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.

13. What three general divisions did Jesus recognize as including all the writings of the Old Testament?
What did the Apostle Peter associate with baptism in his instruction on the day of Pentecost?
Were the gifts of the Spirit to continue forever?
That there might be no misunderstanding, what did Moses do?
What part of the law of God especially has the Papacy thought to change?
In what language had some of the Old Testament prophets already foretold these signs?
What are God's people told to do at this time?

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