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.

Through what was the original creation wrought?
What is inseparable from the experience of justification by faith?
How did His questions and answers impress those who heard Him?
Does faith in God make void the law?
What does God say the Sabbath will be to those who hallow it, or keep it holy?
Of what is the Sabbath commandment a part?
Where did he say he would wait?

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