"I call upon the church as a whole, and upon its members individually, to render to God His own entrusted capital with interest. Thus you will have treasure in heaven. Let your hearts be true to Jesus. Although you may feel that you are the least of all saints, yet you are members of Christ's body, and through Him you are identified with all His human agencies and with the excellence and power of the heavenly intelligences. None of us liveth to himself. To each is assigned a post of duty, not for his own narrow, selfish interests, but that the influence of each may be a strength to all. If we really believed that we were individually a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men, would we not as a church manifest a very different spirit from that which we now manifest? Would we not be a living, working church? 7T 296.1"
"Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular."
EGW directly references the concept of the church as the body of Christ and its members, echoing 1 Corinthians 12:27. She builds upon this idea by emphasizing the interconnectedness and shared responsibility of each member.