Why did Christ tell us to love our enemies?

Answer

"But 1 say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and
pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father
which is in heaven: for He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and
on the unjust." Matt. 5: 44, 45.

Of whom did Christ say the Scriptures testify?
How did He further explain the new birth?
Why was it necessary to make this atonement?
12. After the subjects of the kingdom have been determined by the investigative judgment, what is given to Christ?
What testimony did Christ bear concerning His relation to the law and the prophets?
When Elijah was about to take a forty days journey, how was he strengthened for it?
How perfect does Christ tell us to be?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle