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.

How may we determine the truthfulness of any doctrine ?
What is the beginning of wisdom?
How many of the dead will be raised?
7. Because Jesus healed a man on the Sabbath day, and told him to take up his bed and walk, what did the Jews do?
12. Because of Christ's healing a woman of an infirmity on the Sabbath, what did the ruler of a certain synagogue say?
Seeking a fair remuneration, what do many laborers do?
Is this, for the time being, a source of pleasure?

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