Being saved 'like the thief on the cross,' isn't an option: you and I are to be baptized into Jesus Christ upon faith in Jesus Christ, and at that point we die to sin, and live for Jesus Christ.
Being saved 'like the thief on the cross,' isn't an option: you and I are to be baptized into Jesus Christ upon faith in Jesus Christ, and at that point we die to sin, and live for Jesus Christ.