and yet seem willing to turn your back upon those in need, might I suggest you seriously consider the following verses from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 25, which appear immediately after the Parable of the Talents, and which make up the Gospel text for the Sunday of the Last Judgment (consider that title) in the Orthodox Church lectionary:
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
I was a stranger, and ye took me not in ... immigration reform, anyone?
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink - so we should cut food stamps because the recipients are unworthy?
sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not - who cares if you can get help for your illness, and what does it matter if for minor crimes minorities and poor can be locked up far away from home where even those who want to visit them cannot easily do so?
I think the speaker of the words in this Gospel passage does, for he says:
Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
And then you will, as a good Bible-believing Christian, receive your just reward:
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment
Ponder that carefully, my friends.
Peace.