How many times did you ask God for the Holy Ghost?

[Jeffrey]

I also think he was speaking of Holy Spirit baptism.

Our only point of contention, if we even call it that because I'm certainly not certain myself, is with these points:

It is a promise. Do this and that and this other thing will happen.

EDIT: It also never says the other thing won't happen if you don't do the other 2 things.

I agree it's a promise, but not necessarily "do this and I'll do this" in form. However, there is certainly an element of "do this and this and this, and you will receive this." So I see where you are coming from. You also state this it doesn't conclude "if you don't do this and this, this won't be given to you," but that would be a logical conclusion if you accepted the conditional status of the former.