The word incarnate means: "embody or represent (a deity or spirit) in human form"42. God states He is a man possessed and uses the word man to make it clear that this is not a person who is the born-devil (as movie plots go) but rather a full grown man who over time get possessed by the devil, and becomes Satan within.
As God explained, the degree of possession is determined by the level of cooperation. In this case, this man is a willing accomplice. He is owned body and soul.