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A religion spread by 10 gurus to preach, worship one creator.

Salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.

Concept of Deity / God

Belief in one god, however & emphasis on teaching of Sikh gurus. God is merged with gurus and gurus are believed to be manifests of the creator.

God is our Heavenly Father. Believe in Trinity (one God, made up of three unique persons – Father, Son & Holy Spirit).

Jesus

Jesus considered a “saint”. DO NOT believe that Jesus is god – god is neither born nor dead. Jesus was born and lived human life and therefore cannot be god. However, Sikhs still show respect to all beliefs.

Jesus is son of living God and Savior of the world. Virgin Birth, through God. Jesus is fully God & Fully man.

Death of Jesus

N/A Death by crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension to Heaven. Jesus will return again.

Second coming of Jesus

N/A Affirmed, no one knows the date of His return, not even Jesus – only God the father.

Means of Salvation

God is generous and loving. Mankind will reincarnate until becoming a Sikh and achieving paradise. One obtains salvation by worshipping god, doing good deeds in god’s name & community service.

Mankind cannot save themselves. Only God is good and therefore only God is able to save. Salvation is through Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection. Salvation is by grace through faith & not by works.

Principle

Worship of one god, through prayer & devotion. Sikhs are required to meditate on god’s name to clear their mind and eliminate 5 evils.

God created man, man sinned & fell under curse of sin. God offers redemption to sinful man through blood of Christ, but each person must choose to accept it.

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Confession of Sin

God already knows of our “sins”. Followers are to pray to god for forgiveness from sin.

Confession straight to God through prayer.

Place of Origin

Punjab (area partitioned into modern day Pakistan).

Jerusalem

Practices

Daily Prayers, Three pillars of Skhism: 1. To remember god – being thankful for what

you have been given. 2. To live life with honesty/ integrity 3. Sharing what you have with less fortunate.

Prayer, Sacraments (baptism, communion), worship in congregational setting, worship privately, reading / studying Bible, Tithing.

Literal Meaning

Sikh means “Student” in Persian-Punjabi. It means to learn. A Sikh is someone who spends their life learning from others.

Christ means “anointed” or “messiah”. A Christian is a believer / follower of Christ.

Uses of Statues and Pictures

Not allowed – Considered Idolatry. Pictures of gurus are not accepted. However, gurus are praised because they are considered to equal with god.

Not used for religious practices

Clergy

Granthi is appointed as one who takes care / reads from Guru Granth Sahib (holy book). Ragi – singer of hymns.

Pastors

Scriptures

Sahib Sri Guru Granth Ji Maharaaj (holy book and final guru of Sikhs completed by the 10th guru).

The Holy Bible, a collection of canonical books (considered to be authoritative) in two parts: Old & New Testaments.

Life after Death

Constant Cycle of Reincarnation, until enlightenment is reached. The goal is to merge with god.

Man is appointed to die once & face judgment. Those who believe in Jesus and follow him live on for eternity in heaven. Those who do not believe and have rejected God will suffer in Hell.

Goal of religion To merge with and have greatest relationship with To love God and obey his commandments

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god possible. through a relationship with Jesus Christ and to spread the good news / Gospel to others so they too may be saved.

Angels N/A Angels are servants of God: messengers, guardians & warriors of humanity (angels are not human beings).

Human Nature

People are essentially good; there is a divine spark within each person that only needs to be encouraged / fanned into a flam of goodness.

Man has inherited “original sin” from Adam & Eve. Each person is in need of forgiveness of sin (which has been offered to everyone through the death of Jesus Christ).

Marriage

Can be arranged, or can be a love marriage. Monogamist, against pre-marital sex. Marriage is merging of two souls as one.

Monogamistic, between one man & woman (Matt 19:3-9).

Symbols The Khanda The Cross

Virtue Courage Love