• 2022 – Arise & Shine Generation – 15 Boys
• 2023 – Gideon Generation – 27 Boys

Rite of Passage Topics:

1. Spiritual Formation
2. Life Skills
3. Biblical Ethics
4. Career Path
5. Sexuality
6. Addictions and Peer pressure
7. Mental Health
8. Entering into manhood

Importance:

1. Medical benefits
2. Cultural identification
3. A mark of reminder (affirmation)
4. Of greater importance is spiritual circumcision of being ‘set apart’

Circumcision of the Heart:

• Romans 2:25-29
• Deut 30:6, 10:14-16
• Jer 4:4
• 1 Cor 7:19-12
• Gal 5:6
• Romans 4:9-12
• Acts 15:1-19
• Phil 3:2-3
• Col 2:11-13

The Roman Road:

1. Rom 3:23 – All have sinned
2. Rom 6:23 – The wages of sin
3. Rom 6:23b – God’s gift
4. Rom 10:9 – Confess and believe

Salvation/Justification is not through works/circumcision:

• Gal 2:15-16
• Gal 5:6

Life through the spirit:

• Gal 5:16-24

Growth and Development

Luke 2:52

Spiritual Formation:

Is being conformed to the image of Christ for God’s glory – 2 Cor 3:17-18, Gal 4:19

This is through the help of the Holy Spirt and involves right thinking (orthodox), right behaviour (orthopraxy) and right feelings (orthopathy)

Charges:

• 1 Kings 1:1,4 (Parents)
• 1 Kings 2:1-4
• 1 Timothy 4:12 (Set Apart)
• Isaiah 60:1-4
• Judges 6

Making Life choices:

• Joshua 24:15
• Deut  – Life and Death

Rite of Passage Graduation 2023

–2 Timothy‬ ‭2:22‬ ‭CEV‬‬
Run from temptations that capture young people. Always do the right thing. Be faithful, loving, and easy to get along with. Worship with people whose hearts are pure.

–2 Timothy‬ ‭2:22‬ ‭NLT‬‬
Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts. Instead, pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love, and peace. Enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord with pure hearts.

–Genesis 39 – Life of Joseph in a foreign land.
–Judges 6:12-16 – Call of Gideon

–Two Kinds of circumcision
—Done by hands
—Done by Christ: Rom 2:25, Col 2:11