Re: ACTS.2:38 Main Message Or Altar Call ?
 

Chronological order is irrelevant. If we were speaking of a physical death, burial, and resurrection that would be different.

I received the Holy Ghost 4 years before i was baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ. If i had not received the Holy Ghost i would have never been led to truth concerning baptism. It was His Spirit that led me.

Re: ACTS.2:38 Main Message Or Altar Call ?
 

Believing and obeying ties hand in hand. Great verse by the way...not sure how you could use that to say baptism is not neccessary tho..

Re: ACTS.2:38 Main Message Or Altar Call ?
 

The blood for atonement was offered at the Cross. Our sins were remitted there.

Do you mean "believed" the Gospel? To believe is to obey.

Re: ACTS.2:38 Main Message Or Altar Call ?
 

I never said Baptism is not necessary...

Re: ACTS.2:38 Main Message Or Altar Call ?
 

Praise God for you...

I see Baptism however as the point where we publicly demonstrate our death to our old man and newness of life in Christ Jesus.

Rom 6
3Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

Re: ACTS.2:38 Main Message Or Altar Call ?
 

Agreed on the first portion. If of course, you mean that we are accepted first of Christ who has given His grace freely to "whosoever will." We do not earn it. We can identify with it! :)

James, however, is not referring to the gift of eternal life through salvation when he gives a discourse on faith/works.