"Chapter 1—God's Love for Man Nature and revelation alike testify of God's love. Our Father in heaven is the source of life, of wisdom, and of joy. Look at the wonderful and beautiful things of nature. Think of their marvelous adaptation to the needs and happiness, not only of man, but of all living creatures. The sunshine and the rain, that gladden and refresh the earth, the hills and seas and plains, all speak to us of the Creator's love. It is God who supplies the daily needs of all His creatures. In the beautiful words of the psalmist— SC 9"
"Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing."
The EGW passage's statement that 'It is God who supplies the daily needs of all His creatures' is a clear and direct allusion to Psalm 145:16, which states, 'Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.'
"The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season."
The EGW passage's statement that 'It is God who supplies the daily needs of all His creatures' is a clear and direct allusion to Psalm 145:15, which states, 'The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.'
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
Both passages highlight God as the giver of good things. The EGW passage speaks of God as the source of life, wisdom, and joy, while James 1:17 describes God as the source of every good and perfect gift. The connection is thematic, focusing on God's benevolent nature.
"For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring."
Both passages speak of God's role as the source of life and being. While not a direct quote or explicit allusion, the theme of God's provision and sustaining power is present in both.
"“The eyes of all wait upon Thee; And Thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest Thine hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.” Psalm 145:15, 16 . SC 9.2"
"The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season."
EGW directly quotes Psalm 145:15.
"Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing."
EGW directly quotes Psalm 145:16.
"God made man perfectly holy and happy; and the fair earth, as it came from the Creator's hand, bore no blight of decay or shadow of the curse. It is transgression of God's law—the law of love—that has brought woe and death. Yet even amid the suffering that results from sin, God's love is revealed. It is written that God cursed the ground for man's sake. Genesis 3:17 . The thorn and the thistle—the difficulties and trials that make his life one of toil and care—were appointed for his good as a part of the training needful in God's plan for his uplifting from the ruin and degradation that sin has wrought. The world, though fallen, is not all sorrow and misery. In nature itself are messages of hope and comfort. There are flowers upon the thistles, and the thorns are covered with roses. SC 9.3"
"And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;"
Ellen White directly references Genesis 3:17 in this passage.