Can Murder Be Forgiven?
1) Direct Answer
Yes. Murder can be forgiven through the blood of Jesus Christ when there is true repentance and faith. The only sin the Bible marks as unforgivable is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit—not murder.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- The Bible says, “All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men,” except blasphemy against the Holy Ghost (Matthew 12:31).
- “The blood of Jesus Christ… cleanseth us from all sin… If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive” (1 John 1:7,9).
- David arranged the death of Uriah. When he confessed, God’s prophet said, “The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die” (2 Samuel 12:13). He was forgiven, though he still faced consequences.
- Moses killed an Egyptian (Exodus 2:12), yet God received him and used him.
- Saul of Tarsus consented to Stephen’s death, persecuted the church, and testified, “I obtained mercy… Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief” (see Acts 7–9; 1 Timothy 1:13–16).
- At the cross Jesus prayed, “Father, forgive them” (Luke 23:34)—for the very ones taking His life.
- Someone will point to “no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him” (1 John 3:15). That’s the unrepentant state. In Christ we become “a new creature” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Forgiven, you are not what you were.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- If Christ’s blood cleanses from all sin, and murder is sin, then murder can be cleansed when a person truly repents.
- Forgiveness does not erase earthly consequences. David was forgiven but still reaped what he sowed (Galatians 6:7). The civil authority “beareth not the sword in vain” (Romans 13:4). Doing right includes confessing, making what restitution you can, and accepting just consequences.
- Godly repentance is not a loophole for planned evil; it is a broken heart that turns from sin and submits to God.
4) Reinforcing Statement
So if this is on your conscience, don’t argue with the Word—come under the Blood now. Confess your sin to God, make things right where possible, and trust the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. His mercy is greater than your worst sin, and He can make you new.
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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
The unpardonable sin
54-1024 §37
...d ... the blood of Jesus Christ the covenant, which you were sanctified with, an unholy thing, ... hath done despite to the works of grace? How much more punishment will it be! When under the dying lamb, that a man that despised or done rejected, to the law of Moses, he had to die without mercy, because the lamb had died in his stead. How much more is the man rejected who despises the blood of Jesus Christ!
The unpardonable sin
54-1024 §38
...unpardonable sin? Some of them said, "It's suicide." Some of them said, "It's a mother that gets rid of her child," abortion case. Others have said this. Others has said, "Because you once had the Holy Ghost, and backslid on the Holy Ghost, that's the unpardonable sin." It isn't. No sir. Let's look at it intelligently. Let's look at it, the Word of God. Now, over in the book of Matthew, the twelfth chapter, Jesus had cast out a dumb and blind spirit ... or, a deaf and dumb spirit, I believe it was, out of a man. A...
Law
55-0115 §21
And in the Old Testament, if a man done anything wrong he had to come under the blood to be justified again. "For without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins." How beautiful, how striking that comes to us today. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin. No matter what church you belong to, what denomination, what organization, how good a father or mother you had, it's an individual affair. That every man or woman today in order to be saved, doesn't have to study theology, they don'...
The unpardonable sin
54-1024 §10
...y went back out with the same cruelty of heart that they had when they come in: the same desire to commit adultery, the same desire to lie, the same desire to steal, and to murder, and whatmore.
The unpardonable sin
54-1024 §62
...He had to die if this innocent substitute didn't die for him. Then his name, Mr. John Doe, was put on record. It was kept here. One of the Levites kept it, or with the scribe. He was kept here then, "He had committed this adultery; he had offered this lamb for it." Then he recognized that the Word of God required one time a year; that's all. Well, he went right back out with the same desire. He seen the woman again, and committed adultery again; picked up sticks on the Sabbath; whatever his sin was. He come back a...