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 said of the tender compassion of God?
With what comparison did He illustrate the subject?
How was Esther brought up?
What is to be finished when the seventh trumpet is about to sound?
While in this condition, how much does one know about those he has left behind?
By what are we to try them?
What is sometimes of greater value even than money to discouraged souls?

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