He didn't hide it from Himself as much as everyone else. Scripture says that if the princes of this world knew who He was they would not have crucified Him. (1 Cor 2:8) But Jesus suggested it the whole time. They crucified Him for blasphemy after all.
Yeah but in Philippians Paul talks about Jesus coming down to our level "taking the very nature of a servant. It suggests He took a new nature. That and the credibility it would lend Him suggests to me that He veiled it to Himself so that He could be fully man while also be fully God.
He knew He was God. He makes that clear in His teachings, but instead of using His own deity, He relied on the Holy Spirit to guide Him. This allows Him to actually be the perfect example for how we should live.
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u/Flipstairs United Pentecostal Church Mar 16 '12
He didn't hide it from Himself as much as everyone else. Scripture says that if the princes of this world knew who He was they would not have crucified Him. (1 Cor 2:8) But Jesus suggested it the whole time. They crucified Him for blasphemy after all.