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 did John the Baptist say to the Pharisees and Sadducees when he saw them come to his baptism?
What instruction is given concerning confession of sin?
14. What instruction did Abraham give his servant Eliezer when sending him to select a wife for his son Isaac?
What was done with the blood of the goat upon which the Lord's lot fell?
2. What did God tell Adam and Eve would he the result if they transgressed, and partook of the forbidden fruit?
Of what is the Sabbath commandment a part?
What was decreed by the Council of Laodicea, in AD. 364?

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