If You Want To Have A Real Spiritual Life You Must Crucify The Flesh

Yes, there are those who teach a name it and claim it pseudo-gospel of materialism, but that is not the teaching of the biblical documents.  There are those who teach victory over circumstances in life, but that is not the emphasis in the Word of God.  God's Word teaches us that to have a real spiritual life one must(dei, it is necessary in the nature of the case) to crucify the flesh.  There is no other way to really get to know the living reality of salvation.