I disagree Chette, and I clearly highlighted in Acts 3:19 where Peter specifically mentions the forgiveness of sins.
Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Nowhere in this passage does Peter state that the kindgom would be established. Nowhere did Peter mention being baptized to receive the Holy Ghost.
And to repent is not a work, it is a change of mind or viewpoint. The Jews had crucified Jesus because they accused him of blasphemy, because he claimed to be the Son of God.
Mark 14:64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
But Peter told them that Jesus was indeed the Son of God as he had said.
Acts 3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
So this is the viewpoint they needed to change. They needed to quit thinking Jesus was a blasphemer, and that he was indeed the Son of God.
And Peter said this forgiveness of sins was through faith in Jesus.
Acts 3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
Your problem is that you have a preconceived "dividing of the word" that is not there. Peter is clearly preaching the Gospel of Grace here.
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