A rather cynical view, if you ask me.
People go to church to worship God with their brothers and sisters. To offer Him praise and thanksgiving and to be spiritually fed.
The early church certainly met often and gave what was needed for themselves and others.
They donate for the upkeep of that church and for the charitable works of the church.
1 Cor 9:24-27 what does Paul mean here?
1 Tim 6: 11:-19 what does Paul mean here? Especially in the last part.
The NT is full of exhortations to hold fast, remain faithful, fight the good fight of faith, and to persevere.
Why? What happens if one doesn’t?
Well, in the first place ,the word “church: is not in the Bible. The Greek word was “Ekklesia” . It means— “all believers”. There were no buildings or legalistic congregations at all. If you plug in the real word “Ekklesia” into those scriptures you will understand what they were saying. The term “Church” was imposed in 1638 by King James who sought control over Christ believers who were hard to coral. I hope you are not coraled by some brick building and a deep voiced guy living off your money saying “Gawd”