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.

What loss do those sustain who do not accept Him?
What should we say for such a Saviour?
24. In what prayer for those who crucified Him did Christ manifest the true spirit of the gospel-love for sinner?
What comment has the Apostle Paul made upon this commandment?
What is promised those who honor their father and their mother?
What did He thus abolish?
How will the ransomed of the Lord return to Zion?

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