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 is God declared to be?
15. When God sent the Ninevites a warning message, how did they show their repentance, and what was the result?
What did the people say when they saw these things?
What relation does a justified person sustain to the law?
What is the one great feature by which the true God is distinguished from all false gods?
How did Jesus answer them?
What name is given to the second state of the church?

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