Whatever effort people make to be religious or to pray, until they believe in Christ, God is under no obligation to keep them for a moment from eternal destruction." Upon reading his sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) would observe people weeping, crying, falling down in repentance, and crying out to God for forgiveness. Pastor of First Church of Northampton, Massachusetts, Edwards was a leader in the First Great Awakening with George Whitefield. Being dismissed from his pulpit, Edwards become a missionary and later president of the College of New Jersey (Princeton University). These classic messages of Jonathan Edwards include: The Final Judgment Justification by Faith (2 sermons) Jesus Christ, the Same Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow God, the Best Portion of the Christian The Preciousness of Time and the Importance of Redeeming It The Excellency of Christ Christians—A Chosen Generation; A Peculiar People; A Royal Priesthood; A Holy Nation For more than two centuries, Jonathan Edwards' messages have brought conversion, hope and spiritual awakening to the generations.