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 specific instance is mentioned by Peter?
What is said of Christ's childhood and early life?
What did He say to the two blind men as He healed them ?
After the law had been proclaimed from Sinai, what did the people again say?
5. Does the second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, or tenth commandment indicate the author of the Decalogue?
How does Paul give expression to this hope?
Does He afflict to leave the one chastened in despair?

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