"The warning sounds down along the line to us in this generation. Are you, O careless heart, a fruitless tree in the Lord's vineyard? Shall the words of doom erelong be spoken of you? How long have you received His gifts? How long has He watched and waited for a return of love? Planted in His vineyard, under the watchful care of the gardener, what privileges are yours! How often has the tender gospel message thrilled your heart! You have taken the name of Christ, you are outwardly a member of the church which is His body, and yet you are conscious of no living connection with the great heart of love. The tide of His life does not flow through you. The sweet graces of His character, “the fruits of the Spirit,” are not seen in your life. COL 216.3"
"Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?"
Both passages discuss the parable of the unfruitful tree in the vineyard and the consequences of not bearing fruit. EGW's passage directly applies the parable to the reader, urging self-reflection on their spiritual fruitfulness, echoing the warning in Luke.
"Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit."
Both passages discuss the importance of bearing fruit as a branch connected to the vine (Christ). EGW's passage elaborates on the consequences of not bearing fruit, aligning with the concept of being 'taken away' in John 15:2.