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.

Upon what basis is justification granted?
To what indignities did Herod subject the Saviour?
11. How did the Jewish leaders in the days of Christ, for the sake of gain, make void the fifth commandment?
2. What did God tell Adam and Eve would he the result if they transgressed, and partook of the forbidden fruit?
When tempted to bow down and worship Satan, what reply did Christ make?
To whose authority are the angels subject?
What above all else shows God's willingness to do this?

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