Jesus Rolls Away Your Reproach

"And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day." (Joshua 5: 9)

Joshua is a picture of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Just as in this passage, the Lord tells Joshua, who was leading the Israelites from the Wilderness into the Promised Land, so too Christ Jesus has taken away our reproach, our sin and shame and condemnation:

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5: 8)

and

"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus," (Romans 8: 1, NIV)

and

"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." (2 Corinthians 5: 21)

In fact, we are called to keep receiving His gifts of righteousness and abundance of grace (Romans 5: 17), a never-ending reminder that His blood continues cleansing us from all sin (1 John 1: 7), that we are now sons of God (1 John 3: 1), and that God loves us as much as His own Son (John 17: 21) and sees us as His own Son (1 John 4: 17).

Not only has Jesus rolled away your reproach, every time that the Enemy attacks you with thoughts of your past, or the fears of the present, or the reproach of men, we need only rest in the faith that Jesus Christ has taken care of all things, and this shield of faith dissolves the fiery darts of the enemy (Ephesians 6: 16)

Jesus has rolled away the reproach in your life!