"The opposite and no less dangerous error is that belief in Christ releases men from keeping the law of God; that since by faith alone we become partakers of the grace of Christ, our works have nothing to do with our redemption. SC 60.1"
"Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law."
EGW directly addresses the idea of faith voiding the law, which Romans 3:31 explicitly denies, affirming that faith establishes the law. This is more than a thematic parallel; it's a direct engagement with the principle at stake.
"What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?"
Both passages address the relationship between grace and obedience. Romans 6:1-2 argues against continuing in sin under the pretense of grace, while EGW warns against the error of believing that works are irrelevant to redemption because of grace. Both emphasize that grace should not be an excuse for lawlessness.
But notice here that obedience is not a mere outward compliance, but the service of love. The law of God is an expression of His very nature; it is an embodiment of the great principle of love, and hence is the foundation of His government in heaven and earth. If our hearts are renewed in the likeness of God, if the divine love is implanted in the soul, will not the law of God be carried out in the life? When the principle of love is implanted in the heart, when man is renewed after the image of Him that created him, the new-covenant promise is fulfilled, “I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them.” Hebrews 10:16 . And if the law is written in the heart, will it not shape the life? Obedience—the service and allegiance of love—is the true sign of discipleship. Thus the Scripture says, “This is the love of God, that we keep His commandments.” “He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” 1 John 5:3 …
"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;"
Ellen White directly references Hebrews 10:16 in this passage.
"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous."
Ellen White directly references 1 John 5:3 in this passage.