What are the fruits worthy of repentance? In the previous video we looked at John the Baptist's message of repentance and we saw with supporting evidence from Matthew 21 and Acts 19 that his message about repentance wasn't turning from sin to be saved. It was believing on the Lord Jesus Christ that was coming after him. But what we didn't explore in that video are the fruits worthy of repentance or meat for repentance because many people would argue that the commands that John gives regarding those fruits shows that true repentance cannot be faith without works. It must have works to accompany it if it's genuine repentance and by works they usually mean turning from sin. Well before we begin let's just remind ourselves what we saw in the previous video that and why John the Baptist's message of repentance was definitely about what we believe not about correcting our behavior. In the previous video we saw that John's Old Testament quote was quite specific. John the Baptist could have quoted an Old Testament passage about turning from sin or wickedness or iniquity etc but he didn't. He quoted a passage that points us to the Christ that was coming as this was who John was paving the way for. We also saw that they only confessed their sins. Those who were baptized confessed that is to admit or acknowledge their sins but the text does not say that they repented of or for suck their sins. Anybody with the basic ability to read or understand English should have no problem discerning this obvious fact. John preached repentance but not of your sins. Once again somebody who understands English should have no problem discerning the fact that John said repent or repentance but he didn't follow it up with the christiany suffix of your sins. He did follow it with for the remission of or the forgiveness of sins but this changes the meaning of the sentence. And then finally we saw that Matthew 21 32 and Acts 19 4 prove it. These two verses prove that John's message of repentance was to believe. That's how Jesus understood it in Matthew 21, that's how Paul understood it in Acts 19 and anybody who says otherwise is not only rejecting these two verses but accusing Jesus and Paul of either being liars or mistaken. Okay then so if John said repent and he was telling people to believe on the Christ people will wonder why then when the people ask what to do does John tell them to bring forth fruits worthy of repentance and he's telling them to do specific works he's not telling them to believe. So you know this will obviously confuse a lot of people in light of what I just said in the previous video. Well what we'll do is we'll go to Luke's Gospel because that gives us the most detail about these fruits meet for or fruits worthy of repentance that John was talking about. In Luke chapter 3 verses 8 it says bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance and begin not to say within yourselves we have Abraham to our father for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children on to Abraham. So make sure that you understand this that the first thing that John actually points people to is to not think within themselves that they have Abraham to their father because many Jews thought that they were God's chosen people or they were not in bondage to sin simply on account of being Abraham's physical descendants we see that throughout the Gospels. I did briefly mention that in the previous video that John chapter 8 particularly gives a very good indication of this especially in verse 33. But if God wanted physical descendants he could have just used the stones themselves. God wasn't interested in physical descendants he wanted descendants by faith as Paul talks extensively about in the latter half of Romans. So the first thing that John points them to when he says fruit meet for repentance it's it's not trusting in the flesh okay it's not trusting in their origins or genealogies okay that's the first thing that he's getting people to see. He then goes on to say and now also the axe is laid onto the root of the trees every tree therefore which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. Now the first and biggest mistake that a lot of people make when they see the word fruit in the Bible and a lot of work salvation is to make a very big deal about this fruit is that they just replace the word fruit in their head with the word works okay so oh I have to do works to justify my salvation or prove my you know faith with works because it says fruit okay but that's that's not what fruit means all right now if you just think about the analogy of a labor growing fruit which the Bible uses this analogy frequently fruit itself is not work okay when you're growing fruit you don't massage and squeeze the grapes until they're strong enough you know or large enough to make them grow more okay the work is that you plant the seeds you trim the branches okay you tend to the tree and throughout most of that time no fruit actually grows okay but you're waiting for the right time and season and in that time and season then you're expecting to get fruit as the product of or the result of the work that you've already put in okay so fruit if anything is the product of doing something not the doing itself so to illustrate this this at the top is the work you must do and this at the bottom is what you hope to get after several months or years of work pretty simple when you look at it like that now if you want to disagree with me that's that's up to you but the thing is if you interpret fruit as works and then in that you're including repenting of sin well then ultimately you have a workspace salvation one way or another even if you give lip service to faith alone you have a workspace salvation if you're going to jump to that conclusion but anyway what exactly then is the fruit what is the product that john is hoping that people will get well the ending of luke matches the ending of matthew and mark's account and tells us exactly what the end result is he says further down in luke chapter three that john answered saying on to them all i indeed baptize you with water but one mightier than i comes the latchet of whose shoes i am not worthy to unloose he shall baptize you with the holy ghost and with fire whose fan is in his hand and he will thoroughly purge his floor and will gather the wheat into his garner but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable and so once again if i didn't already make this perfectly clear from the previous video john is pointing them to the christ he's not telling them to look introspectively or looking into their own selves but looking towards the christ who's going to separate the wheat from the chaff so how does christ do this well how does christ decide who is wheat and who is chaff or tears would be another biblical word well the most like for like passage i suppose would be the parable of the wheat and the tears in matthew 13 so for the sake of time and stay on topic we won't delve too deeply into this passage but i'll list some key points in matthew 13 verses 24 to 30 jesus describes the kingdom of heaven as a field where a man put good seed in the field but his enemies came in while he was sleeping and sowed bad tears among the wheat consequently when the harvesting time was ready the servants noticed both good wheat and bad tears and were surprised because they knew the master planted good seed the man tells them to gather both but throw the tears into a fire and to store the good wheat prior to the parable jesus had already explained the parable of the four seeds to a multitude who were dull of hearing this essentially describes the word of god going out to four different kinds of people but only one type of person profited from the word of god on to everlasting life and brought forth more fruit after the parable the disciples asked jesus to describe it verse 36 jesus explained that he the son of man was planting good seed which are the children of the kingdom in verse 38 satan likewise planted tears which are his own children verse 39 and the angels shall eventually cast his children into hellfire versus 40 to 42 so what jesus is getting at here is that he came to plant or make known the children of the kingdom or you might say the children of god and his death on the cross would be the means of how that would happen as he explained in john 12 he says in john 12 24 except a corn of wheat so there's that wheat analogy again fall into the ground and die it abides alone but if it die it brings forth much fruit and obviously this is in reference to jesus dying so jesus was referring to his own death and the fruit that he was bringing forth were the people who would be saved through his death burial and resurrection the work that jesus was doing would enable god's children to get saved and adopted into the family of god and the new testament talks extensively about how saved christians are the true children of abraham right not those who think to say within themselves that they have abraham their father as john the baptist was also getting at so the fact the bible is very clear how you become a child of god like it says in john chapter one verses 12 13 but as many as received him to them gave he the power to become the sons of god even to them that believe on his name which were born not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man but of god now man's will is thinking that he can get saved by his works or because he's repented of his sins but those people are chaff okay they're the tears the ones who are the children or the sons of god are according to god's will okay those are the seed that jesus has planted they're the ones that receive him and believe on him so that's the fruit that's the end goal and that's why the repentance that john the baptist preached was to believe on christ as we saw in the previous video and as matthew 21 32 and acts 19 for proof without a shadow of doubt because that's the kind of repentance that leads to somebody being a son of god or a child of the kingdom so everlasting life then is the fruit of that that's what god gives the children as the opposite of the fire where the tears are cast or hell fire but then now we're getting to the crux of the matter aren't we if the fruit is everlasting life and that that's the product we hope to get and if it's by faith as i'm arguing then what's the point in telling people to do various works in luke chapter 3 because he could you know he could have just told them to be planted in the good field by jesus although that's perhaps not a very practical instruction because think about it if salvation is not of works what would the point in telling them to do works then that's obviously a very tough question so you can understand why people struggle with this passage so let's go to luke see what john the baptist says and as most of you know he lists three groups of things to do so in verses 10 and 11 of luke chapter 3 the people ask sir john saying what shall we do then he answered and said unto them he that has two coats let him impart to him that has none and he that has meat let him do likewise he goes on to saying verses 12 and 13 then came also publicans to be baptized and said unto him master what shall we do and he said unto them exact no more than that which is appointed you and then finally in verse 14 it's the soldiers that likewise demanded of him saying what shall we do and he said unto them do violence to no man neither recuse any falsely and be content with your wages now for those of you that are heavily entrenched in the repentance of your sins to be saved gospel i do understand that common sense kind of goes over your head okay see if you can employ some common sense for one miserable day and stay with me here okay just think about this if the fruits of repentance are all about turning from sin and that's the big thing that we've got to be doing here what sin are they being told to repent of in verse 11 is it a sin to own two coats is it a sin to have meat is it a sin to own more property than somebody else is it a sin to live in the same place where other people have fewer possessions than you what about the person who doesn't have any coats what sin is he being asked to turn from in this verse so the first thing that's listed is not a sin issue now people will say well they were being selfish and wouldn't share their possessions with the poor and needy well you can inject that narrative into the text but that's not what it says so the first thing that's mentioned is not even a sin issue okay so how are you going to say that this is all about turning from sins when the first thing that he mentions has got nothing to do with sin so you've seen then how people are getting so confused over this topic because it doesn't make any logical sense for a start and you say well all right fine okay but what about the other two examples because they probably are sin issues and it's highly likely that the soldiers and publicans were probably trying to get a little bit of extra money on the side well the thing to notice in these three examples is that every single one of them is quite specific in fact even that's an understatement because john's been very exacting and very specific they're not about all works under the sun or all sins under the sun the people which I'm guessing were probably of Jewish persuasion I suppose maybe some of Gentile persuasion they were told to impart spare coats and meat to the one who doesn't have any coats or meat the publicans were told to exact no more money than they were entitled to the soldiers were told to do violence to no man not to accuse falsely and to be satisfied with their wages which I assume presumably means not to accept bribes now again once again I understand this is hard for those of you that are entrenched in this repent of sins thing okay but just just try and use some common sense if this passage is all about turning from all of your sins then why is john's message to each group of people extremely specific I mean you know do you think any of these people didn't struggle with alcohol or you know prostitution or anything like that but you know they don't even get a mention every single thing is extremely specific to the group of people that he's talking to and the first group of people is very very generic actually in the specific action that they're being told to do so stop and think about this why weren't the soldiers and publicans content with their wages if they were living an otherwise honest life why would they need to be discontented perhaps the reason why their wages didn't stretch very far is because they were spending their wages on halls at the brothel or they were spending their wages on getting drunk at the tavern or they were buying too many coats and more meat than they could actually eat did the soldiers and publicans have no other sin in their life than trying to exact too much money and of the soldiers falsely accusing or doing needless violence were all the soldiers and publicans like this or just a few of them did the common people live a very wholly decent life except for the fact that they had a notable coat hoarding problem and meat hoarding problem and kept far too many unnecessary spare coats or spare meat in the house now when you look at it like that you don't need me to tell you how ridiculous that sounds okay the works being listed here are far too specific they're not being told to repent of all of their sins and it's very highly likely that most of them would have done far worse things than what john is actually listing here so why didn't john list those other sins then well let's just compare scripture with scripture let's try and get a discernible relationship with other passages in the bible instead of just guessing or picking a random answer like repent of your sins so let's start with the spare coats and meat not only is this command very specific it also speaks only to specific individuals within the people that asked john anyone who does not have a coat or meat was not told to do anything or to repent of anything they weren't told to bring forth any fruits whatsoever so obviously it's absurd to say that john was telling them to repent of their sins when not only is this commandment not a sin issue in the first place but for a large number of people this commandment didn't even apply if you didn't have any spare coats or meat and you're not a public and order soldier well you're literally being told to do nothing to bring forth fruits worthy of repentance there's no commandment for you to do anything so you know those of you that went to bible college i suggest you suit for a refund but anyway what's the meaning of sharing coats and meat in this passage why tell them this if he's pointing them to the christ can we compare this to anything to do with jesus later in the gospel account well funnily enough there is actually in matthew six it says therefore take no thought saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or where with the shall we be clothed for after all these things to the Gentiles seek for your heavenly father knows that you need of all these things but seek you first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added on to you now this is a fantastic passage it sounds lovely when we read it in church if only we'd actually believe it in our hearts but you know jesus tells us that we don't need to worry about what we shall eat well there's your meat okay or what we shall wear so there's your coats because our heavenly father takes care of our basic needs and if we don't trust god to provide for our basic earthly needs which we can see and touch how are we going to trust god to provide for our heavenly hope which is a far off okay if we can't even see it yet we don't even know for sure if it actually exists okay now you know don't worry i'm not saying that to gaslight anybody's faith please don't misunderstand if that's the the message that you just got there but i'm i'm saying this to exhort you to grow in faith okay to learn to trust jesus more that he successfully filled fulfilled what he said he would so you know for example when he says that he should lose nothing that he's given eternal life to as it says in john six believe it and don't argue about it now i'm sure many of you watching this have probably got a whole coat rack at home with a winter coat and a summer coat and a formal coat you've probably got more than two coats some of you okay especially that the ladies will like a bit of fashion right but but clothing in our day is in age is not very expensive you know we're not accustomed to seeing naked people freezing to death in the streets but historically before the industrial revolution clothing was very expensive it took a long time to make materials were not as abundant as they are now so it cost a lot of money to obtain clothing and meat and food was also much more expensive relative to salaries especially if you couldn't grow it very well yourself and so having excess clothing or food in that day and age was rather like having more than what you need now because you're worried that things might happen okay are you worried that you know but thing is god told us god told us not to worry about these things so the man with two coats and excess meat who gives these articles away can learn to trust god more by learning to live by faith and not worry about storing up for tomorrow as for the man with no coats and no meat he can feel like he is having his needs met because a fellow believer in the lord will see him and as james two instructs give those things that are needful for the body he can likewise learn to trust god more because god has already met his earthly needs by instructing somebody else not to hoard excess so the goal then really is that both of these parties can learn to trust god more through this transaction but just for different reasons okay and just in case it sounds you know it sounds like we're going back to work salvation let's just shoot that in the face okay Jesus did say to seek his righteousness whereas the people who are entrenched in repent of your sins so-called they love to quote passages like Ezekiel chapter 18 because they're trying to establish their own righteousness okay but there is more to the coats and meat as well it's not just about not worrying let's see what else Jesus says about this topic in Matthew 10 verses 9 to 10 remember that in context Jesus is sending his disciples to various cities to preach the kingdom just as John the Baptist had also preached the kingdom and he says to his disciples provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses nor script for your journey neither to coats neither shoes nor yet staves for the workman is worthy of his meat when Jesus sent his disciples out to preach you could really say that he sent them without things that even we would consider to be the bare minimum right the implication was that hopefully enough people would receive their teaching and would provide them with meals and a place to stay and if for some reason their coat you know needed a replacement well then they would provide a replacement coat hopefully because a workman is worthy of his meat okay a workman is worthy of these things now some houses would receive them some houses would not receive them as Jesus went on to say in Matthew 10 and into whatsoever city or town you shall enter inquire who in it is worthy and there abide until you go from there and when you come into the house salute it and if the house be worthy let your peace come upon it but if it be not worthy let your peace return to you so there is Jesus sends his disciples without spare coats without spare meat with the expectation that through their preaching somebody that's worthy in that town would receive them and provide for them and give them their basic lodging and their basic needs now I'm not I am going to have to risk a bit of conjecture here okay we don't know a lot about what the John the Baptist's preaching was because we have very little dialogue from that story okay and he was arrested some time after Jesus was baptized so we know very little about John the Baptist really it's not really known how much John the Baptist knew Jesus even though there was a connection between their mothers but John the Baptist preaching from what we know from the dialogue reveals very little about Jesus other than that he's coming to separate the week from the chaff right so it's possible that people went away from his baptism not knowing very much about this Christ person anyway when Jesus sent his disciples out to preach in various towns and cities it's very likely that but it's probably quite obvious really that they knew a lot more about Jesus than John did because they're his disciples and because they were going into these different towns and cities it's very very likely although it's not documented that they would have bumped into some of the people that were baptized of John okay and they could give them more detail about who this Christ figure was and give them more doctrine about this Jesus person that they were told to believe in so think about this what if you had been baptized by John who had told you to give your spare coat and meat to him that has none and then the disciples came to preach at your town or village even to your very house and were in need of these things but you declined to part with these things or what if Jesus had come to your town to preach and to heal and you not knowing exactly who he was after John's message declined to help him at best you could have missed out on the chance to have Jesus or his disciples lodge at your house and may have embarrassed yourself if you realised and repented later at worst you could have declined to help them and consequently missed out on some very important truth about the kingdom if John the Baptist had not made it entirely clear to you beforehand and you might not have another chance to hear a once in a lifetime experience now I'm sure you don't need me to tell you how bad that would have been okay so if you had the selfish attitude of not helping those in need and not sparing a coat or not sparing a meat you could have whether intentionally or unintentionally turned away Jesus as very disciples so the goal of giving your spare meat and coat to him that has none is not to work your way to heaven it's to teach you to prepare your heart for Christ and to be alert for his coming okay and so that's the common people dealt with what about the publicans so this is a very specific group of people who were told to not do a very specific thing of taking money they were not entitled to so this is quite specific and it doesn't really address all of the sins in a publicans life and this doesn't necessarily either assume that all the publicans were guilty of doing this anyway they could have been a handful of them that did act with integrity for all we know we just don't know so you can probably hazard against us to where we can link this elsewhere with the gospel accounts although this one is perhaps not quite as clear in Luke chapter five and Levi's name Matthew in Matthew's gospel it says in verses 27 to 29 and after these things he went forth and saw a publican named Levi sitting at the receipt of custom and he that's Jesus said on to him follow me and he left all rose up and followed him and Levi made him a great feast in his own house and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them now this story doesn't reveal much about Levi or the publicans but you might be inclined to ask some questions what if Jesus had caught Levi in the act of exacting more money than what was owed what might have happened what if Levi was more concerned about obtaining money than dropping everything and putting on a feast for the Christ obviously we can't delve into all those you know what ifs because we'd just be stepping too deep into the injection but that's a good enough reason to consider what John the Baptist was saying what if Jesus said follow me you know put on a dinner for me essentially and you don't want to do it because you're more concerned with earning money and then you missed out on a chance to hear the gospel directly from Jesus okay and I'm just asking the question what if Zacchaeus could be another example that we could look at in Luke chapter 19 verses 2 and then verses 5 to 8 it says there was a man named Zacchaeus which was the chief among the publicans and he was rich and when Jesus came to the place he looked up and saw him and said on to him Zacchaeus make haste and come down for today I must abide at your house and he made haste and come down and received him joyfully and when they saw it they all murmured saying this uh that he has gone to be a guest with a man that is a sinner Zacchaeus stood and said on to the Lord behold Lord the half of my goods I give to the poor and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation I restore him fourfold now people will obviously use that as a repent of your sins passage right but the thing is again we can't delve into too many conjectural details about how Jesus would have reacted if Zacchaeus didn't show any inclination towards making amendments or repaying back what he owed that there's just not enough information in that passage but what's interesting about the story of Zacchaeus is that previously in Luke's gospel Jesus had already had an exchange with a rich young ruler who trusted in his riches and could not enter the kingdom whereas uh G sorry Zacchaeus seemed to understand that Jesus's kingdom was greater than earthly riches he at least understood that much and even in the chapters before the rich young ruler in Luke Jesus gives some quite detailed discourses to the publicans about the parable of the lost coin for instance or the cost of discipleship or the unjust steward right and so you know the rich man didn't and who didn't make it into heaven despite being a descendant of Abraham in Luke 16 so quite a lot of money-oriented discussions in relation to the kingdom in that section there so John the Baptist's warning against unappointed money and taking that is that it's consistent with Jesus's teachings about not trusting or becoming attached to the riches of this world which may be an obstacle to somebody turning to Christ okay so again it's about preparing their hearts to be ready to receive the Christ and again I know I've kept repeating this in the last couple of videos but in Matthew 21 Jesus explicitly stated that the publicans go into the kingdom because they believed John the Baptist's preaching okay whereas the chief priest and elders didn't so that was the publicans what about the soldiers and once again we've got a very specific group with a very specific list which does not necessarily include all of the sins that the soldiers were probably guilty of well we can look at an example of good soldiers versus bad soldiers to understand this one so a good example of bad soldiers would be those who crucified Jesus he says in Matthew 27 27 to 31 then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall and gathered on to him the whole band of soldiers and they stripped him and put it on him a scarlet robe and when they had plaited a crown of thorns they put it on his head and a reed in his right hand and they bowed the knee before him and mocked him saying hail king of the Jews and they spit upon him and took the reed and smoked him on the head and after that they had mocked him they took the robe off him and put his own remand on him and led him away to crucify him and in the next chapter it goes on to same verse 12 that when they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel they gave large money on to the soldiers saying say you his disciples came by night and stole him away while he we slept and if this come to the governor's ears we will persuade him and secure you so they took the money and did as they were taught and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day so you can see here that the soldiers took a bribe to give a false accusation and in John's gospel chapter 19 it tells us that the soldiers when they had crucified Jesus took his garments and made four parts to every soldier apart and also his coat now obviously it tells us that the soldiers did this to fulfill scripture but it doesn't say exactly what they personally got from doing this it's highly likely that they wanted to sell it and then further in John 19 the soldiers break the legs of the first and of the other which was crucified with him but then they came to Jesus and saw that he was dead already so they didn't break his legs but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side and forthwith came out blood and water now we don't know if any of these soldiers were present at John the Baptist's preaching but we do know that whatever behavior they're displaying is the very opposite of what John the Baptist told soldiers to do they did violence to the Christ when John the Baptist said do violence to no man they took bribes and presumably sold Jesus clothes because they weren't content with their wages when John the Baptist told soldiers to be content with their wages and the elders paid them to bear false witness and they did take that money and bear false witness you know in telling the about how the disciples stole Jesus when John the Baptist specifically told soldiers not to make false accusations and so we see that this once again has absolutely nothing to do with doing works to be saved or to justify genuine repentance it has to do with preparing the hearts of people because Christ is coming okay and you don't want to be on the one of the soldiers that would end up being on the bad side of history and is one of these deplorable acts to Jesus if anything you want to be a good soldier like the faithful centurion because when we're reading Luke 7 of the faithful centurion he is a very humble man who didn't even dare to trouble Jesus he said I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof neither I thought myself to be worthy to come near you but say the word and my servant shall be healed for I am a man of authority having unto me soldiers and then look how Jesus replies he doesn't say I have not found so great a repentance of sins no he says I have not found so great a faith in Israel it was the centurion's faith and so hopefully when you get that whole picture of the gospels you see that you know the fruits of repentance it has nothing to do with trying to earn your salvation or you know prove your salvation because John the Baptist was preparing the way of the Lord and many of these people would never see John the Baptist again so he had no way of knowing whether they genuinely repented of sin anyway okay he had no follow-up with these people he just they confess their sins he baptizes them and they're on their way and we never hear about any of them again so if you're one of these people that were with John the Baptist and he's telling you you know do this or do that you don't want to be any of the people that are on the wrong side of history okay you don't want to be one of the houses that turned away Jesus and his disciples because he wouldn't spare a bit of meat and coats okay you don't want to be one of the publicans that loved money and turned down the offer to have a feast with the Messiah one of the greatest moments that you could have had in history you don't want to be one of the soldiers that did violence directly to the Christ and mocking him and you know taking brides to spread misinformation you don't want to be one of those people in the next video we'll be looking at Jesus carrying on this message from John the Baptist because Jesus carries on this very same thing repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand just like John the Baptist has preached before him this is no nonsense Christianity reminding you that nowhere in the bible does it say repent of your sins to be saved


High-o-silver! A merry horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty high-o-silver! The Lone Ranger! The faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the masked rider of the plane, led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. The stories of his strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness have come down to us through the generations, and nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse, Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again! Come on, Silver! Hustle, big toe! Hail, Silver! Hooray! Silver raced through the night, faster than he'd ever ran before. The Lone Ranger held his nephew, Dan Reed, before him on the stallion's back. While the wind beat against his face, the masked man feared for the life of the slim, 14-year-old lad, he loved with all the selfless devotion of a father. The sinister El Mundo had already made one attempt to capture Dan Reed. Hooray, Silver! Hooray, steady hoo! Oh, God, I've never traveled so fast. Tonto should be nearby. Tonto! Here he comes. Dan, you'll stay here with Tonto and Joe Purdy till I return. Oh, but what about Victor? We had to leave my horse in town. I'm going back for him. Dan, all right. Yes, Tonto. Where's Joe Purdy? Him come now. Hi, there! Joe, a lot has happened since Dan took your place in jail. Yeah? The sheriff found the man who murdered the banker. You're in the clear on that charge. That's good news. My other news isn't good. Oh? El Mundo sent one of his agents to talk to your mother. Yes?  She refused to sell the ranch. I think you know what happens to people who defile El Mundo.   I'll get square. I'm going to tell you all I know about El Mundo and his plans. We're going to do our level best to put El Mundo where he belongs. You may be sure of that. Just tell me where I can find him. He has his headquarters in a subterranean Mayan temple in the disputed territory. He's trying by every means to gain control of the ranches along the border that adjoin that territory. For what? If he can control a narrow strip of land along the border, he can charge duty on all goods crossing between the United States and Mexico. His plan is to succeed. He must get your ranch. I'll never give it up. You stay with Toto and Dan for the time being. When we need your help, we'll call on you. Golly, Joe, I... I sure am sorry. There was only something I could do. It's all right, Dan. Steady, Silver. Take care of things, Toto. You'll be back soon. I'm going after Victor. I suppose there's no use in asking to go with you. No, Dan. Come on, Silver. Sure feel like a pest, Dan. All the trouble I've put you in the Lone Ranger too. Oh, golly, Joe, don't say that. The Lone Ranger wants to smash El Mundo in his organization. You help him by sticking here.  Oh, Dan, I'd sooner not talk about that. Uh, Toto's been mighty busy since you left. He has? What have you been doing, Toto? Oh, me make medicine. First, he went all through the forest, digging roots and taking the bark off of certain trees. Then he started cooking this stuff. We go to camp now and watch medicine. What kind of medicine? Maybe by and by, you see, Dan. Toto. Huh? You don't suppose those crooks would harm Victor, do you? Me not, no, Dan. You think they would? Oh, me not, no. Lone Ranger come back by and by. Him no.  Oh, golly, Joe, I'm sorry. I'll fight him to the finish for what they've done already. Only we could get the chance to fight him. I wish I was riding back to El Pass with the Lone Ranger, wearing a couple of six-gums. Lone Ranger reached the town. He saw the red glow against the sky that suggested fire. Nearer, he saw flames leaping from many buildings in town. Then he saw the people. The whole town fighting with buckets of water, wet rags, anything that could be found. Whoa, whoa, whoa! Bill, you stay here. I'm going over to speak to the sheriff, steady. Wait, boy. Sheriff! Sheriff! I can't talk now. Grab some of those cans of minimal water. Sheriff! Oh, it's you. How many buildings? The jail, the sheriff's office, and a couple of stables. We're trying to save the other buildings. What stable? Dan's horse was in the one bank. I know, I know.  They fired the jail first and then the stables. What about the horse? I'm worried some of the horses got taken out. A white one? I didn't see a white one. I know Dan's horse, I didn't see it. And it's still inside. I don't know. Hey, come here. You can't go in there. Come here. Stop that man! Stop that fast man! Big dude! Big dude! Folks swirled and eddied in dense clouds about the Lone Ranger. Holding his bandana close to his mouth and nose, he hugged the floor to escape the searing heat of the flames. While he went deeper into the long stable in search of Dan's horse. From time to time he called. Big dude! Big dude! Where are you boy? Hey big dude! In the form of flames there came a groan. Barely audible at first. It was repeated louder. The Lone Ranger hurried toward the sound. A man lay scrawling on the floor. Oh no. No horse in here.  I'll get you, huh? No. No horse here. You're right. I still have the cold of your arms. Keep that handkerchief over your mouth. Keeping his face in the clear air near the floor, the Lone Ranger dragged the helpless man toward the door at the far end of the stable. Halfway toward the door, the Lone Ranger saw disaster. The entire front of the building collapsed in a shower of spark. Poor chap. There must be another way out. Stay here. I'll take a look at the back. The roof will come in any minute. Place in the mass of flames in the back. What's this on the floor? Looks like an iron range. It's a trap door. I think I can get it open. I've got it open. With this stairway, keep your face covered. I'll carry you down to my back. I will go and get down. We've got to. That's it. Hold on to me. No. No. Time after the collapse of the stable, a red bed of gold. A red bed of coals gave off clouds of stifling heat that kept everyone at a distance. The air beneath the floor in a sort of a storied cellar was hot but breathable. The Lone Ranger and the man he'd rescued were alive. He's regaining consciousness. Good thing this tub of water was here. I wonder who he is. Take it easy, you're not badly hurt. Fire. Yes, there was a fire. Elmond. You saved a few minutes before you tried to speak. Elmond. Are you able to sit up? Yes. I guess so. I feel I'm better. You saved me. You dragged me out of the fire. The fire was overhead. We're beneath the barn.   And my own. It's dark. I can't see. You were masked. Yes. The Lone Ranger. Where did you hear about me? El Mundo. You know El Mundo? He murdered me. No, you're not dead. Sooner will be. There's no help for me. Double cross. Crook. Take it easy, man. What's your name? What's the difference? It was a good name once. It used to be a name that was respected. But now it's... Well, I'm the one that started the fires. And you were trapped? I fell. Now I'm ringing the floor of the barn to trip me. Yes, I hit my head and twisted my ankle. Oh, what's your name? Oh, what's the difference? What is your name? It was Martin. Tennessee Martin. That's where I came from. They all called me Tennessee. Tennessee. Your Sander's cousin? You know him? I did. He's dead now. Yes. El Mundo got him. I know. Oh, it sure is hot in here. I sure made a mistake when I joined that cult. El Mundo made me sign a will that left all our own to him. Oh. I don't mind at the time, but my cousin and Jim both own part of a ranch. And you'd made a deal with those two? Yes. If anything happened to one of us, the other got his share. El Mundo got rid of Jim and Saunders, so I owned the whole of the ranch. Now when I die, El Mundo gets it all. Tennessee, did El Mundo give you poison before you left on this assignment? Yes, he did. If I don't get back to the temple, I'll die. You don't know how much time you'll have? No. Then we've got to try and... There's a lot more I want to talk. I want to tell you all I can. I finally got my eyes open to what El Mundo is aiming to do, the crook. We've got to get out of here fast. We're going to try. Hug the wall. I'm going to try to open the trapdoor. A lot of the coals will drop in here. There it goes. All the way. Oh, the heat. It's glad to stay above this. Light from the coals. Now listen to me, Tennessee. You have stout boots, so have I. We're going to make a run for it. I'll help you as much as I can. No, no, no. You go leave me here.  Maybe not. Come on. Get ready to start. The sheriff and the crowd outside suddenly saw two men rise from the Empress and run. One wore a mask, the other man limped and leaned heavily on the masked man. The Lone Ranger is alive. He escaped. Run, Lone Ranger. Run for it.  The Lone Ranger cried out above the crowd. Hey, Silver! Silver came from the darkness racing toward the masked man. Now the smaller commands of the barn were behind the Lone Ranger. Silver was at his side. Who you got, William? Without pause, the Lone Ranger leaped to the saddle. With superhuman strength, he left to Tennessee then Lone Silver. Quarters of El Mundo in the disputed territory had been built by ancient Mayans. He was mostly underground with the only visible evidence of few stone slabs that marked the entrance. It had remained buried in the sand until El Mundo found it and converted it to his own use. Scientists that he was, the brilliant schemer had a fully equipped laboratory in one of the many rooms beneath the ground. He knew through his agents practically all that transpired. His sister Myra was at his side as his chief aide. But it was not until after the woman was dead that I learned that the one in jail had been repelled. Ah, I've had enough. My patience is at an end. The Lone Ranger will block me no more. You have plans? I've always had plans. I had plans when I ordered Martin to set fire to the buildings in Al Pass, and I had plans when I ordered the white horse owned by the boy to be brought here. The horse did not yet arrive. It'll be brought by a roundabout route. But what good is the horse? What good? It will be a trap, Myra. It will be the bait. Trap? Bait? Ah, through that white animal I'll capture Dan Reed. Oh. Yes. With that boy in our custody we will dictate our own terms. Lone Ranger would make no compromise to save his own life, but he would go to any extremes to save the life of that boy. You will see. The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Now to continue our story. Tonto, Joe Purdy and Dan Reed were in camp.  It was nearly daybreak, but there had been no sleep in spite of Tonto's suggestions. Maybe when this medicine all done you two colors catch some sleep, huh? I'm not tired. Neither am I, Tonto. Anyway, I couldn't sleep until I know that Victor's all right. Lone Ranger go after Victor. Well then why isn't he back? He's had time to go to El Pas and back. There hadn't been trouble. Why would he take so long? He didn't come now. How do you know? He's been here. Must have mighty sharp ears. I can't hear anything. They wait. You hear him now? Yeah, but there's just one horse. Now I hear it. Tonto. Why is there only one horse? Why isn't there two? If he got Victor, there'd be two.  I know. But if El Mundo's harm my horse on... Something go wrong. Him carry someone on silver. Hi there. Hello, give me a hand. Daddy Silver, oh boy, who? What about that medicine? Did you finish it? No, it's all done. But me not know if it's good. And we'll have to take a chance. Who's that? Where's Victor? Dan, a man's life first. Yes, sir. Ah, hear me take him. You let him down from saddle, right? Is that a big filler? He was conscious until a few minutes ago. He's been with El Mundo. He was trapped in a fire. He has El Mundo's poison in his system. They've got to try the antidote. Ah, me get it ready pretty quick. A man here, near fire. You're not sure about the medicine? No. No, me not sure. Maybe poison, ancient poison. Only Indians sometimes use. If not true, antidote work. Dan, you've got spoon? Here you are. Ah, now you hold mouth open. Me, poor medicine. Are you sure that man's still alive? His heart still beats. Very feebly. Already, Donald? I'll watch the pulse. Only few drops go down through. Ah, that's it. You know the man? Yes. If you got some of the medicine into him, Paul. Ah. If he dies, it won't prove that your medicine isn't right. It might work if you had it sooner. Me, feel the pulse. Barely feel it. You want to try to get some more into him? Wait, Dan. Just a little more strength. Feel the pulse? Ah. Donald, there is a change. Ah. Heart beat a little stronger now. Oh, golly. Quiet then. Sorry. Donald, there's a definite change now. Ah. Heart catch more strength. Him live. Do you think so? Ah, fellow live. Now me know what poison El Mundo use. Good for you, Donald. That stuff you cooked up did the trick. Ah.  His name is Martin. He's called Tennessee Martin. Oh, me know him. Tennessee Martin. But that's the name of the man who... Son of his partner. This is the owner of one of the ranchers El Mundo needs. Before he lost consciousness, he told me that he was through with El Mundo. He can help us. Great. He knows the inside of that headquarters. This is one night that we're going to show progress. El Mundo has lost one of the ranchers he thought he had. But what about...  Oh, he's gone? The stable was burned down. That's where I found Martin. And Victor was inside? No, Victor had been taken out.  By whom? Where is he? Who took him out? We don't know. Oh. You don't know? Dan, listen to me. I'm going to let Silver have just two hours of rest. And I'm going to take him back to the stable. If anyone can find Victor, Silver can. But Victor wouldn't run away. No. Then someone's got him. But what about Tennessee Martin? Well, him sleep two, maybe three hours. Then him awaken. Two day rest. Fix him up. Turn in, Dan. You too, Joe. Yes, sir. As soon as the sun rises, I'll start for El Pass. Sunrise found two men in the town. They were hard-faced men with the shifty eyes and wary manner of crooks of long standing. They rode through the town's main street until they came to the bulletin board that hung in front of the general store. There they paused. Oh, this is the place lefty-steady boys. Ain't no other bulletin board in the town. Right. We're ordered to wait until someone comes by before we fasten the notice up. Yeah. Slade. Huh? How long we got to wait before Mundo shells out some cash? I don't know. What's the odds? We're living good inside that underground place. Well, I'd feel better living somewhere else. Smooth talk and critter puts me in mind that something's crawling. I don't trust him. I don't trust him too much myself. I wouldn't put it past him to use us till he's done with us.  He won't get rid of us, Lefty. He might do away with them loco critters that take all his talk about sun worshiping serious, but he's got to have a few fast gunslingers. Where does he get the slaves? Ah, here and there. He lines up anyone that'll listen to his plaver about living for a couple of hundred years and keep some half-drugs so they don't think straight. Hey, hey. Someone's coming. Yeah. Ain't that the sheriff? I reckon it is. You got the notice, bring it out. Yeah. Where'd I put that? In your shirt pocket. Oh, yeah, sure enough. Start fixing it on the board. I'll talk to the sheriff. Right. Well, you want a voyage? Fine day after the fire. Yeah, but you'll get boiling hot along about noon.  Ah, just a notice. Oh, Lord, you got to have permission to post a notice on that board. That ain't for the use of everybody. Well, it don't matter to us, Sheriff. All we want to do is the right thing. I reckon if you ain't interested in seeing a spankin' fine horse, there'll be some way to it. It's stallion. Found wonderin' free, saddle and bridle. Yeah, we found the credit during the night. Thought at first it was a ghost horse. Then we see it was a real thing. I know of a horse like that that was lost. Yeah, I reckon a pile of others will know a horse like this one that was lost. That's why we're special careful to see if the right owner gets it. We don't aim to give the horse a way to just anyone that up and claims it. I didn't see it was my horse. Well, you hadn't better unless you can prove it. Maybe I can find the real owner. Maybe the real owner can come and claim it then. Let's see that notice. You figure the owner will know what's in the saddle bag, eh? He's got to do better than that. You mean in what? Well, for one thing, there's a pair of light shoes in the saddle bag. The owner has to, first of all, tell what they look like. And then he's got to show that they fit him. How about the gloves? Yeah, yeah. He's also got to fit his hand inside the gloves that are in the saddle bag. No, that's downright smart. We won't be took in by anyone that ain't the owner. You can bet on that. We're holding the critter over at the edge of the disputed territory. There's a little gully there. That's where the owner's to come. Maybe I can find him and tell him about it. Good. I'd like to return the horse. We know what it's like to lose a good horse. Yeah, it's downright good to meet a couple of honest men. Come on, Slade. We'll get going. Right. Good morning, Sheriff. Good morning, Judge. Good morning. Had the sheriff followed Slade and Lefty to the gully at the edge of the disputed territory, he would have changed his opinion of them. There was no white horse there, no sign of a horse that resembled Victor. Instead, there were a half a dozen men, all as hard-faced as Slade and Lefty, all there with a single purpose in mind. Get the kid. That's what El Mundo ordered. We got everything fixed in town. Let the loan rangers see that notice. You know it won't do no good to come without the kid because he couldn't wear the gloves or the boots. You see? He's got to bring the kid. But don't kill the loan ranger. Capture the kid, but no killing. El Mundo wants to make use of the loan ranger. And he can't use a dead man.  Oh, my, oh, oh. There you are. Make a new stream. Sheriff. I've got news for you. Big news. I know where Victor is. Starting with this handbill, he's being held. Too much. Too long breaks happen. Lucky thing they're honest. Can you see them? Yes, they talk to him. They're perfectly willing to return the horse, but they're going to make sure the right man gets it. You'll have to find your young friend and take him there. Why? Why? You're reading that handbill, ain't you? He's got to wear the gloves and the shoes who are in the saddlebag. How does Victor happen to be with those men? Deadly silver, steady boys. I heard that Victor happened to be with them. Strange. Which would mean that he got out of the stable by himself. Here, Rigginshoe. Sheriff, Victor wouldn't saddle himself. Eh? Maybe those men aren't as honest as you thought. Hey, Ginger. Hey, what are you, silver? Silver's anxious to find his son. He's going to have his head. Come on, silver. Starting from the blacken and still smoking rones at the stable, Silver raced toward the west, toward the disputed territory. Prouching in the gully, Almondo's killers saw the masked rider approaching. Slade spoke. Hey, he ain't got the kid with him. Why not? He's heading this way, though. Stand ready, boys. We capture. We should sure get the kid. All right, get ready. Now he's coming in. Hold on. Hold on, Mr. I didn't expect to find the horse here. Get back. Now hold on. Where's the horse? I'll show you. Let's see no killing. Oh, my arm! They'll be killing. The LL Moondaw that Dan Reed isn't to be captured this easily. You! Hey, let me go. Now listen to me. I'm riding on. You've been taken inside your underground hideout. I see here. How can a man talk to someone like you? Nothing you can say. Come on, silver. Boys, mount up. Get after him. He'll find that horse. Riding far ahead of the killers, the Lone Ranger kept the rain slack. Silver kept to the trail. His instinct guided him. He raced deep into the desert land, nimbly dodging rocks and gullies until he came to the top of a slight hill. He threw back his head and shrill the call. And then from the valley came a reply. Silver, that's Victor. Silver wheeled and was away. Three men guarded Victor. Three men who'd been given their orders by LL Moondaw. Directly at them charged to be quite starting with the masked man of stride. Hey, hold on. It's a masked man. Remember what the boss said. I'll take no break. I'll stand back. Tell your boss that Tennessee Martin is with me. That's one ranch he won't get. Your party is with me. That's another ranch he won't get. Tell him the tide is turning. His days are numbered. You wait.  Tell LL Moondaw that now it's our turn to take the offensive. Come on, Victor. Dan's waiting for you. Oh, silly! In the next story of this Lone Ranger adventure, LL Moondaw gloats. We have your young friend, a prisoner in spite of you. Look. See him now, Mr. Lone Ranger. I will dictate the terms. Or you have just heard as a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.


Welcome to today's video where I'm going to show you how to set up your AMS ads for your merch for Amazon business What are you doing? Nothing So I actually was trying to set this up myself.  Let's run some AMS ads to our t-shirts and watch the new name Amazon advertising so AA ads I guess I everyone still today that says we'll see how it changes. Yeah, also We never plug in the beginning of our videos. All right. We have to do it. We are the Mickelson twins a cool name, right? How twins watching Wilson so scratch our channel. We make videos about anything online business related some are spot Amazon Some publishing if you're not publishing you definitely into that and like the video to get to like it. Okay, so We're gonna go inside the computer now what bam. All right, so first things first You have to be approved by Amazon to run AMS ads for your for your t-shirts So you will know if you have this thing down here. It's as advertised your merch and I'll have a little code Right. So if you have people are gonna ask, how do I get approved? Yeah? They will just approve you over time. There's nothing you do just wait on a higher tier They start from the top they move down.  Yeah, so if you have this, you're good Then you can follow the steps that we're gonna talk about and also one other thing if you um if you have a this is a kind of random if you have a KDP account or if you Do not have a KDP account. The steps are slightly different for setting this up.  I'll put it in the description. So you'll know exactly Which one it is. So click that link Then it will take you to this page click get started And then once you get here, click I am a vendor agent Don't click any of these other ones forget all the other ones even the first step Are you like what do I do? That's what you do. I'm a vendor agent. Good thing. We're here to show you So after you click this next button You will then have to sign in to your Merchant Amazon account and then this form is going to come up I'll put it on the screen right now. That's what it looks like Okay, you have to fill out all the information inside this form and also keep in mind that your business name Your brand name your company name They're all the same thing the business name that you have inside your Merchant Amazon account and the one that you fill out in Your application has to be the exact same. It has to match word for word So once you fill it out all of the information in the form which you can see on the screen right now There will be a section that asks you to fill out your vendor code And it's that same code at the bottom of your dashboard inside your Merchant Amazon account It'll say merch dash and then five digits So enter that into the space that says vendor code and include the merch dash part not just the five digits I wonder why they did it like this. I know I set it up like this I don't know why they had to make it so complicated check the accept terms of service terms of conditions box and then click request Access then once you have requested access you're going to get two emails from Merch by Amazon I'm gonna put them on the screen what they look like right now They each have their own link like one will say verify your email or something like that No one will say verify your account You have to go on into each email and then click both links if you only do one It's not gonna work if you only do the other it's not gonna work You have to do both verification links in each email This is the page that you'll be brought to once you verify your email one And then this page will go brought to once you click the link in the other email on that on that new page That you're brought to check the box that says accept terms of conditions and then click approve and agree So once you've done that you've then submitted your application for AMS ads for your Merch by Amazon business And also since I haven't done this myself yet I'm not exactly sure how long it's gonna take to be approved once you have been approved for it You'll get an email that looks like that and then once you've gotten that email that means your AMS ads Account for Merch by Amazon is set up. You're completely done. You're good You can go then go to AMS.amazon.com and get started running ads for your t-shirts Is it AMS.amazon.com? For now it still is Maybe it redirects you to like AA. That is how you do it and now there is a second method For if you have a KDP account like I do so I haven't set it up yet I'm gonna actually do that right now. You'll see me set up my actual account The first step is to sign out of your KDP account Which I'm now signed out of everything if you have a KDP account already You have to create a new account just to run AMS ads for your Merch by Amazon business So you have to go here to and click this button that says create your Amazon account So I actually just created a new email account right now just to use for this I'm just gonna fast forward fill out this information. All right. I now fill out the info click create your Amazon account My account is being created. Okay, so from now on the steps are well Actually, they're kind of the same now from now on as the ones I already showed but now I can actually walk you through So go to this link again Boom, it's in the description cop. Oops Click the link you will be taken to this page. That says sponsored ads click get started So this will say I have a KDP account Don't even check that one check the one that says I am a vendor agent because that that's then it's gonna Thank you that you want to set up ads for your for your books, but we want to do it for our t-shirts Click next. So now fill up this information. I'm gonna do it real quick All right, I fill up the information as you can see company name brand name. I said Rasmus T's Oh, actually, no, hold on. It has to match exactly what it says inside my account So let me check that real quick. So to check what the brand name is inside your Merchant Amazon account Just click here in my account And it will say right here business name, so I just use Rasmus Mickelson So that's actually what I'm gonna put here instead of Rasmus Rasmus T's just I feel like people always stress about this sort of stuff Like oh, what should I put for the brand name? Like it's not that important. Just make sure it matches your Merchant Amazon account. And then next is to enter the vendor code, which I will find right Here inside my dash of board. Oh, that's bud. That's about it. Here's mine copy that with the merch dash and the five digits Face that in here. Ka-Blammy Ka-Blam Accept that and then click request access Your request has been received Amazon reach out to the owner of the brand to approve your request You'll receive an email notification when they respond. So I should now be getting two emails from Amazon Let's see if it's real if the if if I actually do get that. Yep. Okay. So here's the first one Please verify your brand agency Then I'm gonna click this link right here. I'm so legit brand agency brand agency baby click that link Review and approve. Yeah, so this is actually super simple Check I agree and acknowledge approve and agree Thank you for authorizing Rasmus Mikkelsen as a brand marketer with AMS It's being a second email as well about my having to verify my email. This video is boring, but setting up AMS ads is boring So, yeah, sorry not sorry. Yeah, I do have an email. Please verify my email. Here's that second email Here's that second email. Okay. Yep. Okay. Now. We're getting somewhere. Mm-hmm Like I said, you have to get both emails and verify Both links or click both links. Okay Email verification complete your emails now verified for we are currently reviewing your registration for approval Okay, see now now I feel we're back on track. So like I said, they're gonna review it And I don't know if it's gonna be instant does not seem like it's instant so far But you know what actually what I'm gonna do is Stop the video now and I'll come back to it once you get approved I'll let you know how long that took so start the timer start the timer So this is it now and then we're gonna snap and then it's gonna be at the time of the next time. Yeah, right? Okay, do the snappy thing. All right No, yeah, yeah, I actually reset the timer. See we're all human. We're all human I fucked up and so I can't really time it's been about 23 hours And I still have not gotten my confirmation email, which I didn't see an Amazon says it takes between one and three days To get approved. So let's just go with that. No need to do this. Yeah, that's just how long it takes And then once you get the email which looks like this Once you get that email, it means you are set you can go to ams.amazon.com You can start running ads for your t-shirts, which you should definitely do so yeah that wraps up the video That's how you set up a message for your merge my Amazon business That's all right. Yeah, all right. We'll see you guys in the next video