Kierkegaard - Works of Love Chapter 1

Given that a tree is known by its fruit (Luke 6:44), a loving person ought to be known by works of love.

Some difficulties to this:
1) works of love have loving motives - but motives are not always visible
2) love (as opposed to work) is hard to see by those without it
3) many people console themselves with the (false) belief that love does not exist.

These difficulties do not negate the truth of Luke 6:44. The are simply my explanation of the fact that we are not in a position to attempt to judge others' works.

Other important notes regarding Christian Love:
- Christian Love is required to tie together the temporal and the eternal.
- Christian Love is the best defense against hypocrisy.