"There are papist priests and prelates, who claimed to be Christ's ambassadors, yet employed the rack, the dungeon, and the stake to control the consciences of His people. There are the proud pontiffs who exalted themselves above God and presumed to change the law of the Most High. Those pretended fathers of the church have an account to render to God from which they would fain be excused. Too late they are made to see that the Omniscient One is jealous of His law and that He will in no wise clear the guilty. They learn now that Christ identifies His interest with that of His suffering people; and they feel the force of His own words: “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.” Matthew 25:40 . GC 668.1"
"And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
Ellen White directly references Matthew 25:40 in this passage.
"The whole wicked world stand arraigned at the bar of God on the charge of high treason against the government of heaven. They have none to plead their cause; they are without excuse; and the sentence of eternal death is pronounced against them. GC 668.2"
"Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God."
Both passages describe the world as being guilty before God and facing judgment. While the EGW passage is more specific about the charge of treason, the underlying theme of universal guilt and judgment is present in both.
"It is now evident to all that the wages of sin is not noble independence and eternal life, but slavery, ruin, and death. The wicked see what they have forfeited by their life of rebellion. The far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory was despised when offered them; but how desirable it now appears. “All this,” cries the lost soul, “I might have had; but I chose to put these things far from me. Oh, strange infatuation! I have exchanged peace, happiness, and honor for wretchedness, infamy, and despair.” All see that their exclusion from heaven is just. By their lives they have declared: “We will not have this Man [Jesus] to reign over us.” GC 668.3"
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
The EGW passage directly references and expands upon the principle stated in Romans 6:23, elaborating on the consequences of sin and the contrast with eternal life.
"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;"
The EGW passage echoes the concept of a 'far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory' from 2 Corinthians 4:17, contrasting it with the fleeting nature of earthly suffering and the ultimate regret of the lost.