Watch: NCAA player who hit winning shot wears 99 to preach the gospel
High Point University’s Chase Johnston wore 99 when he hit the game-winning shot in the school’s upset over Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament Thursday, a…
High Point University’s Chase Johnston wore 99 when he hit the game-winning shot in the school’s upset over Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament Thursday, a number chosen to convey his Christian faith.
“There’s two parables in the Bible where Jesus is talking to his disciples and he gives a story of a man who has 99 sheep,” he told Brian Hanway, a student and sports broadcaster at the North Carolina school.
“He leaves those 99 righteous sheep to find that one lost sheep that went away. And he finds more joy in finding that one lost sheep that came back home than the 99 that remain righteous.
“That’s the gospel, right? That we are all sinners. We are dead in our sin. And Jesus Christ left the 99. He went to the cross humbly. He became a slave for us … He died on the cross for our sins.”
Johnston said the story “represents our calling as Christians to go out and proclaim the gospel to the lost ones.” He also said the team reads scripture before its games.
High Point’s next game is Saturday versus Arkansas at 8:45 p.m. Central Time.
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