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 did Christ say of those who rejected John's message?
Who was this promised seed?
What was done with the blood of the offering?
How did God prove Israel in the wilderness?
What is the character of God, and how only can He be truly worshipped?
How does James say the rich have lived?
How did Christ speak of the gathering of the Gentiles?

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