[maryz]

God is love. Man hates this love. That is the problem.

I can only conclude that you're generalizing from yourself and people you know well.

[HarleyD]

Man in his unbelieving state hates God. That is what the scripture teaches. For Christians, God changes our nature so that we love Him. We become slaves to righteousness. It is silly to think that we love God because we made a decision and we want to follow Him. It would never have happened if God hadn't changed out nature and put His Spirit in us to walk in His statures and obey His ordinances.