There is only one god in Sikhism, and this god is the same for everyone from every religion. But Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (Jn. 14:6). The god of the Sikhs is eternal, creator, loving toward creation, sovereign, directly accessible by all and has no gender. Everyone is equal before god and must be treated as such.
Sikhs ultimately desire to achieve “liberation” or freedom from the human body and the rebirth cycle, seeking to ultimately become one with god. But the Bible says, “….it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment” (Heb. 9:27). This “liberation” requires humans to overcome their self-centered nature and materialism to truly see god. Sikhs aspire to focus their lives on getting close to god by always thinking of god, serving others, and performing good actions.
Sikhs do not believe they can earn “liberation”; god’s grace shows them how to shift their focus away from themselves and towards god in order to become one with him. But the Bible teaches that it is only through Jesus that man can be cleansed, made righteous, and brought close to God. “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins” (Col.1:13,14).
Sikhs believe that three duties bring humans closer to god: prayer, work, and giving. The five vices of lust, anger, greed, pride, and attachment to worldly things place barriers between humans and god and must be avoided. But the Bible says Jesus is the only way to be delivered from sin, “…there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
While Sikhs may accept Jesus as a prophet, they believe that Jesus cannot be God because God cannot be born. However, Jesus says, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am” (Jn. 8:58). When interrogated by the high priest asking, “‘Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?’”… Jesus said, ‘I am’” (Mk. 14:61-62).