V. 4.— God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with diverse miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? God also bearing them witness.— Not only did the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles on the day of Pentecost establish the truth of the Gospel, but they were enabled to confirm their doctrine by the most astonishing miracles, giving feet to the lame and life to the dead. The Lord had promised that the Spirit of Truth, whom He would send from the Father, should testify of Him, and that the Apostles also should bear witness. John 15:26-27. In this and the preceding verse we see his promise fulfilled, in verse 3 we have the testimony of the Apostles, and here we have the testimony of the Spirit. Signs— are evidences of Divine interposition, and may, or may not, be beyond the course of nature; Wonders— things that excite wonder, prodigies; Diverse miracles— a variety of miraculous attestations to the truth of the Gospel. Gifts of the Holy Ghost.— Rather distributions or divisions. The word employed here does not signify gifts, but that the powers conferred by the Holy Spirit were variously divided,— to some, one power; to others, another. 1 Corinthians 12:28-30. According to his own will.— In the distribution of these powers, or gifts, God acted as a sovereign. Miraculous gifts, are termed the manifestation of the Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:7. The Spirit dwells in every believer, but they do not all possess what is termed the manifestation of the Spirit. “ But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: but all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.” 1 Corinthians 12:7-11. These gifts were bestowed, not according to the will of man, but according to the sovereign will of God. The will of God is His only guide in all His works. This will is always holy, just, and wise— but it is always sovereign.