1 Peter 5:8

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

The bible speaks of demon possessed in the new testament. Christ’s numerous encounters with demons (e.g., Matt. 4:22, 24; 7:22; 8:16, 31; 9:33-34; 10:8; 12:24ff; 15:22; 17:18)

We hear of people demon possessed and the Catholic church performing exorcisms. I asked a former Catholic who is a Baptist like I am on what do Baptist Preachers do if someone is demon possessed. We spoke about the Bible and God’s word. I have heard people who work in mental hospitals speak on patients that they thought was demon possessed. I heard stories of patients with superhuman strength throwing people, speaking in other voices, or acting like animals. Demonic possession is not recognized as a medical condition by the American Psychiatric Association or the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. There are people with mental disorders also. I know demon possession is real but I know a Christian who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ cannot be possessed. That does not mean that demons cannot attack us. Peter spoke of the devil as a roaring lion. Even Jesus was tempted by the devil but resisted. We will face spiritual attacks and temptations. It may be an attack on our minds on what we are thinking, on our prayer life, or our physical bodies.

Here is what the bible saids on evil

King James Version (KJV)

Jude 1:9

“Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee

James 2:19 – Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

Matthew 12:43– When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.  

2 Peter 2:4 – For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Mark 9:29 – And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

Mark 3:11 – And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

1 Peter 5:8 – Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Ephesians 6:11– Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.   

James 4:7 – Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Luke 8:2 – And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,

Jude 1:6 – And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

Matthew 12:22 – Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

Matthew 10:1 – And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease