Not real. The "powers" you're talking about were gifts given specifically to Apostles to verify their authority and the veracity of the Gospel. They ended with the closing of the canon. More to the point, the men you're talking about are not men of God, but wolves who have been allowed into the Church to fleece the flock.
So, you no longer believe people in this modern day age can be bestowed with supernatural powers and abilities that come from God?
It's nothing a nigh club hypnotists doesn't do.
There is some similarity between what hypnotists do, and what people with faith can have done to them (power of the mind/belief) Jesus asked many people "Do you have FAITH that I can do this, then they would say yes, and Jesus would oftentimes say to them "Go, your FAITH has made you well. Which can be the power of belief somehow opens up the mind to have mind over matter possibilities (if they are "open" to the fact of what the hypnotist OR FAITH HEALER can do, then it can happen for them
What part, specifically, do you believe is supernatural? The part where they go, "I'm sensing that there's somebody here named John. You're name is John, is it not? No? Well, God is telling me there's someone in your life named John. No, well his name starts with a 'J'. James or Jerry, perhaps?"
That's not supernatural. It's called "cold reading". All it is, is just throwing out random words until their body language gives a clue that the word means something to them. I used to be a salesman and employed the same tactic.
Is it the part where they command somebody to get up out of a wheelchair? You know those people are actors, right? That's why there are no documented cases of them actually healing anybody.
In fact, several years ago, the Trinity Foundation did an expose of Benny Hinn and discovered that three of his "miraculous healings" died soon after the show.
Come on. You're a smart person. Don't fall for this nonsense.
What about when they say "fire" or "Holy Spirit fire" and make throngs of people fall down, those can't all be actors, are they?
And, besides, you shouldn't be looking to miraculous events as evidence of the supernatural. That's what we have the Word of God for.
