"yourselves. Thus you will be brought into oneness with Christ. Before the heavenly universe, and before the church and the world, you will bear unmistakable evidence that you are God's sons and daughters. God will be glorified in the example that you set. 9T 188.1"
"That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me."
Both passages emphasize unity among believers, mirroring the oneness between the Father and the Son, and its impact on the world's perception of God.
"The world needs to see worked out before it the miracle that binds the hearts of God's people together in Christian love. It needs to see the Lord's people sitting together in heavenly places in Christ. Will you not give in your lives an evidence of what the truth of God can do for those who love and serve Him? God knows what you can be. He knows what divine grace can do for you if you will be partakers of the divine nature. 9T 188.2"
"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."
The EGW passage directly uses the phrase "partakers of the divine nature," which is a clear and direct reference to 2 Peter 1:4.
"By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."
Both passages highlight the importance of Christian love as a visible sign of discipleship and the transformative power of God's truth.