A New Jersey man was bitten by a rattlesnake that he was trying to save. Around 6:30pm Thursday, a 24-year-old man was driving on Route 679 near West Stage Road in Tuckerton when he spotted a rattlesnake trying to cross the highway. Not wanting the snake to be hit by traffic, the man stopped to help it. As he tried to pin the snake down with a stick, it bit him. He was taken to a hospital where officials say his injuries are not life-threatening.

The man was probably surprised when the snake bit him, but it was just doing what snakes do. If you mess with a rattlesnake, it’s going to try to bite you.

A lot of people are surprised when sin jumps up and bites them. They shouldn’t be; that’s just what sin does.

Many people act surprised when they get drunk and something bad happens. It’s like they never heard of this ever occurring before, when it actually happens all the time. Others behave as though a sexually transmitted disease or unplanned pregnancy could never happen to them, and then can’t believe it when it does. Some people tell lies and then are shocked when they have to deal with unpleasant consequences. Others are caught off guard when they have to pay the price for greed, violence or some other sinful behavior.

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”—Galatians 6:7-8.

Don’t be surprised if sin jumps up and bites you!