As the ones closest to the Lord, Moses and Aaron bore the highest responsibility to preserve his reputation.” Like Sam said last week, God cares more about obedience than He does results. Even though Moses and God spoke face to face like friends—for decades—Moses didn’t get special treatment. No unique arrangement. No grandfatherly ‘wink’ and pretend it didn’t happen. God is holy. He is righteous. And, like Brian mentioned a few weeks ago, we must not lose the majesty of God because we’re so familiar with Him: The Big Guy, the Man Upstairs, my buddy, Jesus. Friends, obedience is not optional.