Understanding the Incarnation of Christ

Incarnation refers to the Second Person of the Trinity (also called Logos or Word) taking our human form of flesh, thus becoming "God with us." Now just how God accomplished the incarnation, it to topic of this thread.

When we refer to the incarnation, we are referring not only to the fleshy side of the concept, the physical man born of Mary, but also to the spiritual side, God incarnate. Thus Jesus, rather than having a human spirit formed by God, had the Divine Spirit of the Second Person of the Trinity as His animating Spirit.

Jesus had no "sin nature" since our "sin nature" is a component of our fallen human spirit. Thus He was not made a sinner per Romans 5:19, and therefore He had no innate sin nature.

Our sin nature is part of our fallen human nature, thus we all received it spiritually, not biologically, as some speculate. The basis for this conclusion is Eve became fallen by spiritual means, she was not conceived that way, and her fallen condition was the result of Adam's sin ("by one man") rather than any action on her part.

Yes, God biologically created the physical Jesus, but the Spirit that gave Jesus life was Logos, God the Son. Jesus was called "the Son of God" because He is of the same Divine essence, and as God the Son carried out the will of God the Father.

Jesus was fully human physically and fully God spiritually.

Jesus did not have a sin nature, but certainly had all the "fleshly desires" (avoidance of pain and seeking pleasure). Yes His faithful obedience to the will of His Father (and if born anew, our Father) overrode His inclinations to avoid suffering and loss of His life.

While it is true, God treated Jesus as a sinner, His physical life from beginning to end was absolutely sinless, He was never made to be sin.