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.

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To whom are those who suffer exhorted to commit their souls?
Why was it necessary to make this atonement?
What reply did Moses make to the rulers?
What may be said of the developments in the line of scientific inventions since 1798?
Has the exact time of Christ's coming been revealed?
What were these martyrs represented as doing?

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