I was looking for a segway into the topic of the unforgiveable sin or, more accurately, the sin unto death, which came into the discussion of a thread somewhere, maybe here, idk, but your closing statement provides me the opportunity to touch on it after revisiting a quote from Kierkegaard, which I believe summarizes it well. He states, "No person is saved except by grace; but there is one sin that makes grace impossible, and that is dishonesty; and there is one thing that God must forever and unconditionally require, and that is honesty."
This reminder is given in the context of this week's study into holy introspection which is the custom during these weeks that lead up to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur with a commentary that advises to follow a similar philosophy that you had expressed in regard to that which should be the subject of our introspection. That is, confession means "saying the same thing" as God says. However, many miss that this isn't only just acknowledging or sins, transgressions, and iniquities, but also affirming our new identity as the beloved children of God. So, it seems to me that asking for something that has already been given is... idk, would you say that it strikes you somehow dishonest?
And that being sorry is often equated with asking for forgiveness or disqualified from actual repentance unless a plea for forgiveness is voiced, brings up another question.
Am I not sorrowful of my sin unless I ask for forgiveness? And if not, then, what AM I?