Christians have the obligation of helping other people.  This is not an option, it is a requirement.  We are not allowed the option of being the kind of "Christian" we want to be.  If we want to be among the Blessed and not a part of the Cursed, we must be the kind of Christian the Lord Jesus Christ wants us to be.  We must be Born Again and we must serve others.

Around the world there are people that need to receive visits from the children of God.  If you are a true child of God your visit can mean so very much.  Do you have enough of the love of God within to take a few minutes out of a day, a week, a month to visit someone who is sick, in prison or in some other institution of care?  Your visit can mean so very much.  One thing your visit does is remind that person that God has not forgotten him/her.

This is a defining issue.  Please hear the Lord:

 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. (Matthew 25:31-46) The Holy Bible

The apostle Paul was very appreciative of the visit of a Christian brother:

 16  The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
 17  But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.
 18  The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well. (II Timothy 1:16-18) The Holy Bible