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2) Where did Jesus tell His apostles to write anything down?

2) . 1 Cor 1:13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
The apostle Paul was approved by the same apostles that were taught by Christ, meaning he had the same authority as they, and since they all represented Christ, it was the same as Christ himself saying it.

3) Where in the New Testament do the apostles tell future generations that the Christian faith will be based on a book?

3) 2 Cor.10:11 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
Paul told the Church at Corinth that that the letters which they had read to them , were the same as them being there in person, and when he said” we” it referred only to the known apostles and approved apostles, and no one else.

You mean 2 Cor 1:13, not 1 Cor 1:13.

For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;

KJV, I assume? The RSV gives:

For we write you nothing but what you can read and understand; I hope you will understand fully,

This is a command from Jesus to write the Gospels? If anything it is an argument for a continuing apostlehood, a succession of apostolic authority, a magisterium. "we write you nothing but what you can read and understand" This can mean that there is much more to be taught but that it is not easy for all to "read and understand"

The apostle Paul was approved by the same apostles that were taught by Christ, meaning he had the same authority as they, and since they all represented Christ, it was the same as Christ himself saying it.

The apostle Paul was approved by the same apostles that were taught by Christ, therfore Paul had the same authority as they did? Are you sure you're not arguing for apostolic succession?