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 God's attitude toward the sinner?
How highly does God regard obedience?
What will be the fate of the one who curseth his father or his mother?
14. Within less than forty days after the making of this covenant, while Moses tarried in the mount, what did the people say to Aaron?
Who made the Sabbath day holy?
When did the moon refuse to give her light?
In what one promise are all these promises summed up?

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