"If you cling to self, refusing to yield your will to God, you are choosing death. To sin, wherever found, God is a consuming fire. If you choose sin, and refuse to separate from it, the presence of God, which consumes sin, must consume you. MB 62.1"
"For our God is a consuming fire."
The EGW passage directly quotes and expands upon the concept of God as a consuming fire, drawing a direct connection to Hebrews 12:29.
"It will require a sacrifice to give yourself to God; but it is a sacrifice of the lower for the higher, the earthly for the spiritual, the perishable for the eternal. God does not design that our will should be destroyed, for it is only through its exercise that we can accomplish what He would have us do. Our will is to be yielded to Him, that we may receive it again, purified and refined, and so linked in sympathy with the Divine that He can pour through us the tides of His love and power. However bitter and painful this surrender may appear to the willful, wayward heart, yet “it is profitable for thee.” MB 62.2"
"For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it."
The EGW passage echoes the principle of losing one's life to find it, aligning with the concept of surrendering one's will to God to receive it back purified, as described in Matthew 16:25.
"Not until he fell crippled and helpless upon the breast of the covenant angel did Jacob know the victory of conquering faith and receive the title of a prince with God. It was when he “halted upon his thigh” ( Genesis 32:31 ) that the armed bands of Esau were stilled before him, and the Pharaoh, proud heir of a kingly line, stooped to crave his blessing. So the Captain of our salvation was made “perfect through sufferings” ( Hebrews 2:10 ), and the children of faith “out of weakness were made strong,” and “turned to flight the armies of the aliens” ( Hebrews 11:34 ). So do “the lame take the prey” ( Isaiah 33:23 ), and the weak become “as David,” and “the house of David ... as the angel of the Lord” ( Zechariah 12:8 ). MB 62.3"
"And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh."
Ellen White directly references Genesis 32:31 in this passage.
"For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings."
Ellen White directly references Hebrews 2:10 in this passage.
"Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens."
Ellen White directly references Hebrews 11:34 in this passage.
"Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey."
Ellen White directly references Isaiah 33:23 in this passage.
"In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them."
Ellen White directly references Zechariah 12:8 in this passage.