DOES GOD FORGIVE SIN?

YES - He declares that he "Keeps mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin." NO - He also declares that he "will by no means clear the guilty." The only way that a holy, righteous, just, and true God can forgive sin is by putting it away, annihilating it, making it non-existent in the eyes of his law. This he has done for all who believe by the sacrifice of his own Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. "He is FAITHFUL and JUST to forgive us of our sins" upon the merits of Christ.