Acts 11:15-18

For the Father so loves the world that He created that He gave us, JESUS, to die in our place. He didn’t leave us alone without guidance Jesus gives us Holy Spirit to reside within us.

Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Jesus came to be the King who sets us free. In Jesus, we are saved from the grip of our own sin and shame. Through His death on the cross and His resurrection, we are given new life. When we put our faith in Jesus and follow Him, we become citizens of His Kingdom. (Philippians 3:20) This means we have eternal life with God. Jesus is the King of kings who is coming back to make all things right and will rule and rule and reign forever in a Kingdom that never ends. (Revelation 21) First5 

This is a heartfelt reminder in the cacophony of the news and the hyperbole and the conflagration of embattled sides. And there is something more profoundly at stake; "Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always." SabbathMoments 

Acts 11:15-18

15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as upon us at the beginning. 16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?” 18 When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.” The New King James Version

Peter’s language and reasoning here seem to echo Gamaliel’s argument to the Sanhedrin that if God is indeed behind the Church’s message and mission, then no one will be able to stop it. Faithlife Study Bible

Apparently Peter considered the words he spoke in Caesarea to be just the introduction to the sermon he had intended to preach. The manifestation of the Holy Spirit was the same to the Gentiles at Caesarea as it was to the Jews at Jerusalem. At the beginning is a reference to the Day of Pentecost. The statement, baptized with the Holy Spirit, is found seven times in the NT. The reference is to a once-for-all act whereby Christ places believers in the care and safekeeping of the Holy Spirit until the day He returns. This section begins a bold new step in the mission of the church. The Samaritans were part Jewish; the Ethiopian eunuch and Cornelius were Jewish proselytes. Finally the Jewish Christians that made up the early church understood Jesus’ commission to them: they were to bring the gospel message to the Gentile too. The NKJV Study Bible

While men are very zealous for their own regulations, they should take care that they do not withstand God; and those who love the Lord will glorify him, when made sure that he has given repentance to life to any fellow-sinners. Repentance is God’s gift; not only his free grace accepts it, but his mighty grace works it in us, grace takes away the heart of stone, and gives us a heart of flesh. The sacrifice of God is a broken spirit. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Matthew 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Mark 1:8 I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

John 1:33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

Acts 1:5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”