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.

18. When asked by the rich young man the conditions of eternal life, to what did Jesus direct his attention?
How completely does God wish to separate sin from us?
Can there be sin where there is no law?
With whose blood was the new covenant dedicated?
Against what three things does the third angel of Revelation 14 warn men?
What was the object of the church bishops in securing these Sunday laws?
Concerning what should we not be ignorant?

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