1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
this is VERY important and good you posted it.
I see no where in scripture that God forgives unrepentant sin ..
one must come in humility ,admit guilt (i say admit in modern English because he already knows about it )and desire to have never had done it (have regret)
if they do so and place their faith in Jesus then ..by faith ,
the lord Jesus is taken ..and that sin is laid upon him and then that murderer that child molester ,that what ever .is taken ... he is mocked ,spat upon, has his beard plucked out ,is flogged with whips ,has thorns rammed into his scalp,is beaten ,bruised .tormented ..he his then made to carry large hunks of wood on his shoulder and paraded through the streets in utter sham,e and misery for his action ..he is then slammed like a limp piece of beaten meat on a wood cross and metal spikes are driven through his feet and wrists pinning him to the wood upon which he is then lifted up to hang in agonizing terror and left to die ..
and the father forgives the one who sinned ...
forgive us our sins ..as we forgive those who sin against us .
i am of the opinion that those who struggle with whether god forgives sins ..are , perhaps, really not struggling with GODs willingness to forgive at all .. but their
own unwillingness to forgive those who have deeply offended them ..
God understands this also and will help if you ask .for Jesus said" what so ever you ask in my name according to my will ,i wil do it ."