there are at least two different motivations for listening to an "authority"... the most common motivation has to do with duty and obedience. We read scripture and take it seriously because we sense that is the right thing to do. authority precedes the reading. We read expecting something because we believe that it has something to say.
Another motivation comes from experience. whatever led us to read scripture in the first place is not so significant. We have discovered, from reflecting on scripture, that it has something significant to offer. Experience shows that it describes the landscape well. When we use the "map" we regularly find the destination and so we have come to trust the map because it has proved itself to be helpful...
either way, Thomas is suggesting that we read scripture from a position of trust. that it is this sense of trust that enables us to read "in silence"... any voice of skepticism or argumentative spirit is put aside so that our spirit can be shaped and directed by the authoritative voice of Scripture...
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