 Perhaps Lincoln did not realize, but he put his finger upon, the only way to God, a new birth. The Scripture tells us that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. But God wants to give us His gift of eternal life, for the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. The greatest gift is only available through God's Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who paid for our sins with His own blood on the cross of Calvary.