"“If ... thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.”— Matthew 6:22 . Singleness of purpose, wholehearted devotion to God, is the condition pointed out by the Saviour's words. Let the purpose be sincere and unwavering to discern the truth and to obey it at whatever cost, and you will receive divine enlightenment. Real piety begins when all compromise with sin is at an end. Then the language of the heart will be that of the apostle Paul: “This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” “I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.” Philippians 3:13, 14, 8 . MB 91"
"The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light."
Ellen White directly references Matthew 6:22 in this passage.
"“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.” Colossians 3:1 . MB 91.1"
"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God."
Ellen White directly references Colossians 3:1 in this passage.