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 is the means through which this justifying grace is made available to the sinner?
What is one way in which a child may dishonor his parents?
Who does Christ say need a physician?
21. What shows that the new, or second, covenant and the Abrahamic covenant are virtually the same?
How are the nations gathered to the battle of Armageddon?
What is said of Cornelius and his family?
What petitions may we confidently expect God to hear?

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