Jesus Christ was known in the pre-mortal world as Jehovah (Exodus 6:3; Psalms 83:18; Isaiah 12:2, and 26:4).
As Jehovah, Jesus Christ became the first-born of the Father (of us all) in the spirit, just as He was the first-born of the Father (and the only-born of the Father in the flesh)!
As a spirit child, Jehovah learned all from the Father (His character, perfections, attributes, "merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth" (Exodus 34:6), "The Lord executes righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed... slow to anger and plenteous in mercy" (Psalms 103:6-8), "the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children, to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them" (Psalms 103:17-18), "Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God" (Psalms 90:2), "And you, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands: they shall perish, but you shall remain; and they shall wax old as a garment; and as a vesture shall you fold them up, and they shall be changed: but you are the same, and your years shall not fail" (Hebrews 1:10-12), "Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights; with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning" (James 1:17), "For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed" (Malachi 3:6).
From Joseph Smith revealed, in the Lectures on Faith, "First, That he was God before the world was created, and the same God that he was, after it was created. Secondly, That he is merciful, and gracious, slow to anger, abundant in goodness, and that he was so from everlasting, and will be to everlasting. Thirdly, That he changes not, neither is there variableness with him; but that he is the same from everlasting to everlasting, being the same yesterday to-day and forever; and that his course is one eternal round, without variation. Fourthly, That he is a God of truth and cannot lie. Fifthly, That he is no respecter of persons; but in every nation he that fears God and works righteousness is accepted of him. Sixthly, That he is love."
[Doctrine and Covenants, section 3], commencing in the [second verse]: "For God does not walk in crooked paths, neither does he turn to the right hand or the left, or vary from that which he has said, therefore his paths are strait, and his course is one eternal round:" [Doctrine and Covenants, section] 35:1: "Listen to the voice of the Lord your God, even Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, whose course is one eternal round, the same yesterday to-day and forever."
Numbers 23:19: "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man that he should repent." 1 John 4:8: "He that loves not, knows not God; for God is love." Acts 10:34: "Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that fears God and works righteousness is accepted with him."
JPS
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