DO WE SEE DEMON POSSESSION TODAY? The Bible's Acts 16:16 talks about how Paul kicked a demon out of a possessed slave girl who earned money for her owners by supposedly telling fortunes: "Now it happened of us going to the place of prayer, a certain girl, having a spirit of Python, met us, who was bringing her masters much gain by fortune-telling." Unfortunately, that same kind of evil still happens today, and it’s interesting how our society downplays demon possession as if it doesn't occur now. But here in modern times, the affliction is widespread around our planet, and I think a lot of demon-possessed people either self-medicate, are put on medication to the point of being mute about their issue, or are even being put away in psych wards after they’re diagnosed with psychological issues. Having visited psych wards to witness and pray for people over the past twenty-plus years, I can say that some aspect of the problem may be psychological, but there is a different spirit in those sorts of places: Many housed in psych wards are demonically possessed, even if our secular society refuses to admit it; instead, the poor people are given masking drugs that are not going to help their demon problem. The only answer to deliver them is Jesus Christ, who has authority to free people of all demonic spirits at the command of a Christian. Christ is what they need. But our modern mindset leads society to rule out demon possession, like it doesn't happen—even though demons inhabiting non-Christians seems to be as rampant today as it was in New Testament times.