"And we should teach others how to preserve and to recover health. For the sick we should use the remedies which God has provided in nature, and we should point them to Him who alone can restore. It is our work to present the sick and suffering to Christ in the arms of our faith. We should teach them to believe in the Great Healer. We should lay hold on His promise and pray for the manifestation of His power. The very essence of the gospel is restoration, and the Saviour would have us bid the sick, the hopeless, and the afflicted take hold upon His strength. CT 467.1"
"Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."
Both passages discuss prayer for the sick and the role of faith in healing. James 5:14-15 instructs elders to pray over the sick, while the EGW passage emphasizes presenting the sick to Christ in faith and praying for His power. The connection is strong and relevant.
"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 the gospel and faith in Christ. EGW expands on the practical application of Christ's healing ministry described in Matthew.
"Never has the world's need for teaching and healing been greater than it is today. The world is full of those who need to be ministered unto—the weak, the helpless, the ignorant, the degraded. The continual transgression of man for nearly six thousand years has brought sickness, pain, and death as its fruit. Multitudes are perishing for lack of knowledge. CT 467.2"
"But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd."
Both passages highlight the great need for compassion and ministry to the suffering multitudes. EGW elaborates on the reasons for this suffering, linking it to sin and lack of knowledge, while Matthew focuses on Jesus's compassion for the crowds.
"Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst."
Both passages connect a lack of knowledge with negative consequences. Isaiah speaks of captivity, while EGW speaks of perishing. The connection is that a lack of knowledge leads to spiritual and physical decline.