in souls who will act their part in producing. 6T 450.1 Think of our missions in foreign countries. Some of them are struggling to gain even a foothold; they are destitute of even the most meager facilities. Instead of adding to facilities already abundant, build up the work in these destitute fields. Again and again the Lord has spoken in regard to this. His blessing cannot attend His people in disregarding His instruction. 6T 450.2"
"But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:"
EGW's emphasis on using resources for God's work, particularly in new fields, aligns with the principle of laying up treasures in heaven by investing in eternal things rather than accumulating earthly possessions. The focus is on prioritizing eternal investments over temporal ones.
"Practice economy in your homes. By many, idols are cherished and worshiped. Put away your idols. Give up your selfish pleasures. Do not, I entreat you, absorb means in embellishing your houses, for it is God's money, and it will be required of you again. Parents, for Christ's sake do not use the Lord's money in pleasing the fancies of your children. Do not teach them to seek after style and ostentation in order to gain influence in the world. Will this incline them to save the souls for whom Christ died? No; it will create envy, jealousy, and evil surmising. Your children will be led to compete with the show and extravagance of the world, and to spend the Lord's money for that which is not essential to health or happiness. 6T 450.3"
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him."
Both passages address the issue of worldly love and its incompatibility with love for God. EGW's passage specifically condemns the love of material possessions and ostentation, which aligns with 1 John 2:15's broader warning against loving the world.