Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
1. Matthew 24:36
'No one knows about that day or hour, not even the Son, but the Father only.'
This verse does not contradict that God became a man.
It only reveals that when He acted as a limited man that aspect of His being was manifest.
Just like He was tired.
Just like He marveled at something in surprise.
Just like He wept with emotion.
Just like some detail of a situation was not revealed to Him.
Here Jesus makes a distinction between what he knows and what the Father knows.
He makes a distinction with what the Father knows which at that time had not been revealed to Him standing on His ground as a man. He did always the right thing, in the right way, at the right time.
2. Matthew 26:39
'My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me, yet not as I will, but as Thou will. '
Jesus’ will is likewise autonomous from God’s Will. Jesus is seeking acquiescence to God’s will.
This doesn't negate His incarnation.
It reveals that aspect of Him that was indeed human.
3. John 5:26
'For as the Father has life in Himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.'
Jesus received his life from God. God received his life from no one. He is eternally self-existent.
This doesn't negate the incarnation of God as a man.
In
Zechariah chapter two, Jehovah of hosts is both the Sent One and the Sender.
So we have in the OT a window into God being the Sender and simultaneously the One Sent.
"For thus says Jehovah of hosts, After the glory He has sent Me against the nations who plunder you, for he who touches you touches the pupil of His eye.
For I am now waving My hand over them, and they will be plunder for those who served them; and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent Me.
Give a ringing shout and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for now I am coming, and I will dwell in your midst, declares Jehovah.
And many nations will join themselves to Jehovah in that day and will become My people; and I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent Me to you." (Zecharian 2:8-11)
The one speaking is
Jehovah of hosts.
And He says that they will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent Him. You have here a wonderful OT glimpse into the triune nature of God. God sends God.
4. John 5:30
'By myself, I can do nothing: I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who has sent me.'
Jesus says, “by myself, I can do nothing.” This indicates that Jesus is relying upon his own relationship with God. He is not trying to “please myself” but rather is seeking to “please the one who sent me.”
He is just at this time standing on His ground as a man.
By saying Jesus was God is not saying because of this Jesus was not a man.
5. John 5:19
'The Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees the Father doing, because whatever the Father does, the Son does also.'
Jesus declares that he is following a pattern laid down by God. He is expressing obedience to God.
God can express Himself not only in absolute authority but also in terms of absolute submission TO authority.
This verse doesn't prove God did not become a man.
6. Mark 10:18
'Why do you call me good? No one is good, except God alone.'
Here Jesus emphatically makes a distinction between himself and God.
The implication is that if you are willing to call Him good you should be willing to call Him God. He in fact does refer to Himself in
John 10 as
"the good Shepherd" .