Had the Reformation, after attaining a degree of success, consented to temporize to secure favor with the world, it would have been untrue to God and to itself, and would thus have ensured its own destruction. The experience of these noble Reformers contains a lesson for all succeeding ages. Satan's manner of working against God and His word has not changed; he is still as much opposed to the Scriptures being made the guide of life as in the sixteenth century. In our time there is a wide departure from their doctrines and precepts, and there is need of a return to the great Protestant principle—the Bible, and the Bible only, as the rule of faith and duty. Satan is still working through every means which he can control to destroy religious liberty. The antichristian power which the protesters of Spires rejected is now with renewed vigor seeking to re-establish its lost supremacy. The same unswerving adherence to the word of God manifested at that crisis of the Reformation is the only ho…
"For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ."
Both passages address the principle of prioritizing God's will over the approval of men. The EGW passage applies this to the Reformation's need to remain true to God, while Galatians 1:10 expresses Paul's commitment to serving Christ rather than seeking human favor.
"So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."
Both passages address the danger of lukewarmness or compromise. The EGW passage warns against temporizing for worldly favor, while Revelation 3:16 condemns being neither hot nor cold. The connection is thematic, focusing on the negative consequences of a lack of commitment.