94 • THE AXIOMS OF RELIGION but by me,” is Christ’s own word on the subject. Indeed this point is too clear from all the New Testament teachings to require elaboration here. Its connection with our religious axiom is clear in this: Direct access to God through Christ is the law of the Christian life. It is a species of spiritual tyranny for men to interpose the church itself, its ordinances, or ceremonies, or its formal creeds, between the human soul and Christ. This will become increasingly clear