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 great gift comes with our acceptance of Christ?
Of what was Abraham's obedience the fruit?
What power has claimed authority to change the law of God?
11. Where did the apostle see this same company a little later, and what did they have in their foreheads?
15. Were there to he no resurrection of the dead, what would be the condition of those fallen asleep in Christ?
Who is the seed to whom this promise was made?
How readily will their wants be supplied?

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