Section 9
The fact that the Lord Jesus did not seek or do His own will indicates that while He was liv ing as a man, He was not living by His own mind, will, and emotion. This means that He was not living by His own life.
The Lord Jesus had a genuine man's living by God's mind, will, and emotion—to express God in God's attributes. The Lord did not seek His own will but God's will. He came not to do His own will but to do God's will. This means that He came to live as a man not by man's life, but by God's life. He lived by God's mind, will, and emotion to express God in God's attributes. These attri butes are contained in and mingled with His human virtues.
In the Gospel of Luke we have many exam ples of the Man-Savior's God-man living. Con sider the case of the good Samaritan (10:25-37). In the human living of the good Samaritan God was expressed. God was there empowering Him. The love expressed was not simply the Samaritan's human love; it was a human love strengthened, empowered, and enriched by the divine love.
Consider also the case of Zaccheus (Luke 19:1-10). In the Man-Savior's coming to Zac cheus and His dealing with him we see some thing divine. It is hard to explain what we see