"The book Ministry of Healing may do the same work for our sanitariums and health institutions that Christ's Object Lessons has done for our schools. This book contains the wisdom of the Great Physician. To me it has been a precious privilege to donate my work on these books to the cause of God. In the future there should be well-planned and persevering efforts made to increase their sale. 9T 71.1"
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,"
Both passages connect the ministry of healing with preaching the gospel. The EGW passage refers to the 'wisdom of the Great Physician' and the importance of health institutions, while Luke 4:18 describes Jesus' anointing to preach and heal.
"And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people."
Both passages connect Jesus/the 'Great Physician' with healing and teaching. The EGW passage explicitly refers to the 'wisdom of the Great Physician' which aligns with Jesus' ministry described in Matthew 4:23.
"Our churches can help in this matter if they will. Those members to whom the Lord has given means can invest their money in the cause without interest or at a low rate of interest, and by their freewill offerings they can help to support the work. The Lord asks you to return cheerfully to Him a portion of the goods He has lent you, and thus become His almoners. 9T 71.2"
"Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."
The EGW passage directly echoes the principle of returning a portion of one's goods to God, which is the core concept of tithing presented in Malachi 3:10. The phrase 'return cheerfully to Him a portion of the goods He has lent you' is a clear parallel.
"Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."
The EGW passage emphasizes cheerful giving and freewill offerings, which aligns directly with the principle of cheerful giving outlined in 2 Corinthians 9:7. The phrase 'return cheerfully' directly relates to the idea of a 'cheerful giver'.