In ESB, Lando had the misfortune of deciding what to do when the Empire and Han arrive on Bespin. As the Administrator of Cloud City, he made a deal with Darth Vader to spare his friends’ lives in exchange for Luke.
After Vader tortures Han, Lando learns that Han is to be given over to the bounty hunter, Boba Fett. Additionally, Leia and Chewie are never to leave the city.
After complaining to Lord Vader, Lando accepts the deal, and when Vader leaves, Lando mutters, “This deal is getting worse all the time.”
We all have made deals or agreements that have not turned out how we hoped, or they were changed without our full approval.
The good news is that God has made us a perfect deal, one that He will never change. That deal is the Gospel message, which is summed up beautifully in John 3:16-18.
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because He has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”
Paul also makes the case on the book of Romans. If we read the following verses in the order presented, we will see our need for salvation and God’s perfect “deal.”
Romans 3:10, 3:23, 5:12, 6:23, 1:16, 5:8-9, 10:13, and Romans 10:17.
The question we need to ask ourselves and others is, what is our role in this “deal” God has offered?
The answer is, we only need to accept it, put our faith and trust in Jesus, the only Son of God. He will take care of everything else since we are unable to satisfy the requirement of being perfect.
What a great deal! How can we share this deal today?
