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Thank you very much for your long and very interesting letter about the conference in Drøbak. It was a great joy to read, and it gave me a good understanding of how things went. True, there were some rumblings and shortcomings at the conference, but I think these things received a mightier blow than ever before. It was God’s will that I was absent this time—I understand that now. Everything that is not done with full faith and confidence will be revealed in the end. I am very happy with the results of this conference. Everything went exactly as it should have. If a person is rebellious and defiant time and time again, that will not go unpunished. It leaves a mark, and eventually chastisement will come.

Even though I am very much involved in all this work that the Lord is doing, and I desire that each and every one receive a rich blessing from the Lord, I am, nevertheless, completely free from everyone. I sense in the Spirit that I am completely separate from everything and everyone. And then, when we are united in the Spirit, we are united as brothers. Therefore, if God has used me from the beginning of this work, I have only been an instrument, and I have no desire to be honored by people for that. It has therefore also been my lot not to be honored. But, on the other hand, when a person rebels against someone who is an instrument, they are not opposing the instrument, but the one who is using it. It’s like a dog that bites the stick that a man is holding. The dog isn’t opposing the stick, but rather the one who is holding it. Once I have expressed my opinion and warned against such behavior, I am free again and am only awaiting God’s judgment in the matter; and His judgment will surely come. We saw an example of this at this conference, where the whole conference—in spite of my absence—went in the direction it should have and needed to go. I hope everything will go well in Eastern Norway.

Warm greetings from your brother,