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.
 


In whom has God made us accepted?
How did Abraham respond to this command?
What will He then do for each one?
14. Within less than forty days after the making of this covenant, while Moses tarried in the mount, what did the people say to Aaron?
What did the Savior say should precede the end?
For what must men give account in the judgment?
In the new earth, what will he no more?

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