Jesus took love to an entire new level. Loving the people we like and enjoy isn’t enough. He calls us to new level of loving by asking us to love our enemies, to prayer for those who curse, to bless those who wrong us. Also, he calls to do so with no promise that somehow our love will win the person over into being a friend. In fact, Jesus focuses instead on how loving our enemies reveals that we are God’s children and any reward we receive will be from him.