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.

When may we find acceptance with God through Christ?
In whose name should everything be done?
12. What prohibition did God give His chosen people against intermarrying with the heathen nations about them, and why?
What portion of this period was to reach to Christ, the Messiah, or Anointed One?
What did Jesus say of His attitude toward the law?
What, according to its constitution, is the avowed object of the National Reform Association?
How many will receive a reward when Christ comes?

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