No, it doesn't.
Otherwise you have scripture going against scripture.
Paul says, quite explicitly:
"Confession is made
UNTO salvation."
Follow his line of reasoning, B57, rather than your a priori assumptions:
that
if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus
and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead,
you will be saved.For
with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and
with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.For the Scripture says, “
Whoever believes on Him
will not be put to shame.”For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for
the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.For “
whoever calls on the name of the Lord
shall be saved.”
How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And
how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And
how shall they hear without a preacher?And
how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!”But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “ Lord, who has believed our report?”So then
faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.But I say,
have they not heard? Yes indeed: “Their sound has gone out to all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world.”But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says: “I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation, I will move you to anger by a foolish nation.”But Isaiah is very bold and says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me.”But to Israel he says: “All day long I have stretched out My hands To a disobedient and contrary people.” - Romans 10:9-21
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans10:9-21&version=NKJV
"If you confess and believe, you will be saved."
"With the heart one believes unto righteousness."
"With the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
"Whoever believes will not be put to shame."
"The same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him."
"Whoever calls shall be saved."
"How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed?"
"How shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard?"
"How shall they hear without a preacher?"
"How shall they preach unless they are sent?"
"Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
"Have they not heard? Yes indeed: “Their sound has gone out to all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world."
Ordo salutis:
- Preacher is sent, the sound of the word of God has gone out to all the earth, and the words to the end of the world.
- Preacher preaches Christ.
- People hear.
- Those who hear can (not necessarily "will") believe, have faith
- Those who believe in their hearts will call.
- Those who call, who confess with their mouth, shall be saved, made righteous.
Those who believe are NOT saved already, otherwise you're asserting that they were saved to believe so that they would be saved, which is not only redundant, but not what the Bible says.
It doesn't say what you want it to say.
It says that to those who are ALREADY SAVED, it's the power of God.
We don't need to be saved again! The Power of God is what saved us!
Again, We must be in a saved state to believe the Gospel to be saved?
We're already saved! We don't need to be saved again!
