Why did Israel fail to attain unto righteousness?

Answer

"But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled
at that stumbling-stone!' Rom. 9: 31, 32.

9. In what words to Peter did Jesus indicate the kind of service a converted person should render to his brethren?
For what purpose is the mystery of the gospel made manifest?
19. Upon returning from a feast at Jerusalem how came Joseph and Mary to lose Jesus when He was twelve years old?
How heavy was the burden which rested on His soul on the night of His betrayal?
How was the conquest of Medo-Persia by Grecia foretold in this symbolic prophecy?
What is the one great feature by which the true God is distinguished from all false gods?
In what language had some of the Old Testament prophets already foretold these signs?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle