The flesh is part of us that resists our transformation into new person in Christ.And since this is case devil wants to use pleasures of our flesh to keep us enslaved to our old habits and sinful attitudes.
We have daily choices to live according to God's righteous desires, and deny sin. When we use our power to choose God's way instead of sin's way, we crucify our flesh.
God helps us crucify our flesh through Holy Spirit so that we may live in newness of Spirit.
The desires we must crucify include fornication, covetousness, stealing, and lying plus follow rest of ten commandments.
As we put these things to death, we are able to then put on new man, renewed in knowledge according to image of Him who created us.
1 Peter 4:1-2 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in flesh, arm yourselves likewise with same mind: for he that hath suffered in flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live rest of his time in flesh to lusts of men, but to will of God.
When a man is crucified, he dies. And when you die, you're dead.
Therefore those of us who belong to Jesus need to crucify flesh so that we become dead to flesh, dead to our passions, and dead to our desires.
Galatians 5:24 And those who are Christ's have crucified flesh with its passions and desires.
Now if this is true, why do we still have ungodly desires, and why do we still yield to flesh and it's passions?
Also since these things still bother us, does that mean that we are not one who belongs to Jesus?
Are we failures as Christians? Do we really belong to satan and not God?
Have I struck a nerve? Perhaps you've pondered over these exact same questions.
I suspect that all of us may have felt this way at one time or another.
Rest assured, you are still a child of King if you have excepted Jesus Christ as your lord and savior.
John 3:16 For God so loved world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.