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.

Is mere assent to divine truth sufficient?
What concrete example makes clear the meaning of this doctrine?
After creating man, what did God say?
For what have we been taught to pray?
What was Messiah to do during the seventieth week?
Who made the Sabbath day holy?
What day does the commandment say is the Lord's?

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