A Man Walking Along Fell

A man walking along
Fell into a pit
While out doing what's wrong
Thinking... not a whit

Then, seeing no way out
In the darkness deep
He wailed and cried about
A passerby heard him weep

A long ladder was brought
And was lowered down the hole
Tears of joy both men fought
That this sinner was saved whole

Ever, many times again
We are like this poor man
When upon committing sin
We need Christ's saving hand

He alone, having suffered
Has the love and compassion
To ever stand and offer
Redemption from our actions

The atonement makes it possible
To return to the narrow path
Depending on us... this is plausible
For we need to repent and ask

thoughts from primary
“Lesson 30: Jesus Christ in Gethsemane,” Primary 7: New Testament, 101
A man walking along a road fell into a pit so deep he could not climb out. No matter what he did, he could not get out by himself. The man called for help and rejoiced when a kind passerby heard him and lowered a ladder down into the pit. This allowed him to climb out of the pit and regain his freedom.

We are like the man in the pit. Sinning is like falling into the pit, and we can’t get out by ourselves. Just as the kind passerby heard the man’s cry for help, Heavenly Father sent his Only Begotten Son to provide the means of escape. Jesus Christ’s atonement could be compared to lowering a ladder into the pit; it gives us the means to climb out. Just as the man in the pit had to climb up the ladder, we must repent of our sins and obey the gospel principles and ordinances to climb out of our pit and make the Atonement work in our lives. Thus, after all we can do, the Atonement makes it possible for us to become worthy to return to Heavenly Father’s presence.

3. Read Mosiah 14:3–5 and Alma 7:11–12. Discuss how Jesus Christ, through the Atonement, not only suffered for our sins but also suffered our pains, sicknesses, and sorrows. He understands perfectly everything we experience and suffer on earth. Through his love and compassion, he will help us with our problems and challenges.

1 John 1: 5-10
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is alight, and in him is no darkness at all.
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanest us from all sin.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.