"Too, while there was great advance in the development of medical missionaries and medical missionary work in connection with the Battle Creek Sanitarium, there was growing indifference on the part of some Seventh-day Adventists to the basic principles of healthful living. These conditions help us to understand the significance of the repeated appeals in volume 6 calling the people to higher standards of living, urging a united medical and evangelistic ministry, delineating our duty to orphans and the aged of the household of faith, and cautioning against an unbalanced work. 6T 7.1"
"That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another."
The EGW passage discusses the need for unity and balance within the Seventh-day Adventist church, particularly between medical and evangelistic ministries. This aligns with the principle in 1 Corinthians 12:25, which emphasizes the importance of members caring for one another to prevent division within the body of Christ. The call for unity and mutual care is a direct principle found in both passages.
"As the denominational work developed in many fields, literature found an ever increasingly important place. Colporteur evangelists constituted an army, with the individual colporteur a part of the recognized staff of gospel heralds in each section of the world field. In not a few instances these literature evangelists had formed the spearhead of attack in carrying the message to new and distant lands. Volume 6 sets forth the dignity and importance of the colporteur ministry. 6T 7.2"
"How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!"
Both passages highlight the importance of spreading the gospel. Romans 10:14-15 emphasizes the necessity of preachers being sent to share the message, while the EGW passage focuses on colporteurs as literature evangelists who play a crucial role in carrying the message to new areas. The shared theme is the vital role of messengers in spreading the gospel.