God’s elect people, the aspect of “getting in” a covenant relationship with God happened as a sheer act of grace. The people, moreover, were to keep the Torah in obedience to God, which constituted their “staying in” that covenant relationship.10 Works are thus the condition of staying in, “but they do not earn salvation.”11 For Sanders, then, Israel’s salvation is by grace, and judgment is according to works. Second, when Paul became a Christ-follower, his experience led him from solution to plight.