Love and Fruit

Alma 5:36  For behold, the time is at hand that whosoever bringeth forth not good fruit, or whosoever doeth not the works of righteousness, the same have cause to wail and mourn.

1 Ne 11: 22-23 Knowest thou the meaning of the tree which thy father saw?   22 And I answered him, saying: Yea, it is the love of God

Every scripture can be looked at in at least 3 different ways.  If fruit is love, then you could read Alma 5:36 to say, if you don't have love, you will mourn.  Also this can lead us to see "works" in another light.  We often think of works as things we do, like pay tithing, go to church, serve others, and on and on.  Often we confuse this list with the requirements to get into heaven.  But if the works are actually love, then we just need to make sure that all our actions come from love, then we get into heaven. 

Love is the key, not a checklist.