Does “learned obedience” imply that Jesus was disobedient?

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The steps for determining a solution are these:

   Assume that Scripture does not contradict scripture.
   Now consider what alternate solutions to the problem exist within scripture

The Scriptures do not Self-Contradict

Disobedience of parents would be sin.

   Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. —Exodus 20:12

Disobedience of legitimate authority would be sin:

   And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him. —Mark 12:17

Since Jesus is without sin, he was never disobedient.

   For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin. —Hebrews 4:15

This shows that what was lacking, which he needed to learn was not disobedience. Alternative Solutions from Within Scripture

He lacked experience being obedient when his will was different than that of the Father since normally they were in complete agreement:

   I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. —John 5:30
   Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. —Luke 22:42