"Education in the Life Eternal Our lifework here is a preparation for the life eternal. The education begun here will not be completed in this life; it will be going forward through all eternity—ever progressing, never completed. More and more fully will be revealed the wisdom and love of God in the plan of redemption. The Saviour, as He leads His children to the fountains of living waters, will impart rich stores of knowledge. And day by day the wonderful works of God, the evidences of His power in creating and sustaining the universe, will open before the mind in new beauty. In the light that shines from the throne, mysteries will disappear, and the soul will be filled with astonishment at the simplicity of the things that were never before comprehended. MH 466"
"But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."
Both passages speak of a continuous learning and revelation of God's wisdom, with the promise of deeper understanding and satisfaction. The 'fountains of living waters' in EGW's writing alludes to the 'water that I shall give him' in John 4:14, representing spiritual nourishment and eternal life.
"And the natural powers are enlarged because of holy obedience. From the study of the word of life, students may come forth with minds expanded, elevated, ennobled. If they are, like Daniel, hearers and doers of the word of God, they may advance as he did in all branches of learning. Being pure-minded, they will become strong-minded. Every intellectual faculty will be quickened. They may so educate and discipline themselves that all within the sphere of their influence shall see what man can be, and what he can do, when connected with the God of wisdom and power. MH 466.1"
"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves."
EGW directly references the principle of being 'doers of the word' from James 1:22, applying it to the context of education and intellectual development.
"Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face; now we know in part; but then we shall know even as also we are known. MH 466.3"
"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."
This is a direct quote from 1 Corinthians 13:12, making it an explicit allusion.