25.What is true of a person who is being led by the Spirit of God?

He is not required to obey the ceremonial statutes of the Law of Moses.

The Holy Spirit Himself is the Law of the new covenant. When we are living and walking in the Spirit of God we are living and walking in the "law of the Spirit of life" (Romans 8:2; II Corinthians 3:6).

What, then, is true of the person, whether or not he professes Christ, who neither is obeying the Law of Moses nor following after the Spirit of God?

He is a sinner who is under the judgment of God. If he has put his trust in Christ, God will judge his conduct. He will suffer punishment because of his sins (I Corinthians 11:32) in order to save him from the wrath that is to fall on the world.

Whether the person finally will be saved depends on his response to the afflictions the Lord sends on him. Any "Christian" who lives carelessly, hoping that God will forgive him anyway, is playing a risky game. He is gambling with his eternal soul. He is toying with eternal punishment.

Who knows what he will be facing after death?

Only God the Father, who watched His only begotten Son fall face down in the dirt under the weight of His cross as He bore our sins toward Calvary, will know what the careless believer will meet when he or she dies. God is not pleased with those who are adding to that weight by their flippant attitude toward salvation.

No sacrifice has been provided for those who are sinning wilfully. (Hebrews 10:26.)