Yes,
or Jesus would have sinned, since sin is in essence aligning your will and acting against God's nature.
Philippians 2:6 states that "he humbled himself and became obedient to death – even death on a cross!"
Jesus was obedient unto death. Sure, he did ask for the cup to be passed from him, but as Satan once tempted him with this scripture, "He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone." Psalm 91:11
(I'm assuming this comes from the question in the other topic with Christ asking for the cup to be passed from him, so I'm gonna try to tackle that question a little)
Jesus could have at any time given up and decided that he couldn't do it, but to break that obedience would be to unalign himself with God and therefore sin, and since Jesus is God dwelling in man, and God cannot sin, this is impossible.
Just because Jesus asked for this cup to be passed from him, does not mean that he wanted a different will than God's will. Right after, he states that, "yet not as I will, but as you will." This does not mean that his will was different from God's it is meant as an example for how we should pray in our times of suffering. Christ's suffering and death was meant for the salvation of millions of people. Christ knew that, and as he was also fully human that sounds like a very very painful thing to go through. BUT as he was also fully God, he knew the will of God and knew that is how it had to be, and said a few verses later, "If it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done."
I think this prayer is used as an example for us amidst suffering. How we should respond to suffering to the point of death if God so chooses to give us that cup. Only Christ could have withstood this kind of seemingly pointless death in the world's eyes, and now exalted Christ in us gives us this strength. Good will come of our suffering, and we have only to trust that the outcome of it will be for the best, since He is God after all. I've learned the most when I've suffered. I'm not asking to suffer, but God uses those times to shape us and to help us grow. It's when we are comfortable that sin comes the most. This prayer in Gethsemane shows us how to align our will with God's when it comes to pain unto the point of death, when we feel as if the entire world is against us and that terrible moment comes when we have to choose between who we love more, ourselves or God, or who do we trust more, ourselves or God. Jesus was God, so his will was already perfectly aligned with God, but we are not God, so we need an example of how to align ourselves with God, and Jesus was that example.
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