From this point on in the book of Acts, things begin shifting in surprising ways. The Church is beginning to see the Holy Spirit behaving in ways they didn’t expect. Because you can’t keep God in a box. Just like Jesus constantly surprised the disciples during His time of ministry on Earth, the Holy Spirit begins leading the Church in surprising ways they must respond to. In Acts 8, we see the apostles surprised that people in Samaria have been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. And then Philip is led by the Spirit to an Ethiopian Eunuch who wants to be baptized as well. Philip certainly never could have expected all of these outsiders - Samaritans, Ethiopians - being brought into the Kingdom. But interactive life with God continues to expand beyond any of their preconceived categories or notions about what God is up to
