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.

14. What beings of a higher order than man desire to study the truths revealed in the gospel of Christ?
What other book of the Bible is especially commended for our study?
What restriction did God make respecting marriages in Israel?
How did Christ estimate the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees?
What does Paul say of their number?
To whose authority are the angels subject?
By what does one gain the victory over the world?

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