I was surprised to not find any articles on google addressing this question. There is plenty on the question of whether or not the Old Testament commands are binding but not the New Testament commands.
More specifically my question is this:
In light of the fact that there are something like 1000 commands/exhortations/instruction in the New Testament. Do we have to keep all of them all the time in order to live blamelessly before God as Christians today? Ie. Acts 24:16, Phil 2:15, 1 Tim 6:14.
In other words, is it possible to regularly do things(or fail to do things) that we are instructed not to do in the NT without actually sinning against God?
I realize that there are some things that are obviously of paramount importance, (Like believing the Gospel). But what about all those nitty gritty instruction on how to live, how to do church etc. Are all of those binding on us? (as in we have to do them all, all the time) If so why? Romans 13:8 says "the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law." That would lead me to believe that as long as you truly are loving your neighbor as yourself there could be ten thousand ways that you could knowingly and purposefully disregard a NT command without displeasing God at all. Is this logic faulty? Where does the bible say that we have to do everything written in the NT perfectly all the time in order to keep from sinning against God?
All of the 613 commandments in the OT and 1,050 commandments in the NT can be put into one or both of the categories of being about how to love God or how to love our neighbor, so all of the other commandments hang on the greatest two because they are all examples of what it looks like to correctly love God and our neighbor. For example, obedience to the command to help the poor looks like obedience to the command to love our neighbor, so the command to love does not replace the other commandments, but rather it is the essence of them. Love fulfills the Law because that is essentially what it is about how to do.
The greatest two commandments are a lot easier said than done, so thankfully God gave all of the other commandments and send Jesus as an example to paint us a picture of what that looks like. In other words, if you were to compare someone who was living in obedience to the greatest two commandments with someone who was living in obedience to the Mosaic Law, then there would be no difference because both would look like the same example that Jesus set for us to follow.
There are more way to love our neighbor than what God Law specifically prescribes, but God's Law is spiritual in that it has always been intended to teach deeper spiritual principles of which the listed laws are just examples, and which are the character traits of God. If we correctly understand a spiritual principle, then it will lead us to do things that are examples of that principle in accordance with what the Law instructs, and if we have a character trait, then we will express it through our actions, so while there could ten thousand ways that you could love your neighbor that are not specifically prescribed by the Law, this should nevertheless still be inclusive of obeying what the Law instructs.
To give a couple examples of the 1,050 commandments:
Consider the ravens (Luke 12:24)
Consider the lilies (Luke 12:27-28).
Does this mean that we should always be considering lilies and ravens in order to avoid sinning? I don't think so, though we should always live in accordance with the principle that Jesus was teaching us through considering them, and by doing so, it is expressed as considering them whenever we become concerned about what to eat or what to wear.