Baptism

===Hyperdispensationalism===
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There are some Christians termed "[[Hyperdispensationalism|Hyperdispensationalists]]" (Mid-Acts dispensationalism) who accept only Paul's Epistles as directly applicable for the church today. They do not accept water baptism as a practice for the church since Paul who was God's apostle to the nations was not sent to baptize. Ultradispensationalists (Acts 28 dispensationalism) who do not accept the practice of the Lord's supper, do not practice baptism because these are not found in the Prison Epistles.<ref>The "prison epistles" include [[Ephesians]], [[Colossians]], [[Philippians]], and [[Epistle to Philemon|Philemon]]</ref> Both sects believe water baptism was a valid practice for covenant Israel. Hyperdispensationalists also teach that Peter's gospel message was not the same as Paul's.<ref>{{cite web |first=David M. |last=Havard |title=Are We Hyper-Dispensationalists? |url=http://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/articles/1011392439.html |publisher=Berean Bible Society |access-date=January 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204081633/http://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/articles/1011392439.html |archive-date=February 4, 2009 }}</ref> Hyperdispensationalists assert:{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
* The great commission<ref>{{bibleverse|Matthew|28:18–20}}</ref> and its baptism is directed to early Jewish believers, not the Gentile believers of mid-Acts or later.
* The baptism of Acts 2:36–38 is Peter's call for Israel to repent of complicity in the death of their Messiah; not as a Gospel announcement of [[Atonement in Christianity|atonement]] for sin, a later doctrine revealed by Paul.

Water baptism found early in the Book of Acts is, according to this view,{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} now supplanted by the one baptism<ref name="bibleverse|1 Corinthians|12:13"/>{{Primary source inline|date=February 2021}} foretold by John the Baptist.<ref>{{bibleverse|Luke|3:16}}, {{bibleverse|John|1:33}}, {{bibleverse|Matt|3:11}}{{bibleverse|Acts|1:5}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=February 2021}} Others{{Who|date=February 2021}} make a distinction between John's prophesied baptism by Christ with the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit's baptism of the believer into the body of Christ; the latter being the one baptism for today.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} The one baptism for today, it is asserted,{{By whom|date=February 2021}} is the "baptism of the [[Holy Spirit]]" of the believer into the Body of Christ church.<ref>{{bibleverse|Acts|11:15–16}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=February 2021}}

Many in this group{{Who|date=February 2021}} also argue that John's promised [[Baptized by fire|baptism by fire]] is pending,{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} referring to the destruction of the world by fire.<ref>{{bibleverse|Matthew|3:12}}, {{bibleverse|Luke|3:17}}, {{bibleverse|2 Peter|3:10||2 Peter 3:10}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=February 2021}}

Other Hyperdispensationalists{{Which|date=February 2021}} believe that baptism was necessary until mid-Acts.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}