A wise Christian once wrote, "There is no such thing as partial bondage; nor is there such a thing as partial liberty," and this claim lies on the simple fact that Christ’s death actually took place and ended for good - once and for all - the Adamic history of human race on the Cross, and Christ rose from the death, thus starting AUTHENTICALLY a new realm in human history. Whosoever is part of Christ, has come into this new realm THROUGH THE VERY SAME DEATH THAT CHRIST DIED! In Christ’s death there were no phases or stages or different "levels" (and no partiality, for that matter); his death was a once and for all event. Consequently it is impossible for a Christian to be partially alive to God (and, hence, partially in bondage to sin). Whatever our weaknesses may be, they are not a proof against what Paul states in Romans 6:11; they are simply weaknesses, phenomena that do not define nor constitute us. As a result, we are forever freed from any attempts whatsoever to prove through our walk (and talk) that we are alive to God!!! Such attempts would be as futile and illogical as an elephant’s attempt to prove someone (itself included) that it is an elephant or a swan’s attempt to prove someone (itself included) that it is a swan. The very minute a confused elephant realizes it is actually an elephant, an opportunity opens for it to start living its life as it is, according to its "elephantic" nature. The same applies to swans and Christians.
If a Christian thinks that living as a Christian requires "trying" (or "living out" some ideal or truth or Word) of any sort, s/he is at loss with her/his true identity. A branch’s duty is not to suck the sap off the trunk to itself, since the True Vine is one organic whole that lives His Life as one organic whole - and His branches are not His life producing parts; actually, of all the parts on the Vine, the branches have the least responsibility of producing anything!
We have been included through death into Him who is the Way, the Truth and the Life as well as Alfa and Omega: nothing in us and about us survived the Cross, since we, the whole we and nothing but we died on the Cross with Christ.
The feeling or thought that whispers to us telling that we are not fully alive to God (justifying itself by pointing at our weaknesses and "evil" deeds, misdeeds and thoughts and words) is not based on THE FACT OF CHRIST’S DEATH ON CALVARY. Any such feeling or thought should therefore be regarded as mumbo jumbo (as far as our identity and guilt are concerned, at least). Such feelings are so worthless that they don’t even deserve to be gotten rid of: one does not need to get rid of a mirage, all one needs is simply notice that it is what it is: a mirage (i.e., that the feeling or thought in question does not have its roots in Christ’s death and resurrection)."
From The Day of Reckoning: Our Identity in Christ
By Bertie Qvist