Better be making sure that the forgiveness of sins comes from water baptism or by the Blood of Christ through repentance.
It can't be both! Either Christ did it all for you, or you have to help Him out.
No mate.
“With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.”
We are saved by Christ’s Sacrifice on the Cross through Baptism.
From what you have been saying, you would not have accepted Peter’s offer of baptism for the forgiveness of your sins.
You clearly don’t believe in Baptism for the forgiveness of sin, you only see it as symbolic and does nothing.
This is totally unscriptural.
You don’t believe Baptism now saves us.
You don’t believe in Baptism for the forgiveness of sin.
But, “Those who accepted his message were baptized.”