Living by the 'leading of the Spirit' may bring some results, but living by the Word brings consistent results.
The Word and the Spirit are One. But 'the leading of the Spirit' is not, because it's not always God. We can err on the carnal side and feelings, thinking that we are doing what the Spirit is leading when it is not Him.
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. - Rom 8:14
This verse is often misinterpreted as 'the leading of the Spirit', categorising it as someone who is spontaneously directed by the Spirit to do something.
The Greek word for 'led' in this passage means 'to impel, of forces and influences affecting the mind.'
A text without a context becomes the pretext for a proof text. Read the whole of Romans 8. Then read Romans 8:12-13 again, before you read Romans 8:14 and 8:15.
To be led by the Spirit is to live NOT according to the flesh. It's to live in the truth. It's to live under the influence of the mind of the Spirit (who is Christ). It's to live as sons. It's to live under His grace, and not under the law (cross ref Gal 5:18; Eph 5:18).
Hence, all sons and daughters of God are led by the Spirit because they have received the Spirit of adoption (Rom 8:15). It's not a spontaneous, flaky or sporadic thingy. It's the New Creation power to walk out the mind of Christ.
That is being led by the Spirit.
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