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 in the early church showed living faith?
What exhortation is based on the fact that God has forgiven us?
What remarkable experience attended the baptism of Jesus?
Who controls the distribution of the gifts of the Spirit?
Does the first commandment show who the author of the law is?
What was shown upon the opening of the first seal?
What peaceful condition will prevail in the earth made new?

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