What does "All we like sheep have gone astray" mean?

Answer 1

Here a confession of sin common to all the elect people of God. They have all fallen, and therefore, in common chorus, they all say, from the first who entered heaven to the last who shall enter there, "All we like sheep have gone astray." The confession, while thus unanimous, is also special and particular: "We have turned every one to his own way." There is a peculiar sinfulness about every one of the individuals; all are sinful, but each one with some special aggravation not found in his fellow. It is the mark of genuine repentance that while it naturally associates itself with other penitents, it also takes up a position of loneliness. "We have turned every one to his own way," is a confession that each man had sinned against light peculiar to himself, or sinned with an aggravation which he could not perceive in others. This confession is unreserved; there is not a word to detract from its force, nor a syllable by way of excuse. The confession is a giving up of all pleas of self-righteousness. It is the declaration of men who are consciously guilty-guilty with aggravations, guilty without excuse: they stand with their weapons of rebellion broken in pieces, and cry, "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way." Yet we hear no dolorous wailings attending this confession of sin; for the next sentence makes it almost a song. "The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." It is the most grievous sentence of the three, but it overflows with comfort. Strange is it that where misery was concentrated mercy reigned; where sorrow reached her climax weary souls find rest. The Saviour bruised is the healing of bruised hearts. See how the lowliest penitence gives place to assured confidence through simply gazing at Christ on the cross!

Answer 2

Those born again Christians who have back slid away from God in their lives are the sheep that have gone astray.

Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

But the good news is that Jesus will go out and bring them back to Him.

Matthew 18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray ?

This is why this scripture is so very important to Chrsitians...

2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

To be contaminated by "friends" who are not Christians will cause a God fearing Christian to back slid and fall away from God. This is why those who are not equally "yoked" together need not be together according to the word of God.

Un equally yoked together-From a compound of G2087 and G2218; to yoke up differently, that is, (figuratively) to associate discordantly: - unequally yoke together with.

Answer 3

One of the common iamges used throughout the scriptures is that on the shepherd caring for his sheep. This verse in Isaiah 53 is refering to Jesus, the Great Shepherd, and his care for his people. The "gone astray" is a poetic way of saying that all men have sinned. They have gone after their own way, rather then after God's way. It is because of sin that Jesus would give his life to make a way of redemption.

Answer 4

Maybe this text will help....
Proverbs 16:25 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
If you continue sinning..which is the "wrong way" ...which is
"going astray" then that will end in death.
Romans 3:23 says "for all have sinned (gone astray) and come short of the glory of God."
Romans 6:23 says "the wages of sin is death; BUT the gift of God is eternal life!

Answer 5

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What does "All we like sheep have gone astray" mean?

Answer 6

It is a Biblical comparison between men and sheep. All sheep without a shepard go astray; that is get lost. Men are all sinners, and without Christ as a shepard, they too are lost.

Answer 7

According to the Bible:
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:6

God created the mankind in his own image and gave him more abundant life. God gave mankind a free will, so that he could choose his own way.

Man choosed to go their own ways instead of following God. (ie. Adam and Eve) People still make the same descitions. The result is separation from God.

The bible says in Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God".

Thus by straying from god Man is doomed to continually strive to overcome the separation from God in different ways all of which fail. The only true answer is God.

Answer 8

All we like sheep have gone astray (Isaiah 53:6 bible old testament)

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”

These words from the prophet Isaiah 53.6 were written hundreds of years before the birth of Christ. They are part of a Hebrew poem describing someone called the Suffering Servant, sent by God to be a light to the nations. After an initial period of popularity, the Servant is despised and rejected by people. He is led like a lamb to the slaughter, but by his death he secures forgiveness and new life for others. At the center of this poem come these words describing the Suffering Servant: “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”

From the very beginning of the Church, Christians have seen in these words both a portrait and a prediction of our Lord Jesus Christ. He was sent by God the Father to be the light of the world. He drew huge crowds when he taught and healed, but in the end people turned against him and asked for him to be crucified. By his sacrificial death on the cross he brought forgiveness of sins and new life to those who believed in him. While others have partially fulfilled the role of the Suffering Servant, Jesus is the only one who fully embodied these words from the prophet Isaiah: “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.” Notice two things from Isaiah 53.6.

Answer 9

Sheep get side tracked from where they should be. They need a sheepherd to keep them on the path.

Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. Wherever they go, they will find green pastures. The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:9-11

Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd;
I have everything I need.
He lets me rest in green meadows;
he leads me beside peaceful streams.
He renews my strength.
He guides me along right paths,
bringing honor to his name.
Even when I walk
through the dark valley of death,
I will not be afraid,
for you are close beside me.
Your rod and your staff
protect and comfort me.

Answer 10

We have all gone astray, in the same way that sheep go astray.