We’ve covered this turf before. Forgiveness is offered. Repentance results in forgiveness. My model is right out of the Scriptures, endorsed by the Fathers, outlined in the moral theology books, part of the theology of the sacrament of Penance, and so on.

Jesus invited sinners - to repentance. Jesus respected the choice of the Pharisees, but told them

Matthew 23: 33 "You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? 34 Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechari'ah the son of Barachi'ah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar."