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.

What has ever been the theme of God's prophets?
By what are all men proved guilty?
What is the character of this new power?
How does James say the rich have treated the just?
What name is given to the third state of the church?
How does God regard sorcerers?
22. How did He manifest His sympathy in the case of Mary and her friends weeping over the death of Lazarus?

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