A.B. Simpson emphasizes the transformative power of the resurrection in his sermon 'I Am Alive Forevermore.' He contrasts the perspectives of the cross, urging believers to focus not on Christ's death but on His eternal life, highlighting that life precedes death in the message of the resurrection. Simpson encourages Christians to embrace the glory of the risen Christ, allowing their own lives to reflect this resurrection power, thus forgetting their sorrows and living in the light of eternal life. He calls for a complete crucifixion of self that leads to a vibrant, death-born life that is forever alive in Christ.

Here is the message of the Christ of the cross and the still more glorious and precious Christ of the resurrection. It is beautiful and inspiring to note the touch of light and glory with which these simple words invest the cross. It does not say, I am he that was dead and liveth, but I am he that liveth and was dead, and, behold, I am alive forevermore. Life is mentioned before the death. There are two ways of looking at the cross. One is from the death side and the other from the life side. One is the Ecce Homo (behold the man) and the other is the glorified Jesus with only the marks of the nails and the spear. It is thus we are to look at the cross. We are not to carry about with us the mold of the sepulcher, but the glory of the resurrection. It is not the Ecce Homo, but the Living Christ. Our crucifixion is to be so complete that it shall be lost in our resurrection, and we shall even forget our sorrow and carry with us the light and glory of the eternal morning. So let us live the death-born life, ever new and full of a life that can never die because it is dead and alive forevermore.