Did Christ’s Sacrifice Appease the Father or the entire Godhead?

Johann

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Did Christ’s Sacrifice Appease the Father or the entire Godhead?
Part A

Sam Shamoun


Question:

According to historic Christian doctrine, Jesus offered himself on the cross as a sacrifice for sin in order to propitiate or appease the wrath of God (in this case, the Father). Christ is believed to have absorbed God’s wrath on behalf of sinners so that God could show mercy to them by forgiving their evil deeds (provided that they repentant and believe) while still maintaining his perfect justice and righteousness in doing so. However, this raises certain questions and objections. Since Jesus is believed to be part of the Godhead does this mean that he offered himself as a sacrifice to appease his wrath and satisfy his justice as well? And what of the Holy Spirit whom Trinitarians believe is also God? Did Christ appease him as well? If not then how can either of them be God? How can only one Divine Person of the Trinitarian Godhead be appeased and not the rest? Doesn’t this destroy the supposed essential unity of the Godhead?

Answer:

Even before answering these specific objections it is vitally important to summarize the Biblical evidence for the Trinity being a divinely revealed truth of Holy Scripture.



The Holy Bible testifies that God is a Tri-personal Being and that Christ is a Divine Person possessing two distinct natures.

The NT is emphatic in its affirmation that the Father is fully God, going so far as to even call him the God of our Lord Jesus Christ!

“Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,” 2 Corinthians 1:2-3

“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.” Ephesians 1:17

“Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,” 1 Peter 1:1-3

“He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.’” 2 Peter 1:17

The fact that the Holy Bible teaches that the Father is God is something which even anti-Trinitarian and pseudo-Christian cults and sects readily admit. As such, there is no need to go into a full Biblical exposition to defend it. The foregoing verses should suffice. What these heresies normally deny is the eternal, uncreated Deity of Christ and/or the Divine Personality of the Holy Spirit.

There is also no need to spend time proving that the inspired Scriptures affirm that Jesus has a human nature. The NT documents are crystal clear in teaching that Christ became a true flesh and blood human being who experienced genuine human frailty and limitations, i.e. hunger, thirst, fatigue, pain, death etc., with the exception of sin:

“But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters… Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.” Hebrews 2:9-11, 14-18

“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.” Hebrews 4:14-15

“Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.” Hebrews 7:23-28 – cf. 5:7-9; Matthew 1:24-25, 2:1-6; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 1:26-35; 2:4-15; John 1:14; 4:1-8; 11:33-35

The inspired Scriptures also proclaim that Christ is fully God in essence and that the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person who has all the essential attributes of Deity and personhood.

For instance, both are identified as and are even called Yahweh (LORD) and God:

The Son – Isaiah 9:6-7; Jeremiah 23:5-6; Matthew 1:21-23 (cf. Psalm 130:7-8); Luke 8:39; John 1:1, 18; 5:16-18; 10:27-33 (cf. Deuteronomy 32:39; Psalm 95:6-8; Isaiah 43:10-13); 20:28 (cf. Psalm 35:23); Romans 9:5; 10:9-13 (cf. Isaiah 28:16; Joel 2:32); Philippians 2:5-11 (cf. Isaiah 45:23); Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:1-3, 7-13 (cf. Deuteronomy 32:43 [DSS, LXX]; Psalms 45:6-7; 102:25-27; 110:1); 1 Peter 2:3-8 (cf. Psalms 34:8; 118:22; Isaiah 8:14; 28:16); 3:14-15 (cf. Isaiah 8:12-13); 2 Peter 1:1; Revelation 1:17-18; 2:8, 23; 22:12-13, 16, 20 (cf. Psalm 62:12; Prov. 24:12; Isaiah 40:9-11; 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; 62:11; Jeremiah 17:10; Matthew 16:27).

The Holy Spirit – 2 Samuel 23:2-3; Acts 5:3-4; 28:25-27 (cf. Isaiah 6:8-10); 2 Corinthians 3:17-18; Hebrews 3:7-11 (cf. Psalm 95:7-11); 10:15-17 (cf. Jeremiah 31:33-34).

Both are said to have participated in creating all things and also share in the responsibility of sustaining all creation:

The Son – John 1:3, 10; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Colossians 1:16-17; Hebrews 1:2-3, 10-12.

The Holy Spirit – Genesis 1:1-2; 6:3; Number 11:16-17, 24-29; Job 26:13; 27:3; 33:4; 34:14-15; 37:10; Psalm 104:29-30; Isaiah 32:14-15; 34:16; 44:1-3; John 6:63; 2 Corinthians 3:6.

Both are also said to possess God’s essential attributes such as eternality, omnibenevolence, omniscience etc.:

The Son – Matthew 11:27-30; 18:20; 28:16-20; Mark 2:5-12; 7:24-30; 14:58; 15:29; Luke 7:48-50; 24:44-47; John 1:45-49; 2:19-25; 5:19-29; 6:35-40, 44, 54; 10:17-18, 27-28; 11:25-26; 14:6, 12-15, 20-23; 15:4-5; 16:28-31; 17:1-2, 5, 12, 20-24, 26; 20:24-29; 21:17-21; Acts 1:24; 7:59-60; 9:4-5, 14, 21; Romans 2:16; 8:3, 10, 35-39; 1 Corinthians 4:4-5; 10:1-4; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 13:5; Galatians 1:4; 2:16, 20; Philippians 3:20-21; Colossians 1:13-20, 27; 2:2-3, 9; 3:11; 2 Timothy 1:8-12; 3:10-12; Hebrews 1:3; 1 John 1:1-3; 5:18-20; Revelation 1:17-18; 2:1, 8, 18-23; 3:1, 7-8; 5:6; 17:14; 19:11-16; 22:12-13.

The Holy Spirit – Psalm 139:7-12; Isaiah 11:1-2; 40:13; Ezekiel 36:25-27; 37:12-14; 39:29; Haggai 2:5; Zechariah 4:6; Mark 13:11; John 14:16-17, 26; 16:5-15; Acts 1:8; 2:1-4, 17-18; 10:19-20; 13:2-4; 16:6-7; 20:23-25; 21:10-11; Romans 1:4; 5:5; 8:9-16, 26-27; 14:17; 15:13, 16, 18-19, 30; 1 Corinthians 2:10-12; 12:3-13; 3:16; 6:19; Colossians 1:8-12; 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 1:14; Hebrews 2:4; 9:14.

Both are further involved in the salvation, sanctification, and glorification of believers:

The Son – Isaiah 53:1-12; Matthew 1:21; Mark 10:45; 14:24; John 3:14-18, 36; 5:21, 25-29; 6:27-29, 32-51, 53-58; 10:7-18, 27-28; 11:23-27; Acts 2:37-38; 3:16; 26; 4:5-12; 5:31; 10:43; 13:23, 38-39; 15:11; 16:30-31; 26:18; Romans 3:21-28; 5:8-11, 15-19; 8:3, 31-39; 1 Corinthians 1:2, 17-24, 30; 6:9-11; 15:1-4, 12-28, 45-49; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Galatians 1:4; 2:16, 20; 4:4-5; Ephesians 1:3-7; 2:11-22; 5:1-2, 23, 25-26; Philippians 3:8-11, 20-21; Colossians 1:13-14, 19-20; Colossians 2:8-15; 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 4:13-18; 5:1-2, 9-10; 1 Timothy 1:12-16; 2:5-6; Titus 2:13-14; Hebrews 1:3; 2:9-18; 4:15-16; 5:5-9; 6:19-20; 7:24-28; 9:22-28; 10:5-14; 1 Peter 1:2, 21-23; 2 Peter 1:1; 1 John 1:7; 2:1-2; 4:10, 14; 5:18; Revelation 7:9-17.

The Holy Spirit – 1 Samuel 10:6, 9-11; Psalm 51:11; 143:10; Isaiah 63:7-14; Ezekiel 36:25-27; 37:12-14; 39:29; John 3:3-8; 7:38-39; Romans 2:26-29; 8:1-2, 5-16, 23; 14:17; 15:13, 16; 1 Corinthians 2:4-5, 9-15; 6:11; 12:1-4, 7-13; 14:1-2, 12; 2 Corinthians 1:21-22; 3:17-18; 5:5; 13:14; Galatians 3:2-3, 5, 14; 4:6; 5:5, 16-26; 6:1; Ephesians 1:13-14; 2:18-22; 4:3, 30; 6:17-18; Philippians 1:19; 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:5-6; 4:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:2.

It should therefore be clear from the foregoing data that the doctrine of the blessed and most holy Trinity is based on the explicit testimony of the Holy Scriptures. The doctrine is based on the following three clearly revealed truths:

There is one eternal God whom the inspired writings call Yahweh (LORD).
The Holy Bible affirms that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are fully God, and that all three Divine Persons possess every essential attribute of Deity.
The same inspired Scriptures attest that the Father is not the Son who is not the Holy Spirit who is not the Father. Rather, these three are engaged in intimate loving communion and perfect fellowship with one another.

The Holy Bible proclaims that God is an incomprehensible Being who is utterly unique in terms of his existence and actions.

It is also important to keep in mind the fact that, according to the Holy Bible, even though God can be truly known he cannot be fully known since he is an infinite Being that is beyond the ability of any finite creature to fully comprehend. The inspired writings attest that there is nothing in creation that is identical to God and that his essence and characteristics are simply incomprehensible.

Read the following for the Biblical evidence: 1 Kings 8:26-27; Job 5:8-9; 10:4-5; 11:6-11; 12:6-25; 35:5-14; 36:26; 37:5, 16, 23; Psalm 86:8-10; 89:5-9; 113:5-6; 139:1-16; 147:4-5; Isaiah 40:13, 17-18, 25-26; 55:8-9; Jeremiah 10:6; 23:23-24; Matthew 11:27; John 1:18; 6:44-46; Romans 11:33-36; Ephesians 3:17-19; Philippians 4:7.

The Holy Scriptures also affirm that man only sees or perceives God dimly for now. However, things will be different when the Lord Jesus returns since he will transform the saints by perfecting their souls, minds and bodies:

“For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.” 1 Corinthians 13:9-12

In light of this, we shouldn’t be surprised to discover that we may not be able to fully understand or make sense of how the atoning death of Christ affected the Divine Persons of the Godhead. We should actually expect to find that the different roles that the Godhead assumed in this divine transaction, in the economy of redemption, will be quite difficult to completely fathom, especially in all its glorious details. Therefore, we need to approach this subject with great humility and a recognition that perfect comprehension of this majestic work of the Triune God in saving mankind will be beyond our finite minds to completely absorb or take in.

With the foregoing in perspective we are now ready to embark on our investigation of the Holy Bible in order to see what it has to say in regard to the objections raised concerning Jesus’ vicarious sacrifice.
Did Christ’s Sacrifice Appease the Father or the entire Godhead?
 
I would say Christ's Sacrifice appeased the role of the Father and also the being of the Trinity.

It doesn't really matter if you know/prove this in relation to the doctrine itself.
 
Since there is no Godhead in Scripture, the answer is God, who alone is the Father.

Answer:

Even before answering these specific objections it is vitally important to summarize the Biblical evidence for the Trinity being a divinely revealed truth of Holy Scripture.

I encourage the reader to ponder the simple one sentence answer I provided to the 34-paragraph answer (deemed Part A) required by our friend @Johann.

The truth is simple. This is why it is often called the simple truth. :unsure:


“The truth is simple.
Lies are complex.
The truth comes in sentences.
Lies... in paragraphs.

Pay attention to this when someone is communicating with you.”
― Steve Maraboli
More here
 
There is no appeasing an angry god who sacrificed his own son out of anger, wrath, retribution and vengeance towards sin and took it out on his son- that is paganism known as the doctrine of PSA- the penal substitution theory of the atonement that was developed in the era of the dark ages. This was the mentality of justice in those days and they tormented, hanged, burned and persecuted those who opposed their theology.

hope this helps !!!
 
Since there is no Godhead in Scripture, the answer is God, who alone is the Father.
ok, Good, dose not God holds the title "LORD" as Father? ...... yes, because he created everything. now this, Isaiah 44:24 "Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;" AND JUST ONE MORE. Isaiah 45:18 "For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else."

now if the "LORD" who is God as you said, "who alone is the Father". and Isaiah said there is none else. QUESTION, "who is this that MADE ALL THINGS in this next scripture". John 1:3 "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." one person here also.

so, Wrangler, is this the "LORD", who is God that made "ALL THINGS" here in John 1L3 ... (smile). remember "I am the LORD; and there is none else." if there is none ....... else. then this Person in John 1:3 must be that same person in Isaiah who "MADE ALL THINGS", or else Isaiah, John, and God must have made a mistake, better known as a LIE.... (God forbid). if you will .... can you please tell us without a doubt that the "ONE" person in both of the above scriptures in Isaiah and here in John 1:3 is the same ONE person who MADE ALL THINGS. a YES or NO will do. and we can discuss later if need be. if you answer NO, then tell us who is the God, that made all thing that is not the "LORD", nor the Father here in John 1:3. please give book chapter and verse as to who by name and title of John 1:3 .... WHO MADE ALL THINGS.

101G

your answer Please. ........... think before you answer.

101G.
 
ok, Good, dose not God holds the title "LORD" as Father? ...... yes, because he created everything. now this, Isaiah 44:24 "Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;" AND JUST ONE MORE. Isaiah 45:18 "For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else."

now if the "LORD" who is God as you said, "who alone is the Father". and Isaiah said there is none else. QUESTION, "who is this that MADE ALL THINGS in this next scripture". John 1:3 "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." one person here also.

so, Wrangler, is this the "LORD", who is God that made "ALL THINGS" here in John 1L3 ... (smile). remember "I am the LORD; and there is none else." if there is none ....... else. then this Person in John 1:3 must be that same person in Isaiah who "MADE ALL THINGS", or else Isaiah, John, and God must have made a mistake, better known as a LIE.... (God forbid). if you will .... can you please tell us without a doubt that the "ONE" person in both of the above scriptures in Isaiah and here in John 1:3 is the same ONE person who MADE ALL THINGS. a YES or NO will do. and we can discuss later if need be. if you answer NO, then tell us who is the God, that made all thing that is not the "LORD", nor the Father here in John 1:3. please give book chapter and verse as to who by name and title of John 1:3 .... WHO MADE ALL THINGS.

101G

your answer Please. ........... think before you answer.

101G.
You don't believe in the Triune Godhead @101G-I do.
J.
 
no, 101G do not believe in any three person Godhead, known as a trinity. Nope Natta, Zelch. nor do the bible.

101G.
Right there in the Scriptures-not nada-uh-uh-nope Sister.
Correct me if I'm wrong in calling you sister.
Shalom
J.
 
Right there in the Scriptures-not nada-uh-uh-nope Sister.
Correct me if I'm wrong in calling you sister.
Shalom
J.
I am a BROTHER in Christ Jesus, where there is neither male nor female. ...... (smile). but to digress into the flesh, (Just for a second), I'm not a sister/female according to the flesh.

so now you may continue.

101G.
 
I am a BROTHER in Christ Jesus, where there is neither male nor female. ...... (smile). but to digress into the flesh, (Just for a second), I'm not a sister/female according to the flesh.

so now you may continue.

101G.
I have-thanks for the clarification-we don't want to "blend" genders now.
 
titles of the same one person in the Godhead. titles are not persons. ... next

101G.
Mar 1:10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
Mar 1:11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.


Shalom
J.
 
titles of the same one person in the Godhead. titles are not persons. ... next

One verse to meditate on, then, to see that Jesus is a different person than the Father, is when Christ says "Not my will, but yours be done." Christ called the Father's will, "not my will." And since we intuitively know a person has a will, we see two distinct wills involved.
 
The idea of reconciliation involves a personal difference between two parties. There is estrangement between God and man. Reconciliation is the restoration of favor between the two parties. Jesus does not utter any direct message on reconciliation, but implies God’s repugnance at man’s sin and strained relations between God and the unrepentant sinner (see Lk 18:13).

Christ's death removed the alienation that sin brought and thus reconciled us to God. We see this, for example, in Romans 5:10-11: “For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.”

Reconciliation implies that God can forgive; and has forgiven Believers. Jesus and the NT writers declare the death of Christ to be the basis of God’s forgiveness.

The idea of reconciliation involves a personal difference between two parties. There is estrangement between God and man. Reconciliation is the restoration of favor between the two parties. Jesus does not utter any direct message on reconciliation, but implies God’s repugnance at man’s sin and strained relations between God and the unrepentant sinner (see Lk 18:13).
 
One verse to meditate on, then, to see that Jesus is a different person than the Father, is when Christ says "Not my will, but yours be done." Christ called the Father's will, "not my will." And since we intuitively know a person has a will, we see two distinct wills involved.
ERROR, not while in Flesh in a G2758 κενόω kenoo (ke-no-ō') state, as the "ARM of God". let 101G help you understand. A. the first step in understanding the Christ ...... God himself shared in flesh is to know and understand this verse first.
Isaiah 63:5 "And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me." NOTE: his OWN "ARM" is him, the "me" in the verse. ... follow so far.... good. now B. the second step. in order to bring salvation to his ownself, he had to be in flesh to die.

B. God in the ECHAD, shared in Flesh. well how do we know this? answer, Isaiah 53 the suffering servant, God shared in Flesh. but what do that has to do with God's WILL, the the Lord Jesus said, "NOT MY WILL, but yours?". listen real God. while in flesh the God, the Lord Jesus is in a G2758 κενόω kenoo (ke-no-ō') state of Flesh. what do this has to do with God's will. here jt is. step C. Listen and Learn.

The arm of flesh vs The Arm of the LORD, “authority”
Remember, Isaiah 63:5 said, "his OWN ARM brought Salvation unto him", right, so let's see it. in the book of Chronicles 32. Sennacherib the king of assyria was invading Judah, and Hezekiah king in Judah said this to the people after talking with the LORD, God. let's read. 2 Chronicles 32:7 "Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: verse 8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah".
WHAT? an "arm of flesh?" yes, Sennacherib the king of assyria his fighting men or Army is figurative spoke of as an ARM of Flesh. meaning his POWER was in his fighting men. For God's POWER, likewise, spoken as an ARM. i.e. when God brought the children of Israel out of Egypt. Deuteronomy 7:19 "The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid." or Psalms 89:10 "Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm." this ARM of God is a anthropomorphism. meaning the attribution of human form or behavior given to a deity to understand its actions, here it means in Power, (the "authority” and the “ability”, or “might”, to do something). now what one could not see, is now Manifested in the Christ.... God's own Holy ARM in Flesh. Isaiah 52:10 "The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God." that "ARM" that brought salvation unto himself is clearly seen as said in Isaiah 53.

Now, one of the failing prompts of the Unitarians, JW belief, and others is this. they say, "Jesus is not God", and one of there excuses, as said here, "he could do nothing of himself", not his own will, but the father's. as with the "the ARM of God", (IN FLESH, an ARM of Flesh). he was not authorized to act alone. this is clear as with the Assyrian army, in 2 Chronicles 32:8 "With him is an arm of flesh". no army, (an ARM of flesh, foot soldiers) act alone, or on their own power. not even our, the American Army, just get up and go to war with another country without authorization from the commander in chief, or congress. just as my own arm don't wave unless I authorized it to wave. just as a penny on the ground for example. the head gives direction to the body. (and this ARM of flesh, God's ARMY of ONE on Earth), follows orders, as with any army. it's not the army who will is acted out no. this is explained in the understanding of the use of POWERS, the G1411 dunamis, and the G1849 exousia. just as the Army, here an ARM of Flesh, can do nothing of their own, WILL (BINGO), they must be authorized to fight. so do the Lord Jesus, he don't act alone (while in flesh, HIS WILL), while in a diverse state, he is UNDER as to say, "ORDERS". this was one of the reasons why he was in G2758 keno, (to abase, neutralize, or make of none effect), just like us ... "POWERLESS", but under the influence, or ORDERS of the Holy Spirit, we are to act a certain way, not our will but the Father will.... (smile). at his baptism he was authorized with G1849 exousia POWER, (the Holy Spirit, his own Spirit), to act in the NAME of God which he wore... JESUS, he, the Spirit, who doth the work. as to forgive sin, heal the sick, raise the dead, and so on. he is our example of how the G1849 exousia works. and that's why we, as 1 John 3:2a states, "now we're the Sons of God". because we were not before ... "sons". by default we all were the son of the evil one, (sinners). our Lord Jesus having the NATURE, (see Phil 2:5) of God. yes, HAVING, is BEING IN THE FORM of God, having his nature, (Isaiah 63:5), he took on our humanity, (the ARM of Flesh, Isaiah 53). so that as the "KINSMAN" redeemer in flesh and blood he then could give that BLOOD, which is the LIFE of the flesh, (see Lev 17:11), and redeem man from sin. this is the "OBJECTIVE" of God, his plan, of Salvation which God's OWN ARM, (an ARMY of ONE)...... brought salvation unto himself. meaning his will was done by his OWN ARM, his Army of One. and “BEING” in that flesh, he GOD, Jesus, carried out his "OWN" plan of salvation for Man. again his "OWN" arm brought salvation unto him, (see Isaiah 63:5). so that answers the "WILL of God in Christ Jesus of his .... OWN WILL. and it also amswers ..... “if Christ is God, how come he could do nothing of himself”, per. John 8:28 "Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things."

101G hope this answer your question, as the ARM of God, shared in flesh in a G2758 κενόω kenoo (ke-no-ō') state, he is under orders not to do his own will, but the will of he who sent him, God himself. Just Read Isaiah chapter 53. if you have any other questions, just ask.

101G.
 
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