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 what language is the justice of God described?
What does the sorrow of the world do?
And what besides a mere belief in the truth is necessary?
What is to be the fate of those who, instead of worshipping God, engage in this false worship?
5. What did He say of those who should break one of the least of God's commandments, and teach men so to do?
What name is given to the second state of the church?
How many of these beings did John see around the throne?

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