About Mercy Hill Coffee Company

What does mercy have to do with a cup of coffee?

Simply put, not a whole lot. We can't speak for you, but our daily coffee routine brings us a lot of satisfaction. However, our coffee isn't showing us a lot of mercy, per se. So, why did we choose the name Mercy Hill? As Christians, we believe first and foremost that Jesus Christ, born of the virgin Mary, was both fully God and fully Human. Being fully God, He lived a sinless life, which humans could not do since the record of the initial sin in Genesis. Jesus became Man to pay Man's price of death. He did that by willingly being crucified and dying on the cross. He was buried, and on the third day, He conquered death, and in His divinity, offered us eternal life. The Bible says:

"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23

If the wages of our sin is death, then our debt was eternal separation from God. Jesus, being fully God, came to Earth as fully Man to pay Man's ransom of death, so we didn't have to. In other words, Jesus paid our debt, a debt we could not repay, and took the full burden of sin on Himself, so we didn't have to be eternally separated from God. Mercy is getting what we don't deserve, and in this instance, we didn't deserve Christ's sacrifice, but He showed us grace anyway.

Mercy Hill represents the union of the mercy that Christ showed us and the hill called Golgotha where He was crucified — the hill on which He demonstrated His mercy.

How the Bible describes mercy

Mercy doesn't have a single, concise definition in the Bible, but we can understand a lot about God's mercy by looking at where it describes God's merciful character. Let's look to the Bible to first get an idea of what mercy is.

Psalm 103:8-13 says:

"The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will He keep His anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear Him."

Ephesians 2:4-9 says:

"But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages He might show the immeasurable riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."

Matthew 9:36 says:

"When He saw the crowds, He had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd."

Matthew 14:14 says:

"When He went ashore, He saw a great crowd, and He had compassion on them and healed their sick."

Ephesians 5:1-2 says:

"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."

What does this mean for Mercy Hill and those who profess faith in Christ?

If you profess faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, first of all, you are the bearer of some amazing news! It is your obligation to make sure that people understand the free gift that Christ has offered to all mankind. Secondly, as believers, we have an obligation to emulate Christ as much as we can within these sinful bodies in all things, no matter how inconvenient. This is why at Mercy Hill, we are committed to the mission of mercy as Christ demonstrated it.

We believe at Mercy Hill that in order to be a witness to the mercy that Christ has shown us, it is imperative that we extend that mercy to all, even if society, culture, or other forces of human or sinful nature tell us we shouldn't. The message of Christ is not just for Christians. Eternal separation from God is not a problem that affects only people who choose to believe it. It affects all people. In our effort to emulate Christ, we must not turn our eyes and hearts away from people that we believe are less deserving.

Jesus offered a gift that you cannot repay and paid a debt that you could not. God, in His mercy, gave us what we did not deserve — eternal life. Our wages were death, but as believers in Christ, we got the opposite. Who are we to decide who gets our mercy, if Christ did not limit who received His? Therefore, here at Mercy Hill, we are committed to showing mercy to all.