"Efficiency in Missionary Service In writing to these brethren concerning the great work before them, Mrs. White emphasized the importance of their starting in right at the beginning of their work. She spoke of fields where much more might have been done if the work had not been bound about by unwise economies; and she declared that if the work had been begun right, less means would actually have been drawn from the treasury. She said: LS 302"
"For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?"
Both passages discuss the importance of planning and considering costs before undertaking a project. EGW applies this principle to missionary work, while Luke 14:28 uses the analogy of building a tower. The connection is valid and meaningful.
"error in far-off countries for the love of Christ and their fellow men. LS 302.2"
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:"
Both passages relate to spreading the gospel to other nations. Matthew 28:19 is the Great Commission, and EGW's statement about working in far-off countries for Christ aligns with this command.
"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."
Both passages relate to spreading the gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth. Acts 1:8 speaks of being witnesses in various regions, and EGW's statement about working in far-off countries aligns with this concept.
"“The men who will give themselves to the great work of teaching the truth are not the men who will be bribed with wealth or frightened by poverty. But God would have His delegated servants constantly improving. In order for the work to be carried with efficiency, the Lord sent forth His disciples forward two and two.... No one man's ideas, one man's plans, are to have a controlling power in carrying forward the work.... One is not to stand apart from the other, and argue his own ways and plans; for he may have an education in a certain direction, and possess certain traits of character, which will be detrimental to the interests of the work if allowed to become the controlling power. LS 302.3"
"After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come."
The EGW passage explicitly mentions the practice of sending disciples out 'two and two,' directly referencing Luke 10:1. The surrounding context in EGW further reinforces the importance of collaboration and avoiding individual dominance, aligning with the principle of working together as demonstrated by the paired disciples.