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 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’
 </color> (Luke 16, 29)
+The first thing we need to do is to listen to Moses and the Prophets. The communication with
+God starts with the biblical scriptures. It does not end there, but the bible is the reference
+point of our communication with God. Here, Jesus refers to the Old Testament scriptures,
+the Jewish books. The "let them hear" is an important statement about how God wants our
+communication with him start and where he sees the centre of this communication.
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+** The Spirit ...**
+Both the Old and the New Testament also talk about the spirit of God, who comes to believers.
+The spirit talks through the prophets. The spirit is the main driver of the communication
+between God and us. Jesus says himself that he will send the spirit after his death and
+resurrection, to be with us.
+Thus, the biblical testimony is complemented by the spirit. It is not different from the
+presence of the spirit, since all the biblical books have been written "in the spirit". It is the
+same spirit, who talks through the bible and who comes to believers.
+But it is an important part of Christian faith and experience that when you trust your life
+into God's hands through Christ Jesus, you receive the spirit of God. With this spirit, your
+life changes, since he is God's power to experience his presence.
+You can communicate with God through prayer, meaning that you talk and you listen as well. Prayer
+is a two-way communication. Through the spirit God talks to you, by pointing you towards
+biblical insight, by giving you thoughts, wisdom, images and visions. The spirit clarifies things
+by widening our mind. Very simple facts can talk to you, when the spirit of Jesus is there.
+Communication with God through the spirit works in a fantastic and very satisfying way.
 (Roland Potthast)