The Nature of Rattlesnakes is a story to remind us that rattlesnakes never change their nature, no matter how good they talk or how attractive they look. As Christians in a world that is full of lots of rattlesnakes, we can avoid them by staying on the straight and narrow road, keeping our eyes and our feet fixed straight ahead, looking for and taking the escape routes, which are provided when we do encounter a temptation, running fast away at the first hint that we’re in rattlesnake country.