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.
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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.
Jesus of Nazareth passeth by
58-0524 §61
Now, last night we called a prayer line. We give out... [Gap in the audio.] Holy Spirit of God in Him. He said, "I forgive you," because He hadn't died, yet to make a way. But now, He said if you speak a word against the Holy Ghost... Now remember, He declared that sign to the Jews. The true Jew believed that it was the Messiah. We went through that last evening. And He went to the well one time to get a drink to another race of people, which was Samaritans. Now remember, He did not go to any Gentiles. How many kno...
Redemption by judgment
54-1114 §25
...ourney, they didn't have very far to go. They could've really walked it in a week, if they'd just went on. But, what got in their road was their grumblings and complaining. God would work with them and then, when they went over into the promised land, they'd taken one out of every tribe, which was the twelve tribes, and two of them come back, which was Joshua and Caleb, and said, "We can take the land." But, ten of them come back and said, "It's too much. We just can't do it because the people are too great and the...
Speak to this mountain
59-1123 §7
...d among us, and we are His people that's called by His name. And the angels are watching over us. Day and night, they never leave; they're encamped about. And we can expect God to do most anything at any time because of the presence of the angels of God who are commissioned by Him to watch us and to care for us. And now, Father, we pray that the angels of God will take their place tonight by the side of each believer and all around through the building, and may something be said or done that would cause this meetin...
Why are people so tossed about?
56-0101 §91
...nd it's all right." And I said... She said, "You young people think you can run over us old folks." I said, "No doubt but's what that took place along the neighborhood here many times. But, Sister, we're Christians." I said, "I don't live here. I'm just working here to help some brother out." She said, "You're working here? What are you doing here?" I said, "I'm a minister, a reverend." She looked me up and down. She said, "A reverend?" I said, "Yes'm." She said, "What are you doing here?" I said, "Trying to do a g...
Divine Love and Sovereign Grace
56-0814 §49
I was a little old boy raised up in a home, in not too good a family, and nobody seemed to care for me. And in my own family, many of the brothers... All of them drink and smoke, and I didn't do it. And I was the black sheep of the family. When I found out that somebody really loved me, when somebody let me know that Jesus loved me. And I thought, "You mean, that the very Highest of all Highest, the God of heaven loves me? Well now, if He'll love me and..." And the first time I ever prayed, I couldn't pray. You kno...