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 extensively did Christ make use of parables?
What kinds of disease and sickness did Jesus cure?
What will be the fate of the one who curseth his father or his mother?
What inspired tribute is paid to the law of God?
What is the one great feature by which the true God is distinguished from all false gods?
Did they observe it after His resurrection?
5. What, in the parable, did God say to the rich man who thought to build larger barns in which to store his goods?

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