The Faith of the Apostles Creed, The Elementary Principles of Christ

Hello.
Today I will be reviewing a book by Paul C Jong titled,
`The Faith of the Apostles Creed, the Elementary Principles of Christ.` This Book delves into the blessed faith of the Apostles.
How truly fortunate are we to have the opportunity to believe in the same faith as the apostles. This faith is none other than the gospel of the water and the Spirit; that is believing in the baptism, blood and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. The apostles were human beings just like us that were born inherently sinful and heading straight to hell but were then born again and clothed in the righteousness of God through faith. In the preface, the author said that he began writing this book because; `When we tried to reach the unreached with the gospel of the water and the Spirit who had served other gods, I found that the gospel could not take root in their hearts due to the lack of true knowledge of God.`
The author goes on to say that, `We can affirm that the apostles believed and preached the Word of God concerning; repentance from dead works, faith toward God, the doctrine of baptism and the laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment as the elementary principles of Christ.`
What we need to observe here is that the apostles spread the principles of the Gospel as they associated the laying on of hands of the sacrificial system with the baptism that Jesus received.
The laying on of hands is directly related to the sacrificial system of the Old Testament which God gave to the Israelites for them to receive the remission of their sins. Each year on the Day of Atonement the High Priest would lay his hands on the head of a sacrificial animal to transfer over, all the sins of the Israelites. The laying on of hands transferred the sins over to the sacrificial animal. In the New Testament John the Baptist laid his hands on the head of Jesus to transfer the sins of the world . John was a descendant of Aaron the High Priest in the Old Testament and he baptized Jesus in the Jordan River, through the same laying on of hands used to transfer sins in the Old Testament.
Jesus received the sins of the world (John 1:29).
As we can see it was crucial for the apostles to believe in the baptism of Jesus. The baptism is what is not understood, believed or even preached by mainstream Christianity today. Hence, why the author, in all the books by The New Life Mission, does not fail to continuously instill the importance of believing in the baptism of Jesus in all the books. Acts 1:20 says;
"Let another take his office."
This is referring to the office of Judas Iscariot who betrayed the Lord.
The baptism of Jesus was necessary for the next apostle who would take Judas` office, to believe in. The scripture says;
"Beginning from the baptism of John to that day when He was taken up from us, one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection."
The apostles and us today cannot become a witness of Jesus and His salvation without knowing and believing in the mystery behind the baptism of Jesus. This is the blessed faith of our predecessors in the Bible and also what is required from anyone who wants to have the same faith as the apostles.
Along with the baptism of Jesus, the apostles confessed their faith in the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. God the Father is the Creator of the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1).
Jesus Christ is the Son of God who has given the world the remission of their sins and the Holy Spirit is the Helper who is sent by God the Father to the believers (John 14:26).
In so far as the essence of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit is concerned, they are all the same God as our faith in them is the same faith. In order for us to build the foundation of our faith in the Word of God, we must be anchored in this Word of Truth. If we desire the same faith as the Apostles Creed, we must believe exactly as they did. Our faith must be one that believes in the baptism, blood and resurrection of Jesus Christ and that believes in the Triune God.
We can only serve God through our faith in Him. The apostles had flesh that was weak and sinful just like ours but their faith and ours, cleanses our conscience toward God if we believe in the baptism and blood of Jesus (1 Peter 3:21).
Faith is what will allow us to serve God. Faith will help us overcome all obstacles, endure suffering, persecution and preach the gospel until the end.
So let us proudly hold fast to such faith and boldly preach this gospel to those around us and to the ends of the earth just as our predecessors, the apostles did.

Amen