"“Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” You are acting as the ambassadors of heaven, and the issues of your work are for eternity. DA 442.1"
"Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
EGW directly quotes Matthew 18:18, emphasizing the authority and responsibility given to believers in their actions on earth.
"But we are not to bear this great responsibility alone. Wherever His word is obeyed with a sincere heart, there Christ abides. Not only is He present in the assemblies of the church, but wherever disciples, however few, meet in His name, there also He will be. And He says, “If two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father which is in heaven.” DA 442.2"
"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."
EGW directly quotes and references Matthew 18:20.
"Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven."
EGW directly quotes and references Matthew 18:19.
"Jesus says, “ My Father which is in heaven,” as reminding His disciples that while by His humanity He is linked with them, a sharer in their trials, and sympathizing with them in their sufferings, by His divinity He is connected with the throne of the Infinite. Wonderful assurance! The heavenly intelligences unite with men in sympathy and labor for the saving of that which was lost. And all the power of heaven is brought to combine with human ability in drawing souls to Christ. DA 442.3"
"After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name."
The EGW passage directly quotes 'My Father which is in heaven' and uses it as a springboard to discuss Jesus's dual nature and the connection between heaven and humanity in salvation.