Wrong order.
Hearing the Gospel, which is God's Words, is only made possible by those who are Born of God.
And believing / faith is a fruit of the Spirit given in New Birth Gal. 5:22.
Jesus said here:
John 8:43, 47
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
So you see, man is utterly helpless to do anything whatsoever to make himself right with God Eph. 2:8-9.
Salvation doesn't depend on what a man does or does not do, but has already been determined by God before the world began 2 Tim. 1:9; Eph. 1:4-7.