Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Exodus 1:15-22
by: Linda Lawton.
The midwives in Egypt, used to helping to bring life into the world, were ordered to take the lives of newborn Israelite boys instead. Even thought they must have feared what Pharaoh might do to them, they refused to obey that order. When questioned, they lied and stated that the Hebrew women had their babies before the midwives could get to them. What about us? Are we willing to risk our lives rather than commit such a sin? The midwives could have quit their jobs, but then whoever took their places might have actually killed the babies. Are we willing to stay in a position and do what is right, whatever the cost?