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.

By whom were the heaven and the earth created?
What is said of God's faithfulness in keeping His promises ?
For how long a time should one honor his parents?
How should our children be taught?
How does Nehemiah describe the giving of the law at Sinai ?
In what was shown the first tangible evidence of this \"falling away\" from the truth of God?
What is set forth as the basis for hope and comfort?

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