Have you ever desired to be a doppelganger? If you select the right person being a doppelganger can be a wonderful thing. Just in case you don’t know what a doppelganger is that’s why I am writing about it. It’s new to me. Being a doppelganger is looking exactly like someone else but not being a twin.
A few years ago while waiting to board an airplane a doppelganger of my father came and sat across from me. He was even wearing a fedora and had a cigar in his mouth. I wanted to go over and hug him. I’m sure he wondered why I continually stared at him. Many years ago in a bookstore I saw a doppelganger of my wife. After a while I realized that if I did not stop following her from bookshelf to bookshelf I would be arrested for harassment or stalking.
By this time you know where I am going with all this doppelganger talk. The name Christian means to be Christ-like. Wouldn’t the best thing in the world to hear if someone said to you, “Because I know you I now know what Jesus looks like”? Realistically speaking that would take a long, long time for most of us. That’s why we need eternity.
In John 14 Jesus spoke of His doppelganger. While speaking about His Father, He said, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father.” He went on to speak of doing His Father’s will. So there it is. If you wish to be a doppelganger of Jesus, the way is plotted out. Do His will.
Written by Roger Bothwell on March 13, 2014
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