This is one of the hardest lessons to get into the body of the Church, because there's so much erroneous teaching from the many false teachers and so-called Prophets. As Paul had to deal with the "Super Apostles" of his day, we have to bring a message of death to self to a people who are influenced by self-ambition, self-pleasure, the most covetous (idolatrous) generation in history, those of the perilous times that where to come.