How Many Times Will God Forgive Me?
1) Direct Answer
God will forgive you every time you truly repent. There is no fixed number. As long as you come honestly, confessing and turning from sin, the door of mercy is open. The only sin the Bible marks as unforgivable is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit—but a heart seeking forgiveness hasn’t done that.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Jesus told Peter, “not seven times, but seventy times seven” (Matthew 18:21-22). If He commands us to forgive that freely, how much more does God forgive His children.
- “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us…and to cleanse us” (1 John 1:9).
- “You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive” (Psalm 86:5). He casts sins “into the depths of the sea” (Micah 7:19) and removes them “as far as the east is from the west” (Psalm 103:12).
- The prodigal son shows the Father running to receive the repentant (Luke 15).
- Jesus said all sins can be forgiven except blasphemy against the Holy Ghost (Mark 3:28-29).
- This mercy is not a license to sin: “Shall we continue in sin…? God forbid” (Romans 6:1-2). “He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy” (Proverbs 28:13).
- And if you stumble, “we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (1 John 2:1). He “is able to save…to the uttermost” (Hebrews 7:25).
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Now notice: Jesus removed the number from forgiveness. That shows God’s heart. He’s not counting; He’s cleansing.
- Forgiveness is not about how many times you fell, but whether you come in godly sorrow, confess, and turn. Real repentance brings real mercy.
- If you’re troubled and drawn to ask this, that’s the Spirit dealing with you. The very fact you care means the way back is open.
4) Short Reinforcing Statement
Come now. Confess it, forsake it, and believe His Word. Don’t count your failures—count on His blood. Walk in the light, and He will keep you.
Ask a Follow-up Question
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.
Perseverant
64-0619 §90
This colored boy sitting out here on the end of the seat, watching intensely. What do you think about this, sir? Do you believe it to be of God, you sitting there? You was looking at me so earnestly. I don't know you. You're a stranger to me, but you're suffering from a trouble. Do you believe God can tell me what it is? You do? It's an allergy. That's right. Do you believe that God will heal you? One great thing about you is this: one of your greatest troubles is that you're backslid. You really want to come back...
Mary's belief
61-0121 §46
...o?" Said, "The Duchess." I said, "What's that?" And said, "It's the woman that owns all this property." Said, "She's wealthy." "Well," I said, "I can't see her. There's too many sick people." Said, "But she's the Duchess." I said, "That don't make her any different from anybody else." So he said... Well, they had her there when I went out. And when I went out... I'm not ... God forgive me if you think I'm making fun of the woman. I'm not. But she had enough jewels on her hands to send a missionary around the world...
Pride
55-0807A §62
...of the road upon them. Her lips oily from the spikenard where she'd been kissing His feet, her tears streaming down her cheeks... Listen what He says, "Your sins which were many are all forgiven you." Oh, God. "Your sins which were many, all forgiven you."
Micaiah the prophet
61-0426 §63
Was there prayer cards give out today? Well, let's not use them. Let's let God be your prayer card tonight. I just feel led to do this. Before we... These are cloths that we pray over according to Acts 19, 19:11, we find out. Now how many here doesn't have a prayer card? Raise up your hands. You don't have a prayer card and you're sick. Well, how many's got prayer cards, then? Raise up your hands. Oh, my. One, two ... I guess there isn't over thirty with prayer cards, and about three hundred that's sick. All right,...
Do you now believe?
53-1206E §5
So then usually, I just take and lay them down and pray and ask our Lord what He wants me do. And then I go just where He wants me to go, or try to. If I miss it sometimes, I don't mean to. And if I displease Him, God knows in my heart, I want Him forgive me before I even move from these tracks. And there might be a lot of things that I might do and say that you might think might be a little strange, but if I know the inside of my heart, that standing here tonight maybe there'll be people here that we will never me...