"God justly claims the love and obedience of all His creatures. He has given them in His law a perfect standard of right. But many forget their Maker and choose to follow their own way in opposition to His will. They return enmity for love that is as high as heaven and as broad as the universe. God cannot lower the requirements of His law to meet the standard of wicked men; neither can man in his own power meet the demands of the law. Only by faith in Christ can the sinner be cleansed from guilt and be enabled to render obedience to the law of his Maker. AA 425.1"
"Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin."
The EGW passage echoes the principle that justification is not achieved through works of the law, aligning with Romans 3:20. The EGW passage expands on this principle by stating that only through faith in Christ can one be cleansed and enabled to obey the law.
"For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."
The EGW passage reflects the principle that the law is unable to save due to human weakness, and that God sent His Son to fulfill the law's righteousness in believers. This aligns with the core message of Romans 8:3-4.
"Thus Paul, the prisoner, urged the claims of the divine law upon Jew and Gentile, and presented Jesus, the despised Nazarene, as the Son of God, the world's Redeemer. AA 425.2"
"The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
Both passages refer to Jesus as the Redeemer. While not a direct quote, the EGW passage echoes the sentiment of John 1:29.
"be judged according to his deeds, caused him to tremble with dread. AA 425.3"
"Who will render to every man according to his deeds:"
Both passages explicitly state the principle of being judged according to one's deeds.