Rom. 9:30-10:4
-Why did Israel not attain to righteousness?
I. Israel did not purse righteousness by faith.
-righteousness = dikaiosune = forensic, right legal standing before God.
a. They pursued righteousness by the law.
-pursue = dioko = run swiftly after, hunt
-attained = katalambano = obtain, attain; race imagery, the pursuit of the goal.
-John 5:39
b. They pursued rigtheousness by works.
c. They stumbled over the Cornerstone.
-disappointed = ashamed, disgraced, humiliate.
II. Israel had zeal without knowledge.
-John 5:39; Luke 24:25, Acts 13:27
III. Israel sought to establish its own righteousness.
IV. Israel refused to see Christ was the end of the law.
a. Christ fulfilled the requirements of the law.
-end = telos = goal, conclusion, termination, end, fulfillment
-Matt. 5:17-18
b. Christ ended human effort in its futility.
1. We must pursue and receive righteousness by faith alone.
2. We can not make ourselves righteous by seeking to follow laws.
3. We must turn to Christ who has fulfilled the law for us.
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