THE THIEF ON THE CROSS WAS NOT BAPTIZED, YET HE WAS SAVED. SO WHY SHOULD ONE GET BAPTIZED?

The thief on the cross did not have the chance to mend his ways neither was he able to restore what he had stolen, as the Lord specifically directs in Ezekiel 33:15. Had he the chance to do so, he would have certainly did that which is right and mend His ways as God instructed both before God and man.
God holds us accountable for what we can do, but He also recognizes the limitations of the flesh “For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.” Psalms 103:14. God will not require a physical impossibility. If the thief had the chance to come down from the cross, he would have immediately gotten baptized. This is the only example in the Bible of an exception to this rule.
Both Matthew and Mark state that the two thieves did revile Jesus. Yet, when one thief saw what was done to Jesus and all the mocking charged at him and how Jesus responded (Luke 23:34; John 19:26).  That thief under the conviction of the Holy Spirit, understood that Jesus was truly the Son of God and he repented, believed in Jesus Christ, and confessed his faith (Luke 23:41-43; Rom. 10:9). And the Lord Jesus recognized his true repentance and gave him a promise that he will be saved.
In His service,