Treasury of Benefits

This fellowship with the person of Christ brings with it the sharing in all His blessings and benefits. There is no sharing in the benefits of Christ unless we share in His person, for the benefits are not to be separated from the person.... The treasury of benefits has not been deposited somewhere on earth, in the hands, say, of pope or priest, or in church or sacrament. It is to be found exclusively in Christ Himself. He is that treasury. In Him the Father turns His friendly, gracious face to us, and that is all our salvation.

 

Herman Bavinck, Our Reasonable Faith, trans. Henry Zylstra (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2016), 380-381.