"Taking Possession of Our Inheritance" -To possess our spiritual inheritance in Christ, we have to be willing to obey His instructions by faith. As we walk by faith, we will please God because we are walking by the leading of His Spirit. The more we live in love and walk in the Spirit, the more that God will be able to release to us all that He has in store for His righteous children. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven. Likewise, neither can the flesh nature or self inherit the promises of God. Therefore, God requires us to crucify the flesh and to deny self so that we can walk in the Spirit and receive our spiritual blessings.