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 is God called in the Scriptures?
31. What scripture shows that the righteousness which is received by grace through faith must not be made an excuse for continuing in sin?
What is said of those who love God's law?
To whom does vengeance belong?
What did the Lamb do with this book?
What courage and strength, therefore, should come to us even in the hour of affliction?
What gives us the victory in our conflict with the world?

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