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.

In what language is the justice of God described?
In what condition are all before they are quickened with Christ?
With what comparison did He illustrate the subject?
What question did others raise in opposition to this view?
How should parents bring up their children?
What is said of those who love God's law?
What fate awaits those who turn a deaf ear to the poor?

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