(SPLIT) Mike Gendron's "Who Holds the Keys?"

[JamesTheJust]

And we Can read it for ourselves and understand it - without someone having to spoon-fed ‘it’ to us.

If the Bible is easily understood by all, why are there 40,000+ different denominations who disagree about what it says? No, we need a teacher to teach us, infallibly, what the the Bible means- that’s what the Church does. There’s even a biblical example of this: the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8.

 

[crochet_lady]

James The Just

The ‘whore of Babylon’ is spoken of in Rev. 17: 5 and the Antichrist is spoken of in 1 John2:18 – people have been speculating as to who they will be – but we really Don’t know for sure.

Your comments at 6:51 today – totally agree – by God’s grace "For by grace you are saved through faith. and that - not of yourselves. It is the gift of God.

 

[crochet_lady]

church militant – you with the army helmet

Apparently that’s your way of saying that you’re part of God’s army and the helmet is protecting you from the on-slaughts of bad theology of other belief systems?

So – you’ve been researching Well – I’m Not Southern Baptist or Northern Baptist – or Presbyterian – many years ago I Did write an article / editorial section of the Baptist Standard about women in the ministry / preaching to a mixed congregation. Our youth pastor at that time had seen it and commended me for it. The replies in the following issue were from women who didn’t like my Biblical stand. The portion that states the qualifications for elders/ over seers / deacons. That they are to be the husband of one wife. That Disqualifies women.

We’ve been associated with Independent Baptists for a Long time.

And , yes, there Are many ‘groups’ of Baptists. As well as in the Lutheran Church and probably the Presbyterian Church.

The point I’ve Tried to make is that people have God’s Word 1st – at least it Should be 1st. After all “In the beginning God…” and John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was With God and the Word Was God.” Am quoting from memory. But you get the point. And God’s Word should Continue to be the 1st Word.

People are capable of learning to read for themselves and that includes reading God’s Word themselves / studying it on their own. Sharing what they’re learning with others.

 

[ShanPO]

church militant – you with the army helmet

Apparently that’s your way of saying that you’re part of God’s army and the helmet is protecting you from the on-slaughts of bad theology of other belief systems?

So – you’ve been researching Well – I’m Not Southern Baptist or Northern Baptist – or Presbyterian – many years ago I Did write an article / editorial section of the Baptist Standard about women in the ministry / preaching to a mixed congregation. Our youth pastor at that time had seen it and commended me for it. The replies in the following issue were from women who didn’t like my Biblical stand. The portion that states the qualifications for elders/ over seers / deacons. That they are to be the husband of one wife. That Disqualifies women.

We’ve been associated with Independent Baptists for a Long time.

And , yes, there Are many ‘groups’ of Baptists. As well as in the Lutheran Church and probably the Presbyterian Church.

The point I’ve Tried to make is that people have God’s Word 1st – at least it Should be 1st. After all “In the beginning God…” and John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was With God and the Word Was God.” Am quoting from memory. But you get the point. And God’s Word should Continue to be the 1st Word.

People are capable of learning to read for themselves and that includes reading God’s Word themselves / studying it on their own. Sharing what they’re learning with others.

I have some questions for you, if you don’t mind.

If people are capable of learning to read for themselves, and that includes God’s word, how do you know your interpretation is right and someone else…say the Jehovah’s Witnesses, are wrong?

How do you know you’re right about the original topic of this thread, that Peter does not “Hold the Keys” and we Catholics are wrong?

Is that something you determined on your own or did someone share that with you and you agreed?

How do you know that you or the person who shared information with you regarding Bible teachings are right?

What came first, the teachings of the Bible or the Bible itself?

Thanks and have a great day!

 

[JamesTheJust]

James The Just

The ‘whore of Babylon’ is spoken of in Rev. 17: 5 and the Antichrist is spoken of in 1 John2:18 – people have been speculating as to who they will be – but we really Don’t know for sure.

Your comments at 6:51 today – totally agree – by God’s grace "For by grace you are saved through faith. and that - not of yourselves. It is the gift of God.

The sources you have provided seem to believe that the Whore is almost certainly the Catholic Church and the Pope the Antichrist.

I’m glad we can agree on something!

 

[Modern_Revert]

I have a link for Crochet Lady:

catholicozarks.blogspot.com/p/catholic-q-a.html

Shane Schaetzel is an Evangelical convert to the Catholic Church. His new book, “Catholicism for Protestants”, and website address many of the issues Protestants have about Catholicism.

If you won’t hear the truth from us, perhaps you’d consider hearing it from him?

 

[spina1953]

I do not believe in “once saved always saved”. God through Christ is the just judge who decides who will enter heaven or not. as St. James said Faith without works is no faith at all. The good works what one does is caused by God’s prompting, so we become the instrument for the work that God does through us. When we do good works it is to be a light that shines so that when others see they give praise to God that He may be given glory. Lots of people read the Bible, yet, do not live it. Lots of people interpret the Bible according to their own private thinking and then want others to accept what they say is true and the only correct interpretation. But the truth of the matter is that the Catholic Church holds the keys because Jesus the Christ gave them to the Catholic Church through Peter, and then His Apostles in union with Peter. There are those who refuse any authority whether it is the Church Catholic or some other authority, and so become an authority unto themselves and become more infallible than the Pope. They tend to think that they need nothing more than the Bible to tell them what to believe, yet, what the Bible says and what the Bible means are two different things and not easy to discern as Biblical scholars have a hard time understanding all that the Bible contains. So how in the world is the average person to understand all that the Bible contains and understand all that the Bible says. This is why we need the Catholic Church to help us in understand what the Bible says and what the Bible means.

 

[adrift]

The point I’ve Tried to make is that people have God’s Word 1st – at least it Should be 1st. After all “In the beginning God…” and John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was With God and the Word Was God.” Am quoting from memory. But you get the point. And God’s Word should Continue to be the 1st Word.

People are capable of learning to read for themselves and that includes reading God’s Word themselves / studying it on their own. Sharing what they’re learning with others.

I am sure you know that the Word John is speaking about is Jesus.

From the Faith database

In John, denotes the essential Word of God, Jesus Christ, the personal wisdom and power in union with God, his minister in creation and government of the universe, the cause of all the world’s life both physical and ethical, which for the procurement of man’s salvation put on human nature in the person of Jesus the Messiah, the second person in the Godhead, and shone forth conspicuously from His words and deeds. ++++ A Greek philosopher named Heraclitus first used the term Logos around 600 B.C. to designate the divine reason or plan which coordinates a changing universe. This word was well suited to John’s purpose in John 1.

btw what was that body of water with which the Apostles baptized the 3000?

 

[zz912]

Once the Holy Spirit has come to indwell a person , He Never leaves us.

Hebrews 6:3 And we shall do this, if only God permits. 4 For it is impossible in the case of** those who have once been enlightened and tasted the heavenly gift and shared in the holy Spirit **5 and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to bring them to repentance again, since they are recrucifying the Son of God for themselves and holding him up to contempt. 7 Ground that has absorbed the rain falling upon it repeatedly and brings forth crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God. 8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is rejected; it will soon be cursed and finally burned.

2 Peter 2:20 For if they, having escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of [our] Lord and savior Jesus Christ, again become entangled and overcome by them, their last condition is worse than their first. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment handed down to them. 22 What is expressed in the true proverb has happened to them, “The dog returns to its own vomit,” and “A bathed sow returns to wallowing in the mire.”

2 Peter 3:14 Therefore, beloved, since you await these things, be eager to be found without spot or blemish before him, at peace. 15 And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, also wrote to you, 16 speaking of these things as he does in all his letters. In them there are some things hard to understand that the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, just as they do the other scriptures.

17 Therefore, beloved, since you are forewarned, be on your guard not to be led into the error of the unprincipled and to fall from your own stability. 18 But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory now and to the day of eternity. [Amen.]

Hebrews 10:26 **If we sin deliberately after receiving knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains sacrifice for sins **27 but a fearful prospect of judgment and a flaming fire that is going to consume the adversaries.

1 Cor 9:23 All this I do for the sake of the gospel, so that I too may have a share in it. 24 Do you not know that the runners in the stadium all run in the race, but only one wins the prize? Run so as to win. 25 Every athlete exercises discipline in every way. They do it to win a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one. 26 Thus I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight as if I were shadowboxing. 27 No, I drive my body and train it, for fear that, after having preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

Philippians 3:7 [But] whatever gains I had, these I have come to consider a loss because of Christ. 8 More than that, I even consider everything as a loss because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have accepted the loss of all things and I consider them so much rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having any righteousness of my own based on the law but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God, depending on faith 10 to know him and the power of his resurrection and [the] sharing of his sufferings by being conformed to his death, 11** if **somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

12** It is not that I have already taken hold of it or have already attained perfect maturity, but I continue my pursuit in hope that I may possess it, since I have indeed been taken possession of by Christ [Jesus]. 13 Brothers, I for my part do not consider myself to have taken possession. Just one thing: forgetting what lies behind but straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I continue my pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God’s upward calling, in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us, then, who are “perfectly mature adopt this attitude. And if you have a different attitude, this too God will reveal to you. 16 Only, with regard to what we have attained, continue on the same course.

 

[eddie_too]

where does the bible say that it is the final authority for the christian community(ies)?

 

[Church_Militant]

church militant – you with the army helmet

Apparently that’s your way of saying that you’re part of God’s army and the helmet is protecting you from the on-slaughts of bad theology of other belief systems?

Well it certainly has that aspect, though my name and avatar actually have other meanings as well. The name is taken from the following definition.

It may signify the whole body of the faithful

, including not merely the members of the Church who are alive on earth but those, too, whether in heaven or in purgatory, who form part of the one communion of saints. Considered thus, the Church is divided into the Church Militant, the Church Suffering, and the Church Triumphant. While the avatar is also an allusion to the following currently popular saying.

We’ve been associated with Independent Baptists for a Long time.

Independent…okay. But let me ask you. Who says what is accurate Christian teaching in your church?

And , yes, there Are many ‘groups’ of Baptists. As well as in the Lutheran Church and probably the Presbyterian Church

Indeed there are, and this points up the problems relevant to this very topic. If, as most of the communities profess, they are guided in their interpretations and discernments by the Holy Spirit, then why do they not all agree on all their doctrines? St. Paul tells us in 1st Corinthians 14:33 that God is not the author of confusion which calls into question who is the author of all those varied doctrines.

The point I’ve Tried to make is that people have God’s Word 1st – at least it Should be 1st. After all “In the beginning God…” and John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was With God and the Word Was God.” Am quoting from memory. But you get the point. And God’s Word should Continue to be the 1st Word.

Faithful Catholics will say “Amen and Alleluia” to both the verses that you mention but we will disagree with your personal interpretation. Here’s why…
Genesis 1:1 speaks of creation, and while John 1:14 speaks of Our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ being and active participant in that process (even as all of the Trinity was. See Genesis 1:2) it has nothing at all to do with the scriptures and there is nothing at all in it or its context that might even infer such a link.

John 1:1 also deals with creation, but verse 14 says, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.” so that in context it speaks of the incarnation of Our Blessed Lord and not creation…nor the scriptures.

In conclusion, we can see that these verses and passages do not support your interpretation as to the Word of God. Is this something that you have come up with on your own or has someone else taught you this?

People are capable of learning to read for themselves and that includes reading God’s Word themselves / studying it on their own. Sharing what they’re learning with others.

Certainly I agree…however, wherein lies the final authority as to what is correct interpretation or not?

where does the bible say that it is the final authority for the christian community(ies)?

It doesn’t. See It’s NOT in the Bible, okay?

 

[crochet_lady]

‘J.K’ I hope my shortening your ‘name’ isn’t offensive to you.

Those two sites – and No , I hadn’t noticed the Forum section listed at the top. Thanks for pointing that out.
I got into the Rapture Forums.com for an entirely different reason. You might be surprised that in some Bible study groups, there is a dispute about the rapture – If it happens / When it happens. The question seems to be whether the rapture is a separate event from the 2nd coming of Christ. And , yes, they Are separate events. So then the question is When will if occur. Before, during or after the seven-yr tribulation time. It’s called Pre/ Mid / Post Tribulation rapture debate. That question is what prompted me to look up ‘Rapture’ and I found the site. So – as you’ve noticed – the RCC is but a Small part of the subjects listed.

And, CARM – I find it interesting – I’m interested in the field of Apologetics. I only discovered That subject a few years ago. If I were RCC, I’d be one because I believed that with my whole heart. I AM interested in learning more about Peter / since the RCC places such importance in him. In Matthew 4. Jesus picks His first two disciples – He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother, Andrew. and then He saw two other brothers James and John. The four of them were fishermen.
Then in chapter 10 He calls His 12 disciples to Himself and gives them authority to drive out evil spirits, and to heal every disease and sickness. And Jesus also refers to them as apostles – vs 5 they are to go to ‘the lost house of Israel’ – Not to the Gentiles or the Samaritans.
Then in Matthew 12:40 and 41 – the sign of Jonah. Comparing Christ’s time in the grave with Jonah’s being in the belly of a huge fish.
Then in chapter 16 – Jesus is asking Peter who he believes that He/ Jesus/ is And Peter responds " You are the Christ, the son of the living God."
Then in Acts 2 – Peter addresses the crowd of Jews going through vs 36.
Then further on in Galatians 2: – Paul is writing this vs 7 - 9 – Paul preaching the Gospel to the Gentiles and Peter preaching the Gospel to the Jews.

Do we agree so far?
One more passage I came across – Matthew 26: 57 " Those who had arrested Jesus took Him to Caiphas, the high priest vs 57 says all the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin – Peter was following at a distance. – then Peter is asked by a servant girl if he wasn’t Also with Jesus of Galilee and he denies being a follower or even Knowing Him.
Luke’s account of the resurrection has Peter running to the tomb. 24:12.

This is all under the heading of Why I believe what I Do believe.

 

[JamesTheJust]

One more passage I came across – Matthew 26: 57 " Those who had arrested Jesus took Him to Caiphas, the high priest vs 57 says all the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin – Peter was following at a distance. – then Peter is asked by a servant girl if he wasn’t Also with Jesus of Galilee and he denies being a follower or even Knowing Him.
Luke’s account of the resurrection has Peter running to the tomb. 24:12.

This is all under the heading of Why I believe what I Do believe.

I think you’ve fallen victim to a common non-Catholic misunderstanding: infallibility vs impeccability. We don’t argue that Peter or his Successors were or are sinless (impeccable), but we do argue that they were and are incapable of authoritatively teaching error (infallible). So, unless Peter said, “I authoritatively declare and will henceforth teach that I do not, nor have I ever, met or known Jesus of Nazareth personally,” or something to that effect (which he most certainly didn’t), his three denials of Christ do not conflict with his authority or his infallibility.

 

[FathersKnowBest]

And we Can read it for ourselves and understand it - without someone having to spoon-fed ‘it’ to us.

Really? Then why does our first Pope, in inspired scripture, say otherwise?

2Pe 3:16 speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures.

The idea of the total perspicuity of scripture is not only non-biblical, but actually an anti-biblical idea.

 

[zz912]

I got into the Rapture Forums.com for an entirely different reason. You might be surprised that in some Bible study groups, there is a dispute about the rapture – If it happens / When it happens. The question seems to be whether the rapture is a separate event from the 2nd coming of Christ. And , yes, they Are separate events. So then the question is When will if occur. Before, during or after the seven-yr tribulation time. It’s called Pre/ Mid / Post Tribulation rapture debate.

I won’t derail this thread with an off-topic discussion about the Rapture theory. But suffice it to say, you should start a thread about that topic if you wish to have a good discussion on it. Link it in this thread and we can discuss. The Bible actually is pretty clear that the Rapture theory you describe is incorrect.

That is all I will say on this topic in this thread as it is not germane to this discussion.

 

[eddie_too]

crochet lady,

your love of the Lord Jesus is inspiring.

however, others of your writings lead me to ask this question.

why should i accept YOUR interpretations of the bible as being correct?

 

[crochet_lady]

Church Militant #71

The John 1:1 passage "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word Was God. " then we go to vs 2 “He was in the beginning with God.” (Jesus Christ)
vs 3 "All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that Was made,
and That vs. is was takes us Back to Genesis 1 and 2. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And continues to tell in the next chapters How He did it. And continues to tell about the Garden of Eden and vs 24 gives the first indication of marriage.

eddie too
You ask why you should accept My interpretation of Scripture as being correct? No one says you have to. I’m simply Sharing God’s Word – everyone on this Forum is capable of reading God’s Word to us for him/her self. So - by all means – YOU read God’s Word for yourself and meditate on it/ study it Yourself.

 

[ahs]

Church Militant #71

The John 1:1 passage "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word Was God. " then we go to vs 2 “He was in the beginning with God.” (Jesus Christ)
vs 3 "All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that Was made,
and That vs. is was takes us Back to Genesis 1 and 2. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And continues to tell in the next chapters How He did it. And continues to tell about the Garden of Eden and vs 24 gives the first indication of marriage.

I admit I have only loosely been following, but in the context of the point you said you were making, this sounds like you are implying that the “Word of God” that we have today for us is equal to “The Bible”, is that correct? In other words, Jesus, the Word of God, is being relgated to the Bible, to the exclusion of Sacred Tradition [as though ONLY the *written Word has survived the test of time]. Is that what you are getting at?

 

[crochet_lady]

ShanPo

You had a few questions for me – You’d brought up the Jehovah Witnesses as an example . I looked them up. Their beliefs are based on their own interpretation of the Bible / and prefer their own translation known as the “New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures” and they also have “The Watch Tower” and “Awake” literature. And they Prefer that their followers read Only their own church materials. And their leader is Joseph Franklin Rutherford who also had connections with the Millerites / connected with the SDA church. And They are connected with Ellen Whites writings.
There is a Scripture that says that no one is to take Away From or Add To God’s Word. Just because we don’t like a passage doesn’t mean we disregard it. Or we don’t add other writings To God’s Word simply because a person says they’ve been ‘given a word’. We Can check out the ‘word’ that has been ‘given’ to see it if agrees with Scripture we already Do have.
The Old Testament had false prophets and there continue to be false prophets Today. So - we are to Beware

As I was just sharing with another poster – since we Can all read – by all means Do read God’s Word Yourself – Because it Should be God’s truth we’re wanting to learn. Jesus Christ being God’s Son. That He died on the cross and rose again bodily on the 3rd day.
Some groups don’t believe in the 3 in 1 concept called the trinity / God the Father, Jesus Christ God’s Son and the Holy Spirit. And some don’t believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ.

Actually - the Jehovah’s Witnesses Do believe a lot of God’s Word. BUT their ‘own’ literature and translation of the Bible. is there own ‘spin’. They win people to their belief system because they call themselves Jehovah’s Witnesses. So how could They be wrong.

The final question I’ll answer next – which came first the teachings of the Bible or the Bible. "In the beginning God created…and John 1:1 - 3 “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. … without Him nothing was made that Was made.”
So - Without God, we have Nothing. God’s Word is what it Is. God’s Word to mankind / us. He’s given us His Word Through Godly men who lived in this world - He picked them and gave them His Word Through the Holy Spirit. Look through your Bible at all the various types of literature. Fascinating isn’t it

So - you also asked about Peter and the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 16:18 and 19. Another poster refered me back to Isaiah 22:22 as another reference to the keys. Will answer that later cause it’s complicated. So back to the Matthew 16 passage
going back a few verses for more context. vs 13 – Jesus is asking His disciples “Who do man say that I, the son of Man, am?” vs 14 So they said, Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." vs 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” vs 16 “Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the son of the living God.” vs 17 “Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.”
Peter’s ‘confession’ is that he believes that Jesus is the Christ, the son of the living God.”
The next part about 'the keys to the kingdom of heaven”. a bit more complicated. What is the ‘key’ refering to. Because a key is something that unlocks a door or something. The key to the kingdom of heaven – How Does a person get into the kingdom of heaven. Isn’t it through the Gospel unto salvation as found in 1 Corinthians 15: 1-4. “…the gospel …by which also you are saved…that Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures and that He was buried and that He rose again the third day,j according to the Scripture and that He was seen by Cephas and then by the twelve.”
So – the Gospel unto salvation is the ‘key’ that ‘opens’ the kingdom of heaven for the individual. And That decision is made here on earth.
And Peter Had been given the ‘job’ by God of delivering the Gospel to the Jews at Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost. All the disciples were present and there were LOTS of Jews there and they wondered How all of them from different parts of the area could understand what was being said ‘in their own languages’. And Peter was the one who got their attention / of the Jews/ vs 22 - 37 and shared the Gospel with all the Jews.
Now going to Galatians 2 - Paul is the author of Galations and talking to the people – he was going , after 14 years, in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. vs 7 "On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as Peter had been to the Jews. vs 5 "For God, who was at work in the ministry of Peter as an apostle to the Jews, was also at work in my ministry as and apostle to the Gentiles. vs. 9 "James, Peter and John, those reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship…they agreed agreed that they should go to the Gentiles and they to the Jews.

So – the ‘keys’ to the kingdom of God – the Gospel unto salvation – yes, Peter Did have the ‘key’ – and we All have the ‘key’ = the Gospel of Jesus Christ.= how we ‘enter’ the kingdom of God.

Reading God’s Word gives me That information. Now I HAVE found various articles that also say that. So - it’s NOT just ‘me’. A whole Lot of others agree.

And I’ve shared the Scriptures with you so you can Also see where I’ve gotten my thoughts from.

 

[adrift]

The final question I’ll answer next – which came first the teachings of the Bible or the Bible. "In the beginning God created…and John 1:1 - 3 “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. … without Him nothing was made that Was made.”
So - Without God, we have Nothing. God’s Word is what it Is. God’s Word to mankind / us. He’s given us His Word Through Godly men who lived in this world - He picked them and gave them His Word Through the Holy Spirit. Look through your Bible at all the various types of literature. Fascinating isn’t it

I am uncertain if you acknowledge that John is speaking of Jesus when he writes about the Word

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

So - you also asked about Peter and the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 16:18 and 19. Another poster referred me back to Isaiah 22:22 as another reference to the keys. Will answer that later cause it’s complicated. So back to the Matthew 16 passage
going back a few verses for more context. vs 13 – Jesus is asking His disciples “Who do man say that I, the son of Man, am?” vs 14 So they said, Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." vs 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” vs 16 “Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the son of the living God.” vs 17 “Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.”
Peter’s ‘confession’ is that he believes that Jesus is the Christ, the son of the living God.”
The next part about 'the keys to the kingdom of heaven”. a bit more complicated. What is the ‘key’ referring to. Because a key is something that unlocks a door or something.

I believe you do not understand the use of keys here. Keys were used as symbols of authority. The person who had the keys could open an close the household they were in charge. As in Isaiah 22:22

And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

Revelation 3:7

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

A trusted servant to the king wore the key to the king’s house on a hook on his shoulder. Therefore, he had the authority to open or close the king’s house.

Jesus didn’t say that it was for opening and closing a physical door but the authority to bind and loosen that is what the key is. Your explanation is picking here and there and not keeping it in context of scripture.

1. Jesus changed the name of Simon to Peter/Cephas (Rock) only three other changes in Scripture and they were always momentous.
2. Jesus says that He will build His Church on Peter/Cephas.
3. Jesus gives Peter/Cephas authority when He gives Peter/Cephas the Keys to heaven to loose and bind.