"God's Purpose for the Sanitarium The Battle Creek Sanitarium is a broad missionary field. God has been moving upon souls to seek in this institution relief from physical suffering. He requires that everything connected with it shall be such as He can approve. 8T 155"
"And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people."
Both passages connect healing with a broader spiritual purpose. Matthew 9:35 describes Jesus healing and preaching, while EGW describes the sanitarium as a place for physical relief and spiritual influence.
"God is to be recognized and honored by the people calling themselves Seventh-day Adventists. In the past the truth has, to the honor of God, been proclaimed with convincing power by the physicians and helpers in our sanitariums. God will accept no less of you, but will expect far more. You and your associates are to labor on in faith and firmness to prevent decline and to ensure progress. There must be no narrowing down of your work, no concealing of the principles of truth; there must be a widening of the base of operations. Many plants must be made in different places. There is need of more zeal, more faith, more influence, of more active, spirited workers. 8T 155.1"
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
EGW's statement directly echoes the principle of Matthew 5:16, urging Seventh-day Adventists to let their actions and proclamation of truth glorify God, just as Jesus calls for believers to let their light shine.
"Remember that you are working for time and for eternity. Heavenly angels are commissioned to co-operate with your efforts for the conquest of souls. More earnest efforts should be made to establish the truth in various localities. And there must be no covering up of any phase of our message. The truth for this time must be given to the souls ready to perish. Those who in any way hide the truth dishonor God. Upon their garments will be the blood of souls. 8T 155.2"
"When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand."
Both passages address the responsibility of warning others about spiritual danger. Ezekiel 3:18 speaks of the prophet's duty to warn the wicked, while EGW speaks of the responsibility to share the truth and the consequences of withholding it.
"He is pleased that a chapel should be built in connection with the sanitarium, that those who visit the institution may be given an opportunity to hear for themselves the truth as it is in Jesus. The precious gospel is to be presented to them, not in a weak diluted style but in strong, warm accents. As it is made plain that godliness is necessary to salvation, the peculiarities of our faith will appear, distinguishing us from the world. But no tirade is to be made against the doctrines held by others. In our association with worldlings we are to recommend our faith by living, in all true modesty, the principles of Christianity. 8T 155.4"
"For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified."
Both passages emphasize the centrality of Jesus Christ in their respective messages. 1 Corinthians 2:2 focuses on preaching Christ crucified, while EGW emphasizes presenting 'the truth as it is in Jesus' within the sanitarium context.