It is worth to consider that Jesus has had to make errors in learning anything new if we consider Him a full human being. To be honest, it it may be more difficult to argue for the opposite. The problem is whether error or fault is counted as sin, as fault and sin are closely related as I perceived before.
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In literal sense, it is true that the original Greek word for sin ‘Hamartia’ means ‘to miss the mark’, and thus by definition it can include even a minor fault. But from non-literal and expository point of view, i.e. to consider the biblical teaching as a gestalt, it appears that inadvertent fault 'Paraptoma' is different and may be excluded from the deliberate sin agaisnt God. (See Galatians 6:1) Therefore, our belief on the sinlessness of Jesus can still be maintained even if He had fault.
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Based on the above hypothesis and inference, regardless of the idea of sanctification as a life process, it may be possible to say: we can identify ourselves with Jesus in terms of His human nature, in the sense that Christians are still capable of faults but will no longer sin agaisnt God. (See my point of view expressed in the article titled ‘The Revelation of Sinning Believer – The Satan’s Lie Decoded’), except that Christians had already sinned in their old days but Jesus had never. In other words, if Jesus was incapable of errors, we may risk lossing our identity with Jesus as a full human being.
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